#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Becoming former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today s highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life s big challenges but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change challenge and power including her belief that when we light up for others we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother daughter spouse friend and First Lady she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles--the earned wisdom that helps her continue to become. She details her most valuable practices like starting kind going high and assembling a kitchen table of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humor candor and compassion she also explores issues connected to race gender and visibility encouraging readers to work through fear find strength in community and live with boldness. When we are able to recognize our own light we become empowered to use it writes Michelle Obama. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice that will ignite conversation The Light We Carry inspires readers to examine their own lives identify their sources of gladness and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.