She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women

Nickel, cofounder of SHE RECOVERS, a foundation that supports women seeking recovery from life’s challenges, including substance use, grief and loss, trauma, and more, offers daily meditations for women in all stages of recovery. Each day’s meditation includes a brief but deep thought for the day, a personal anecdote from Nickel, and a mantra to help translate the thought into action. The affirmations in the book range from practical (“embrace doing less”) to existential (“you matter to you”) to philosophical (“deep oceans invite deep reflection”) but each is hopeful and empowering. The book begins in January and goes through a full calendar year but because reading, like recovery, can be messy, readers can easily open this book to any date and begin a daily practice or enjoy the book at their own pace. This book can also be read again and again as the work of recovery continues. Nickel touches on the foundations of twelve-step programs and Christianity but creates space for readers of any faith and recovery approach to feel included in the meditations.