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  • Published: 17 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593994337
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $65.00

Soft Landings for Hard Days

Wisdom, Companionship, and Guidance to Encourage Your Spirit




A soulful companion with timeless wisdom for anyone navigating the quiet weight of modern life

When life gets hard, we're told to push through and hold it together. We're so used to carrying everything that when our backs finally break, we question our strength, not the load. We doubt our worthiness and move toward isolation. 

In Soft Landings for Hard Days, celebrated coach and speaker Jovian Zayne offers a different path: one rooted in self-compassion, grace, and prioritizing what we need over what the world demands. Through five grounding invitations—be gentle with yourself, feel your feelings, believe you are worthy, honor the seasons of your life, and appreciate life's goodness—she shares how to create "soft landings" that offer ease on even the most challenging days. 

Blending soul-stirring reflections and personal stories from her journey through motherhood, job loss, health scares, and faith, Zayne meets you in life's tender moments, with micro-meditations for: 

  • The day you don't want to ask for help 
  • The day your body betrays you 
  • The day you feel like an imposter 
  • The day you miss your old life 
  • The day you fall in love 

With warmth, widsom, and welcomed honesty, Zayne reminds us that we don't have to earn our rest or prove our worth. We can choose self-compassion and honor our humanity. On our hardest days, this is how we find our way back to ourselves.

  • Published: 17 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593994337
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $65.00

About the author

Jovian Zayne

Jovian Zayne is an executive coach and CEO and the founder of the OnPurpose Movement, a professional development firm. She has worked with clients such as Google, IDEO, Spotify, The New York Times, Meta, Goldman Sachs, Viacom, the Clinton Foundation, and Harvard University. She’s been featured in Variety, the Los Angeles Times, Essence, and Black Enterprise, as well as on the Grammy series Positive Vibes Only.