Books

The Yin of It All

A Type A’s Reluctant Journey Toward Ease

A book by Danielle Wilson

Coming Summer 2026

You can be driven, disciplined, and still feel like you’re unravelling.

I wrote this book from an acupuncture table. Not metaphorically. Literally. I was lying there—tense, exhausted, bristling with needles—when it hit me:
I’d optimized my life into a corner.

And I wasn’t alone.

The Yin of It All is part memoir, part permission slip. It’s for anyone who has spent years doing all the things—chasing the promotions, packing the lunches, filling the calendar—only to wake up wondering how they became so good at surviving and so bad at feeling alive.

This book is for you if:

You have a colour-coded to-do list but no idea how to rest
You’re exhausted by the version of success you’ve built
You’re a little suspicious of self-help, but also… curious
You miss the girl you used to be before the spreadsheets and the shoulds
You’ve ever whispered “I can’t keep doing it like this” into a steering wheel

What’s inside

Twelve chapters. Twelve experiments. One deeply personal year of learning how to stop striving and start softening.

With humour, heart, and the occasional breakdown in a pilates studio, I explore:

Why productivity became my religion (and how I slowly left the cult)
How we mistake control for safety—and what happens when we let go
The difference between rest and collapse
What it really means to feed yourself
And how to rewrite a life, one quiet choice at a time

When will it be available?

The Yin of It All will be published in Summer 2026.