Look Up: A Guide for Navigating Life's Uncertainties and Finding Your Horizon

by Rachel Havekost

Look A Guide for Navigating Life's Uncertainties and Finding Your Horizon is a collection of poems and short love notes offering encouragement in times of uncertainty, healing, and change. With gentle reminders to stay hopeful and find comfort in life's small moments, these words remind you, This is not who you are; it’s something you’re going through . This collection is a heartfelt invitation to look up and embrace the journey.

Genres: Poetry, Self Help

123 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 30, 2025

About the author

Rachel is the bestselling author of "Where the River Flows,” “Write to Heal,” and "The Inner Child Journal." Her latest release is "LOOK UP," a collection of poems and short reminders for navigating grief, uncertainty, and being human.

Along with her other titles, "The Self-Healer's Journal" and "The Grief Workbook," Rachel has single-handedly built an online social media presence with a combined 300k+ individuals devoted to de-stigmatizing mental health.

As a graduate from EWU with an M.S. in psychology, Rachel is excited to infuse her storytelling with an ongoing lens of evidence-based practices and research.

Courage, community, and connection are at the heart of Rachel's work. After 19+ years of therapy for an eating disorder, depression, anxiety, and grief, Rachel strives to use radical transparency in hopes that others might not feel alone.

Her current work is centered in life after suffering: asking questions about embracing humanity, living with uncertainty, and allowing for ease after periods of strife. She is quickly amassing a readership on her Substack Publication, “The Messy Middle,” where she writes weekly newsletters about living imperfectly and showing up messy.

Recently, Rachel has attended Harvard’s first Mental Health Creator’s Summit, given keynotes across the world including 988's Global Crisis Conference in Amsterdam, and received praise from New York Time’s mental health journalist Ellen Barry for her memoir. She is grateful and honored to be able to share her story and support others on their journey to joyful living.

Reviews

[Miranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel is such a powerful writer! Look Up has so many reminders of what was, what is, and what’s to come, and each word carries different emotions. I cried, I smiled, I felt connected, inspired and seen reading through Look Up, and it really is for the girl’s girls. I hope Rachel, this book and her words find the next girl the same way they found me—at the absolute perfect time.

[Amandah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A different type of poem book. uplifting for life's changes.

[Nancy Froerer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel is very perceptive and an excellent writer!

[Travelmaven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought provoking. Hanging on to this one to re-read.