Upcoming Book Signings, Speaking Events and Workshops
Tracey will be at the 3rd Annual Author Fair Friday, October 9, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM at the Pasadena Central Library.
Tracey will be speaking on October 22 at 7 pm at the South Pasadena Library. 1100 Oxley Street – South Pasadena, CA 91030, in the community room.
Tracey will be the closing speaker at Hazelden/Betty Ford’s Women’s Symposium at UCLA on March 26, 2016.
Tracey will be presenting key points of The Next Happy at All Saint’s Church in Pasadena, date and time TBD
Tracey will be leading a retreat at Hazelden, at the Dan Anderson Renewal Center, in Minnesota the weekend of November 26th, 2015. Click Here for Details
Tracey Cleantis is in the news:
Tracey’s Self-Care is Not a Stupid Candle: How to Give Yourself What You Really Want and Need in Every Area of Your Life, which explores what self-care is and what it isn’t, discusses the reasons why it’s so hard for so many people, and then explores self-care in eight major areas of life, showing the challenges people tend to have and the actions you can take to start taking good care of yourself was sold to Hazelden and will be released in 2016!
Big news!!! The Next Happy was number two on Amazon.com’s Hot New Release list for three consecutive weeks!!! It was also #17 on the overall best seller list for its category!!! Thank you for your help in making this book such a big success!
The Next Happy received a coveted *starred* review from Publishers Weekly.
Tracey was a guest on LeGrande Green’s BOLD to discuss The Next Happy.
Laura Munson used The Next Happy as inspiration in “The Question You Need to Ask Yourself in Order To Be Truly Happy.”
Tracey’s “Shame: The Flip Side of Goal Setting,” was published in Hazelden Publishing’s blog, People in Recovery.
Tracey wrote for Daily Plate of Crazy on “Retiring the Cape”.
Lore and Little Things featured Tracey in “The Next Happy: A Love Letter”
Aeon Magazine featured Tracey in “Why Telling Kids to Dream Big is a Big Con”.
The Daily Mail (UK) did a featured profile of Tracey and the story of her Next Happy.
The Irish Independent News featured The Next Happy in their article, “Is Ditching Your Dreams the Next Happy?”
Gateway Women named Tracey as a “No-Mo role model.”
Jennie Nash raved about the success of The Next Happy in her blog.
Tracey was interviewed on “Talk it Out” on LA Talk Radio
UCLA Extension’s Writer’s Program praised Tracey’s The Next Happy.
Tracey was featured on the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni page
Library Journal declared The Next Happy “…a pathway to a more fulfilling, positive way of life”.
Booklist recommended The Next Happy “..for anyone going through a loss and longing for her or his “next happy”.
Library Journal endorsed The Next Happy as a “a pathway to a more fulfilling, positive way of life.
Tracey was interviewed by Charlotte Seaberry on Finding Your Next Happy.
Chaucer’s Book Store hosted a book reading for The Next Happy
Rehabreviews hailed The Next Happy “The Guidebook to Surrender”.
Silent Sorority recommended: “If you or someone you know is trapped in a dream cul de sac and needs a road map to break free, The Next Happy with its accessible writing and application of ideas will provide much needed clarity and help in moving forward.”
Indiebound in their review of the The Next Happy described it as a “down-to-earth wisdom and humor, this enlightening counterpoint to the popular self-help notion to “follow your dream, no matter what it takes” provides the guidance and support to help you make the decision of whether it is time to give up an impossible dream, and if so, move through your grief, and discover the next happy.”
BookBub featured The Next Happy in “5 Steps to Writing a Killer Elevator Pitch for Your Book.”
Tracey wrote 11 Thoughts Everyone Has During the Stages of Grief for YourTango.
The Storialist featured The Next Happy in her post, A Poetry Prescription from Tracey Cleantis.
Tracey was the featured expert in Jennie Nash’s Newsletter, Is it time to quit writing your book?
Pasadena Now announced Tracey’s Vroman’s Pasadena event.
The Next Happy was reviewed on The Road Less Travelled blog.
Tracey had a video conversation about The Next Happy with award winning author Lisa Manterfied.
The Next Happy was explored on the Catholic Faith Reflections Blog in the post Would you let a dream die to be happy?
Blogger, The Road Less Travelled, recommended The Next Happy.
Award winning, Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos, author of Silent Sorority: A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found, who blogs at blog.silentsorority.com, wrote an incredible review of The Next Happy.
Tracey is writing for Hazelden/Betty Ford, check out the following articles:
7 Things Grief Teaches You
Challenging The Status Quo
Unrealized Dreams You Buried (1)
Unrealized Dreams You Buried (2)
Tracey was on Huffington Post writing about the 8 Things Frozen and Idina Menzel Can Teach You About Happiness and Grief and how Surviving Mars and Surviving Grief Are Not So Different.
The Next Happy was on the recommended reading list of the Mille Lacs County Times.
The Next Happy was listed as recommended reading in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Cincinnati Public Library recommended The Next Happy to its readers.
Foreword Reviews featured The Next Happy in their Spring 2015 edition.
Retailing Insight Magazine published a book review of The Next Happy for its April/May issue.
The Los Angeles Library recommended The Next Happy.
Recovery 2.0 featured Tracey
Life Tips Radio interviewed Tracey about The Next Happy
Tracey was a guest on “Hotline” on WILY-AM
Vroman’s Book Store in Pasadena hosted a book signing for The Next Happy
Tracey hosted a free webinar with Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation on The Importance of Quitting.
Lesley Pyne’s blog featured a video interview with Tracey.
Getting to “The Next Happy” was on The Joy Cardin Show on Wisconsin Public Radio.
Tracey was interviewed on the “One Life Radio” show on iHeart Radio.
Tracey was a guest on Kari Moran’s Book Radio Show .
Tracey was a part of “Good Grief with Cheryl Jones.”
BookRadio with Keri Moran’s radio show hosted Tracey, episode 186, is available here.
Tracey was on MyNDTALK with Dr. Pamela Brewer. The interview can be listened to here on demand.
Local Morning Edition with Eric Schubring hosted Tracey on WOJB-FM Wisconsin.
Conscious Talk Radio on KKNW-AM in Seattle had Tracey as a guest. You can listen to Tracey’s interview here.
Tracey was on On the Couch with Dr. Michelle on LA Talk Radio. The interview is available here for downloads and replays.