Question 1

Is my book private?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Your Book of You is yours alone, accessible only through your login. Nothing here is published or shared unless you choose to bring a truth over to the Book of Us yourself.

Question 2

What is a truth?

Accepted Answer

A truth is something you know to be true for you, a line you could live by. It may come on a deep journey, from something someone once said to you, or from something you lived through. Some last a lifetime and some are for this week. Your Book holds them, so you can come back to them on the days you forget.

Question 3

What's the difference between My Truth and A Truth?

Accepted Answer

We believe truth is one, but no one can hand it to you. What we see of it depends on where we stand: what we have lived, how aware we are, and how clearly we can see what actually is. As we grow, what is true for us grows with us. So truth here is not something we tell you. It is what you come to see.

My Truth is what is true for you, now, in your own words. It is personal, and it can change as you do. A Truth is wisdom that has held true for many people, across many lives. Some are both. Beneath all of them is Being, the part of you that does not change.

Question 4

Is this therapy?

Accepted Answer

No. This work is not therapy and isn't a substitute for it. Guides here are not licensed medical or mental health professionals. If something heavy comes up, we will always encourage you to reach out to a licensed therapist or another qualified professional.

Question 5

How is this different from the Book of Us?

Accepted Answer

The Book of You is where you do the personal work of finding and holding your truth, private, yours. The Book of Us is where truths become collective, public, shared by people everywhere.

Question 6

What does the Book actually do with what I write?

Accepted Answer

It keeps it, and it brings it back. Where you ask for a reading, it offers something drawn only from your own words. A shorter version of a truth, a summary of a journey, one possible reading of it, a plan shaped from what you said. Every one of those is labelled as coming from the Book, and every one ends by asking whether it resonates. You keep it, edit it, ask for another attempt, or throw it away. Nothing it writes becomes part of your Book unless you say so.

Question 7

Do I have to answer everything?

Accepted Answer

No. Almost nothing is required, you can skip any question, and you can come back and add to it whenever you want. The more you give it the more it can give back, because it can only work with what you tell it, but a two-minute entry is a real entry. If a journey is something you do often, you can build a shorter form out of the questions you actually want and keep the answers that never change, so a morning practice takes a minute.

Question 8

What if I can't put my truth into words?

Accepted Answer

That is normal and it is not a failure. Some truths arrive whole and some take weeks to find their words. You can leave it empty, carry on with the rest, and come back. When you reach the end the Book will offer what it thinks your truth might be, drawn from everything you wrote, as a suggestion, never a verdict.

Question 9

Can someone else see my journey?

Accepted Answer

Only if you send it to them. You can invite a coach, guide or someone who was there to add their own perspective. They get a short form of their own, never access to your Book, and what they write is kept as theirs rather than folded into your words. You can also send a finished journey document to one person. They see that document and nothing else, and you can take it back at any time.

Question 10

Is the microphone always listening?

Accepted Answer

No. It records only while you have pressed the button, it stops the moment you leave the page or move to another question, and the audio itself is never kept. Only the words that appear in the box are saved, and you can edit them before moving on.

Question 11

What are the different journey types?

Accepted Answer

A journey can be a micro journey, a minute or two before and a few after; a mez journey, in the middle; or a macro journey, the full process for something you want to give real time to. It can be a meditation, a sound journey, a walk in nature, breathwork, a 1:1 session, and more. You can journey 1:1, in a longer container of one, three or six months, or with a group. Every way in is on Community & Events.

Question 12

What do you mean by Being?

Accepted Answer

Being is your true self, at the core. Some call it the Self, the higher self, the soul, or consciousness. It is whole, and it never changes. At its center, Being is love. The part of you that notices your thoughts and feelings is the witness, and witnessing is how you step into Being. Around it are the twelve areas of life where you show up in the world.

Question 13

Is this religious?

Accepted Answer

No. People of every faith come here, and people of none. Some call what is greater than us God, some Spirit, some the higher self, some simply love. Whatever you believe in that is greater than you, and that speaks to the oneness we share, is welcome here.

Question 14

Can I cancel and get a refund?

Accepted Answer

All sales are final for events under $75. For events of $75 and over, cancel at least 7 days before and you get a full refund. If something serious happens, like an illness or a family emergency, write to us at within@bookofyou.co and you can ask for a credit toward another event. If we cancel or move an event, you always get a full refund.