Welcome
About Laryssa Lee Books
Practical books for navigating real life
Life asks us to figure out a lot as we go.
How to become more independent. How to manage everyday responsibilities. How to plan a trip somewhere unfamiliar. How to look after ourselves when life feels heavy. And sometimes, simply how to make things feel a little easier.
Laryssa Lee Books creates practical, approachable books and resources for the parts of life that don't always come with clear instructions.
From life skills and travel guides to wellbeing books, guided journals and thoughtful resources for everyday living, each collection is created to make useful information easier to understand, easier to use and easier to return to when you need it.
Because life doesn't come with a manual.
But a good guide can help.
Meet Laryssa Lee
Hi, I'm Laryssa.
I'm a writer, creator, researcher and someone who has always liked understanding how things work.
I'm also the kind of person who researches holidays like it's a full-time job, keeps far too many browser tabs open and will happily spend hours looking into something because I need to understand the why behind it, not just the answer.
That curiosity eventually became Laryssa Lee Books.
I wanted to create the kinds of books I naturally look for myself: useful without being overwhelming, informative without feeling like a textbook, and thoughtfully designed so you actually want to pick them up again.
My books cover different stages and experiences of life, but the thinking behind them is much the same. Take something that can feel complicated, confusing or overwhelming, understand it properly, and turn it into something practical that can actually help.
I don't believe anyone has life completely figured out. I'm certainly not pretending I do.
But I do believe that good information, thoughtful guidance and the right tools can make navigating it a little easier.
Why I Created These Books
For the things we're somehow expected to know
There are so many parts of life we're simply expected to work out along the way.
How to look after ourselves. How to manage a home. How to travel confidently. How to make decisions when we don't know what we're doing. How to recognise when we're carrying too much. How to rest, reset, organise, plan, cope and begin again.
Some things we learn from family. Some from experience. Some after getting them spectacularly wrong the first time. And some things we end up searching for at 11 p.m. with fifteen tabs open.
Laryssa Lee Books grew from the idea that useful guidance shouldn't have to feel complicated.
I create books that take bigger subjects and break them into something more manageable, combining useful information with practical tools, ideas and prompts that can be used in real life.
No fluff. No judgement. And no pretending there's one perfect way to do any of it.
Some books might help you prepare for an adventure. Others might help you navigate independence, understand yourself a little better or find a small amount of breathing room in a particularly full season of life.
They're different kinds of books for different parts of life, connected by one simple idea:
Sometimes knowing where to begin makes everything feel a little easier.
A Thoughtful, Research-Informed Approach
Understanding the why, not just the what
I’ve always been interested in what sits behind the advice we’re given.
Why does something help? What does the research actually say? And how can an idea that sounds complicated on paper become something useful in everyday life?
That curiosity shapes the way I create my books.
My background includes accredited training across applied neuropsychology and evidence-informed approaches to understanding thoughts, behaviour, the nervous system and the mind-body connection.
But research is only useful if people can understand what to do with it.
So rather than filling pages with academic language, I try to translate bigger ideas into clear explanations, thoughtful questions and practical tools that can be explored in your own life.
You’ll see this approach most clearly throughout the How To Lighten collection, where research sits alongside guided reflection, practical exercises and Tiny Resets. References and bibliographies are also included so readers can see some of the research that has informed the books and explore further if they choose.
The aim isn't to tell you exactly how you should think, feel or live.
It's to help you understand a little more about what may be happening, give you something useful to work with and leave room for you to decide what fits.
An important note about wellbeing
The wellbeing content within Laryssa Lee Books is created for education, reflection and general wellbeing. It isn't intended to diagnose or treat mental health or medical conditions, and it isn't a substitute for individual advice or support from a qualified health professional.
Sometimes a book can be a useful place to begin. And sometimes, what we need goes beyond the page.
A Few Questions You Might Have
Where can I buy Laryssa Lee books?
Laryssa Lee books are available through selected online retailers, with availability depending on the book and your location. You can find purchase options and links on the individual book and collection pages throughout this website.
Are Laryssa Lee books available internationally?
Many Laryssa Lee books are available to readers outside Australia through online booksellers and international distribution. Availability, formats, pricing and delivery options can vary by country, so check the relevant book page for current purchasing options.
Which How To Lighten book or journal should I start with?
If you'd like to explore wellbeing more broadly, How To Lighten: A Wellbeing Companion is a good place to begin. It introduces six different kinds of weight we can carry and offers practical tools, reflections and Tiny Resets for each.
If one particular area feels more relevant to you, such as overwhelm, nervous system regulation, mental clarity, fatigue, recovery or connection, you can also begin with the corresponding Tiny Reset Journal.
There isn't one required starting point. Choose the resource that feels most useful for where you are right now.
Do I need to read How To Lighten before using a Tiny Reset Journal?
No. Each Tiny Reset Journal is designed to work as a standalone guided journal, so you can begin with the area you would most like to explore.
The journals also complement How To Lighten: A Wellbeing Companion, so readers who have the main book can use them to spend more time with a particular area of wellbeing.
Are more Laryssa Lee books coming?
Yes. Laryssa Lee Books is continuing to grow, with new books, journals and resources planned across the How To collections.
New releases and upcoming projects will be shared on the website and through Laryssa Lee Books social channels as they become available.
How can I keep up with new books and releases?
You can follow Laryssa Lee Books on social media for new releases, behind-the-scenes looks at upcoming books, wellbeing ideas and updates from the different How To collections.
You can also check back here as new books and resources are added to the growing Laryssa Lee Books collection.
Life Doesn't Come With a Manual
There will always be parts of life we're still figuring out.
New places to go. New responsibilities to navigate. New seasons that ask something different of us.
Laryssa Lee Books was created to offer a little guidance along the way, with practical information, thoughtful ideas and books you can return to whenever you need them.
You don't need to have everything figured out.
Sometimes, you just need somewhere useful to begin.
You've got this. And now, you've got a guide beside you.
