Product Description
by Kat Reilly (Author)
A skeptic walks into a cacao ceremony...For logic-first lawyer Kat Reilly, life had a formula: study hard, pass the bar, make partner, buy a house, land a man, have 1.5 children. She was cruising (Chanel shades, venti iced oat latte, lead foot on the highway of life) until a wine-fueled bike crash, a string of baffling health scares, and a body that would no longer be ignored forced her to hit the brakes.
Legally Zen is the unflinching, funny-but-true story of what happens when a courtroom warrior finds herself diving into an Elle Woods-style, Harvard-calibre education in woo. Think crystals, breathwork, and waterfall jumps (everything she swore she'd never try) examined with the same skeptical curiosity she used to dismantle cross-examinations. What begins as a desperate hunt for pain relief becomes an education in vulnerability, surrender, and the messy, luminous work of actually living.
Witty, smart, and deeply human, Kat's journey won't ask you to choose between science and spirit. Instead she shows how logic and wonder can sit at the same table-and how a skeptic can learn to loosen her tie, kick off her heels, and find surprising joy along the way.
Will she heal? Maybe. Will she believe? That's the real verdict.
If Eat Pray Love made you curious, Big Magic made you brave, and Brené Brown made you believe in vulnerability, Legally Zen will make you laugh, nod, and maybe even buy a crystal. This is the witty, real-world memoir for skeptics and seekers alike.
