BookPeople Presents: Bruce W. Brackett - How to Breathe While Suffocating

Please welcome Bruce W. Brackett in conversation with Michael Brown to celebrate How to Breathe While Suffocating!

This event is free and open to the public.

• Start time: 7:00 P.M.
• Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
• Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.

• To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.

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About the book:

Collectively, we’ve been going through a rough time. Between the global COVID-19 pandemic, concerns about the future of our planet, and the economic difficulties many are facing, it’s no wonder that we’re having a hard time finding the energy to carry on. How to Breathe While Suffocating is a lesson in how to recover that energy, find our way to our passions, and start living life once again. Inside, motivational speaker and social media personality Bruce Brackett tells all, revealing how he overcame abuse, neglect, bullying, addiction, and more. It wasn’t an easy road, but along the way he learned some truly invaluable lessons. This book—at once a deeply personal account and a universally applicable guide—is like a shortcut for readers on their own healing and recovery journeys. What Brackett learned the hard way, we can learn the easy way, thanks to his unflinching new book. This book is excellent for anyone who is struggling to get back to their pre- pandemic motivation levels, who is on the road to addiction recovery, or who may just feel a sense of emptiness and lack of purpose in life. Brackett distills the lessons learned on his own bumpy road to fulfill- ment, presenting his story and weaving in easy-to-remember mantras that make How to Breathe While Suffocating a valuable source of inspiration. Best of all, readers will learn that they aren’t alone as they work overtime just to stay afloat in troubled times. Sometimes what we need most is understanding and compassion, and Bruce Brackett provides just that. As we relate this story to our own experiences, we can begin to break out of our self-isolation, realizing that we, too, can step back into the world and go after our dreams.

About the author:

Bruce W. Brackett (BWB) is a social media personality, author, entrepreneur, self-taught visual artist, and international motivational speaker. BWB has been nominated two years in a row for The Cheer Choice Awards in Las Vegas, NV.
Originally from southwest Montana, BWB moved to NYC at the age of 18 to pursue his dreams of being on Broadway. After many distractions, making it to Off-Broadway, and developing several addictions, meth being a big one, BWB found his true calling and his way back to sobriety through art and by advocating for recovery to his online audience of over 1.4 million people.This online community of recovery fuels BWB’s love, passion, creativity, and mission to share positivity and the possibilities of recovery.
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Bruce has sold his artwork and “Negativity Be Gone” hand fans to people in all 50 of the United States and in over 14 countries. BWB now resides with his partner, Teo, and his tuxedo cat, DionE, in the Pocono Mountains, where they enjoy hiking, kayaking, and finding all the beautiful waterfalls.
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About the moderator:

Misha is a multi-hyphenate with his fingers in many entertainment spaces. He is a social media star, a host, an actor and soon to be author. Misha started gaining attention on social media with his series of videos called “Lessons in Not Crossing a Gay Man” where he would share anecdotes from his life where he would stand up for the little guy by savagely humbling the bullies of the world. USA Today named him one of TikTok’s Comedians to Watch and called his brand of comedy “equal parts bite and heart”. Misha has used his following to branch out into the podcasting world where he the host of a Wondery podcast called ’The Big Flop’, which was nominated for Best Comedy Podcast in the first season by the Podcast Academy. Wherever you find his work, it always intended to be a place where laughter brings us together and heals us. Follow Misha @dontcrossagayman.

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