LORENA.
AUTHOR.
Becoming You!
Embracing Life’s Beautiful Mess
I thought healing was a finish line — a day when the pain would finally stop. Years of writing and practice taught me a gentler truth: healing is a return, a tender coming-home we make again and again. My work stitches honest memoir to simple, powerful practices — journaling prompts, breathwork invitations, boundary coaching, and small creative acts — so you can feel more, belong more, and rise again. I write as if I’m sitting with a friend: candid, hopeful, and a little funny. I live and write with curiosity, courage, and a stubborn commitment to make the inner work feel less lonely.
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Foreword Excerpt
“In Embracing Life’s Beautiful Mess, another survivor tells her story of abuse by someone close to her and how she survived, learned to reinvent her life, and now shares her secrets with all of us. Her personal stories throughout are extremely relatable, and I believe that if you will do the exercises in each chapter, you will find that they WORK.”
~ JAN BROBERG
Actress, Director, Victim, Thrivivor
For more information: www.JanBroberg.org
Testimonial
" I love this book. It is full of valuable information that can transform your life, and it has a practical workbook built right into it, with powerful questions for deep reflection to help you successfully integrate it all into your life."
~ JACK CANFIELD
Co-Author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul ® Series and The Success Principles ™
For more information: www.JackCanfield.com
Through her books and speaking, Lorena Sullivan Swenson—entrepreneur turned author and coach—guides people through the beautiful mess of becoming. Her work inspires personal growth at every stage of life, from tweens discovering confidence to adults healing from trauma and navigating major transitions. With a rare blend of warmth, wisdom, and real-world experience, Lorena creates space for people to feel seen, rebuild trust in themselves, and rise stronger than before. She offers books, a guided journal, a workbook, and speaking engagements that remind us that healing is not a finish line—it’s a journey we take together.
Because when we rise together, the unthinkable becomes possible.
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About the Author
Lorena Sullivan Swenson is a storyteller, healer, and fierce advocate for the human spirit. With a voice both raw and luminous, she invites readers to meet themselves in the middle of their beautiful mess—and begin again.
Her work is rooted in lived experience. A survivor of trauma, a seeker of wholeness, and a student of self-compassion, Lorena brings both grit and grace to the page. Her words don’t just speak to you—they walk with you. Through each chapter, she shares not only her wisdom, but her heart—unfolding the real, unpolished moments that shape a life.
Lorena is the author of the Embracing Life’s Beautiful Mess series, as well as the Embracing Life’s Beautiful Mess Companion Workbook, Guided Becoming You Journal and the Becoming You Card Deck. She offers a variety of healing tools designed to help readers reframe and rewrite their stories, reconnect with their truth, and rise with intention. Lorena also serves as the Executive Assistant of "Getting Sh*t Done" for her son, the President of BoxHouse Holdings, Inc.—a company dedicated to solving the housing crisis through innovative, sustainable housing, disaster relief solutions, workforce housing, and ADUs.
For Lorena, healing begins at home—in every sense of the word. Whether she’s speaking on a stage, writing a chapter, or at home with her husband, her mission is simple but radical: to create space for people to be seen, heard, and loved—exactly as they are.
She lives with her husband in Southern Utah, where she's dedicating her life to cultivating spaces of healing, homecoming, and hope. Whether meditating, writing, out adventuring with her husband or soaking up precious moments with her children and grandchildren, she embraces practices that keep her soul grounded and inspired. She's a passionate audiobook enthusiast, and also believes in the power of gentle reminders—And sometimes—she's gently reminding someone (maybe even you): You are already enough. “You are not broken. You are becoming.”
