Rhythm of a Rebel

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Philosophical Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, Happiness, Self Empowerment, Mind Body Spirit, Narrative Nonfiction, and Nonfiction Novels

Trigger Warnings

Sexual Abuse, Rape, and Suicide

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Publication Date

Nov 10, 2026

Page Length

142 pages

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Rhythm of a Rebel

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Blurb

Can we take the worst life has handed us and make of it something meaningful, generative, and good?

From the bestselling author of Balancing Burnout comes a bracing new vision of recovery, rebellion, and the rhythm of living: Rhythm of a Rebel.

Reflecting on a cultish childhood, a near-death experience, and a return to ballet in her thirties, Vanessa Autrey explores how healing is an act of rebellion and navigates what it means to be most authentically alive.

Drawing on art, philosophy, literature, and lived experience, Rhythm of a Rebel asks if we can take the worst life has handed us and make of it something meaningful, generative, and good. Autrey rejects the myth that healing is linear. Instead, she captures its oscillation between difficulty and transcendence.

“That is how the soul grows back to wholeness,” Autrey writes. “That is the rhythm of how we heal.”

Lyrical, propulsive, and achingly human, Rhythm of a Rebel reveals how to emerge from the grief that stains us and make our journey of healing a certain kind of joy.

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Genres

Philosophical Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, Happiness, Self Empowerment, Mind Body Spirit, Narrative Nonfiction, and Nonfiction Novels

Trigger Warnings

Sexual Abuse, Rape, and Suicide

Type of Ending

AI Usage^Beta

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads, Amazon, or BookBub

Reader Spots Remaining

100

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Nov 10, 2026

Page Length

142 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Vanessa Autrey is a writer and speaker whose work is guided by one enduring question: What does it mean to live well?

For more than 15 years, she has explored the intersection of healing, personal reinvention, and authentic living, bringing a candid and incisive perspective shaped by lived experience.

Vanessa is the author of Rhythm of a Rebel: A Love Song to Living and The Art of Balancing Burnout. She has been featured on Fox, NBC Daytime, the Northeast Journal, Reader’s House London, Voyage Magazine, and other select media outlets.

She divides her time between Florida’s west coast and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she lives with her husband and their German Shepherd. When she is not working, she can likely be found reading a novel, sipping matcha or gardening in her pajamas.