Sat, Nov 14
|Book Society
Pause & Presence: An Undimmed Morning Before the Holiday Rush
Catch yourself before the holidays catch you. Join author Cecily Mak (Undimmed) and coach/author-in-progress Libby Stockstill (Some Days) for a conversation on noticing the busyness and listening to that little voice before overwhelm sets in, followed by time to talk. Mimosas (regular & NA) for sale
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Book Society, 2945 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
About the event
What if you could catch the overwhelm before it catches you?
The holiday season has a way of turning the volume all the way up. The calendar fills, the to-do list grows well beyond a page, and suddenly we’re at dinner with the people we love while our minds are three items down tomorrow’s agenda. This morning is about taking some much-deserved time to slow down, notice when busyness starts to dim us, and come back to what matters.
We’ll be joined by Cecily Mak, author of Undimmed: The Eight Awarenesses for Freedom from Unwanted Habits, and Libby Stockstill, integrated life and leadership coach, founder of Some Days and author currently completing a novel titled *Losing It, for a candid conversation about staying present through the busiest season of the year. Cecily and Libby will talk about how intuition helps us pick up on the early signs (the distracted dinner,…