Press & Media

A collection of book reviews, podcasts, interviews, and articles exploring my memoir Into the Flow, finding freedom, navigating change, creativity, no-nonsense spirituality, and the fascinating business of being human.

In the Reviews

GRADE A - Booklife / Publisher’s Weekly
“A candid, funny, often moving spiritual memoir about grief, reinvention, and the exhausting work of becoming free.” - Read full review ↗

★★★★★ + Gold Book Award - Literary Titan
“A good book for… anyone who has ever tried very hard to become whole before realizing they were never quite as broken as they feared.”
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★★★★★ - Aloha Karina, Goodreads
“Better than Eat, Pray, Love…”
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★★★★★ - Los Angeles Book Review
“Branigan refuses to turn herself into a memoir saint. She stays… skeptical, hopeful, exhausted, and funny…” -
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★★★★★ - Reader’s Favorite
“With a moving writing style, Into the Flow transforms tears of pain into joy and mindfulness.”” -
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★★★★★ - Indies Today
“This is a woman who stopped fighting the current and let it take her somewhere better and truer than any plan could have.” Read full review ↗

Kirkus Reviews
“Branigan writes with the immediacy and intimacy of a best friend... An unflinchingly honest memoir...” -
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Book Below
“Few spiritual memoirs earn their authority as thoroughly as Kathleen Branigan’s Into the Flow... a grounded sense of what freedom might actually feel like in real life.” Read full review ↗

More reviews can be found on my book page, NetGalley, Goodreads, and Amazon.

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    Municipal Water Monitoring

    Continuous data integration facilitated regulatory compliance, improved citizen satisfaction scores, and minimized unplanned service interruptions across eighteen miles of pipeline.

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    Campus Mobility Platform

    Real-time occupancy insights optimized route scheduling, reduced carbon emissions, and provided administrators with actionable performance metrics.