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Soulcation: Design a Life You Don’t Need a Vacation From: A Guide to End Burnout, Unwind Anxiety, and Become Wildly Free in a Culture Addicted to Busy

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Part memoir, part instruction manual, Soulcation is a wakeup call to anyone who feels exhausted, stressed, or burned out to prioritize their happiness and design a life they don’t need a vacation from.

From international health expert and former Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation workaholic, Mel Miles candidly tells the story of how her hospitalization from chronic anxiety led to her quitting her dream job and setting out to answer the question keeping her up at

In a culture addicted to busyness, is it possible to avoid burnout, unwind anxiety, and feel wild and free again?

Mel documents her messy path through divorce, the sudden death of her mother, and a career change to a life where she has reclaimed her time, radically increased her energy, and incorporated the things she used to only do on vacation into the everyday rhythm of life.

Soulcation is an honest critique of the pressure we feel to perform in our lives, and how the more success we chase, and the busier our lives become, the harder life can feel. Many of us go on vacation to find relief, but then return home and think, “Am I allowed to want more than this?”

From the walls of corporate America to the jungles of Peru to the beaches of Thailand, Mel combines personal experience with the latest research on emotional well-being to offer practical ways to take back your calendar, health, career, and relationships. Her Soulcation life-design method serves as a permission slip and guide for how to redesign daily life to include the “vacation vibes” of rest, play, and pleasure amidst life’s responsibilities.

Soulcation is grounded in the belief that chronic stress doesn’t have to be the new normal. Our world is in desperate need of a different kind of break. We need a soulcation. Start yours today by buying the book now!

240 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2022

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