As we close out the year, I want to pause and mark a moment that feels both personal and profoundly meaningful.
On December 20, Perspectives on Possibility: What if Nothing is as it Seems? officially launched. I’m honored to be one of seven contributors to this collaborative work—each of us bringing our lived experience, wisdom, and voice to a book born beside a peaceful northern lake and shaped by a shared commitment to healing, authenticity, and conscious creation.
My chapter, “Learning to Trust,” tells the story that led me to write in the first place.
Why I Began Writing
I didn’t come to writing with the intention of publishing a book, at least not right away. I came to writing during one of the most challenging seasons of my life.
A sudden and unexpected mental health crisis in my family upended everything I thought I understood about stability, control, and certainty. I needed a way to cope, to process what was happening, and to remain grounded in the midst of fear and uncertainty. Writing became that tool.
What began as a therapeutic practice led me to a writing group—one that would ultimately change my life.
I found myself surrounded by practicing and retired psychologists, professional healers, and deeply thoughtful humans. For nearly two years, we met monthly. We shared our chapters, offered feedback, and built relationships rooted in trust, care, and truth. Eventually, we decided to take a leap together—to go on a writing retreat and create a book.
That decision gave birth to Perspectives on Possibility: What if Nothing is as it Seems?
What This Book Holds
This collaborative book brings together seven coaches, healers, and visionaries who spent a week immersed in creativity, sound healing, and spiritual connection. Our stories explore grief, healing, trust, authenticity, and what it means to live as conscious creators.
The seven chapters I share in this book offer a glimpse into my own journey—from trauma to trust, from survival to intentional creation.
In Learning to Trust, I write:
“Trust shifts the mind from old experiences and beliefs to a powerless vulnerability of the heart, a surrender to a greater love than our own… In my seeking, I have found and developed the inner strength, mindset, and tools to overcome life’s challenges while also building a life I love. I have to believe that, if it’s possible for me, it’s possible for others, too, no matter what the situation looks like now.”
That belief—that possibility exists even when circumstances suggest otherwise—is at the core of everything I do.
Writing, Leadership, and Impact
Earlier this quarter, I shared with my team that my business helped me transmute my trauma. Writing has done that too. The writing came first. It was in my love for writing that I found proposal writing. I can still remember the day I realized that through writing I could raise significant funding for my community.
The stories I share in this book demonstrate how I deepened my leadership, learned to trust myself and others, and began to believe in—and create—a life I could once only imagine. They also illuminate why I am committed to the human services field and why this work matters so deeply to me.
At Lydia Sierra Consulting, we help nonprofits tell their stories—stories that get funded and create real impact in communities that need it most. Writing my own story has strengthened my ability to hold space for others, to listen deeply, and to translate lived experience into narratives that move people to act.
What Comes Next
This book is not the whole story—it’s a doorway.
I am currently working toward completing my personal book and memoir in 2026. This book is for visionaries—those who want a deeper understanding of how poverty creates systemic barriers to success, how education can be a pathway out, and how my own journey led me into fund development and the building of a successful consulting firm rooted in impact.
More to come on that soon.
A Small Ask, with Gratitude
Perspectives on Possibility is now available on Amazon. If you choose to read it, please leave a review. Reviews help amplify voices, stories, and messages that are meant to be shared.
Thank you for being part of this journey—this year, and beyond.With love and appreciation,
Lydia
Perspectives on Possibility: What if Nothing is as it Seems? is available now on Amazon. If this story resonates with you, you can purchase the book and support the collective voices behind it today!
