Look Up: Global Stories of Resilience

How do you survive and thrive when life throws you devastating curveballs
or overwhelming challenges?

Heidi Siefkas discovered that no matter what obstacle or challenge we face, we have a choice that can make or break us. Heidi suffered two life-changing tragedies, but despite a broken neck and a broken heart, she learned the key to surviving and thriving. Heidi’s secret is tapping into the power of perspective and Look Up.

This led Heidi to wonder how others cope with monumental adversity. She talked with individuals from around the globe who have faced immense obstacles and found the strength to persevere and flourish. Herein are their powerful stories, which tell of loss, betrayal, and disease, the ravages of fire, hurricane, and war, of situations that severely test the human spirit. Yet the thread that unites them all is resilience.

How did these people endure and triumph? How did they turn their wounds into wisdom? Even in the darkest moments, they maintained or resurrected hope. These real-life sheroes, heros, and badasses chose to Look Up and expand into a new life. Read their stories and be inspired.

Look Up is more than just a book; it's a movement towards embracing life's difficulties with a new perspective. It encourages readers to find their inner resilience and transform their trials into triumphs.

- Quinn Baker, Independent Reviewer

It’s a message that will resonate today. Look Up’s highly recommended notes of positivity, adaptation, and transformation are just what the world needs in times of trial, whether struggles are personal, community-wide, or engulf the world.

- D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review

Heidi Siefkas is an author, speaker, and adventurer. Originally from small-town Wisconsin, Heidi hangs her hat in Nashville, Tennessee. She has authored four books: When All Balls Drop, With New Eyes, Cubicle to Cuba, and Look Up, which illustrates the power of her mantra, Look Up. You’re invited to check out her TEDx Talks on YouTube. Connect with her on Goodreads.