Embody Design Press
Independent Publishing
Tender Wisdom Illustrated Series
Beautifully Illustrated Gift Books for Emotional Wellbeing & Soulful Living
The Tender Wisdom Illustrated Series is a collection of beautifully illustrated 8x8 inch softcover gift books pairing poetic reflections with full-colour storybook artwork. Each title explores a single emotion — including peace, joy, happiness, wonder and delight — offering gentle encouragement for everyday life.
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Designed as meaningful keepsakes, these square-format books feature premium full-colour interiors, approximately 20 pages, and a calming, minimal aesthetic. Perfect as mindfulness gifts, self-care books, encouragement gifts, or thoughtful coffee table books, they are created for slow reading and quiet reflection.
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Published by Embody Design Press, the series is designed for all ages. Especially for adults who value emotional growth, intentional living, and beautifully illustrated books that feel both comforting and timeless.
Collect the full series of 10 or gift a title that speaks to this season.
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Available to purchase online.
Graced with Womanhood: A memoir of things unsaid
Graced with Womanhood is a reflective and deeply personal memoir by Frances Pratt, exploring what it means to live, grow, and come home to oneself as a woman. Through intimate storytelling and quiet insight, the book traces experiences of identity, embodiment, tenderness, and resilience; offering space for both recognition and contemplation.
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Written with honesty and care, this book is not a guide or instruction, but an invitation to witness lived experience and the wisdom that emerges through it. Graced with Womanhood is a companion for readers who value reflection, emotional depth, and the beauty of inner truth, and who wish to engage with womanhood as something felt, evolving, and deeply human.
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Available to purchase online.
Vivid
A photographic exploration of colour, presence, and quiet intensity.
Vivid is a photography book by Frances Pratt that invites the viewer into moments of heightened colour and felt experience. Through carefully composed images, the book explores how colour, light, and detail can hold emotion, memory, and presence; offering visual pauses that are both striking and contemplative.
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Rather than asking to be rushed through, Vivid is designed to be lived with and returned to over time. Each photograph stands as its own moment of attention, inviting reflection, resonance, and a deeper noticing of the world as it is seen and felt.
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Available to purchase online.