About Alicia M. Rodriguez
Alicia M. Rodriguez is an award-winning Latina author of reflective nonfiction, memoir, and poetry exploring mindfulness, spirituality, personal growth, and conscious living. Through lived experience and intimate storytelling, her work invites readers into presence, self-awareness, and meaning—especially during times of transition, grief, and inner transformation. Known for a grounded, non-dogmatic voice, she blends contemplative insight with practical wisdom rather than prescriptive self-help.
A former executive coach with over 20 years of global experience, Rodriguez has guided thousands of people in aligning their lives and work with what matters most.
Her books include Everyday Epiphanies (Editions 1 and 2), Manage Your Life Before Life Manages You, the poetry collection Between Root and Sky, and the award-winning memoir The Shaman’s Wife: A Mystical Journey of Surrender and Self-Discovery, winner of the 2024 International Book Awards for Narrative Nonfiction. Her writing has appeared in Thrive Global, Tiny Buddha, Tiferet Journal, Medium, and other literary and mindfulness publications.
Alicia writes at the intersection of spirituality, mindfulness, and personal transformation. Her books invite readers to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. Through poetic storytelling and grounded wisdom, her work offers guidance for those navigating life’s thresholds with presence and courage.
She lives in the Algarve, Portugal with her dog Sophie and her magic cat, Merlin.
The Shaman’s Wife
2024 International Book Awards Winner in Nonfiction: Narrative | 2024 International Impact Book Awards Winner in Inspirational
Empowering and told from a unique perspective, this globe-spanning memoir of self-discovery and sacrifice has a singular, resounding message for its audience: love is boundless, but it must begin with nurturing oneself.
When Alicia Rodriguez, a successful entrepreneur recovering from divorce and loss, accepts an invitation to Ecuador to help a friend who is studying with a shaman, she has no idea how profoundly the decision will change her life's course. In Ecuador Alicia meets Napo, a powerful shaman, and they begin an extraordinary relationship that spans two continents and eight years.
An extraordinary memoir steeped in spirituality, shamanism, and metaphysics, The Shaman's Wife is the story of a woman who, through a daring journey of self-discovery, reclaims and embraces her feminine wisdom--and realizes that love is the answer to her lifelong spiritual quest.
Everyday Epiphanies
"You may come across a book that inspires you to courageously move forward towards what you really want. This is a book that does that." Amazon Review
In a world that celebrates grand achievements and dramatic transformations, the most profound insights often emerge quietly from our everyday experiences.
Through thoughtful reflection and genuine presence, Everyday Epiphanies: Uncovering Wisdom in Ordinary Moments reveals how the ordinary moments we might overlook-a conversation that lingers in memory, the pause between reaction and response, the questions we've been avoiding-contain the wisdom we're seeking. connection, and create meaning through intentional presence rather than endless seeking. With language that's both accessible and nuanced, the author provides practical approaches to recalibration in our acceleration-focused culture.
Discover the wisdom that has been patiently waiting in the ordinary moments of your life.
Between Root and Sky
Between Root and Sky is a contemporary poetry collection exploring grief, love, and spiritual transformation through nature-based, contemplative verse.
We live suspended between what grounds us and what calls us upward—held by earth while longing for flight, shaped by attachment while learning to let go. These poems trace that human terrain. They begin at thresholds where we form our deepest bonds with lovers, landscape, and the women who taught us how to belong. They move through the unraveling that comes with grief and loss, sitting in darkness without rushing toward resolution. And they return—not to triumph, but to integration—carrying loss as carefully as love.
Written for readers navigating grief, life transitions, and inner change, Between Root and Sky offers poetry that does not look away from difficulty. Nature appears not as escape, but as teacher and witness. The poems honor loneliness, courage, and the quiet ways meaning is restored.
This collection will resonate with readers seeking poetry for grief and healing, mindfulness and spiritual growth, and those drawn to contemporary nature poetry in the lineage of Mary Oliver, David Whyte, and Ada Limón.
Between Root and Sky is for anyone learning how to remain rooted while still reaching—fully human, breakable and resilient, earthbound and transcendent.
Manage Your Life
"For someone as busy as I am, this book allows me to take small steps daily that become big results. I read it each day.” Reader Review
Feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or constantly behind? If you're a busy professional who wants less stress and more wellness—but has no time to read another self-help book—this is for you.
Manage Your Life Before Life Manages You: More Joy and Less Stress in 365 Days is a practical, no-pressure guide to reclaiming your time, energy, and peace of mind. With just one page a day, you’ll find powerful reflections, simple wellness practices, and quick mindset shifts that help you slow down, reset, and reconnect—without disrupting your schedule.
Each daily entry is short, insightful, and actionable—perfect for reading with your morning coffee or winding down after a long day. Whether you’re looking to reduce anxiety, boost your mood, improve your focus, or simply breathe easier, this book gives you a doable path to greater clarity, joy, and wellbeing.
