The Only List I Care About

Today marks something tender and remarkable: the second edition of Wear Your Life Well is officially out in the world. Nine years to the day since the first edition arrived. Nine years of growth, grit, grace - and becoming.

I know there's a lot of noise in the publishing world about lists and rankings and numbers. There's pressure to sell big, chart high, and chase the glittering badge of "bestseller". I understand why those things matter in a business sense, but here's the truth. 

I didn't write this book to win at a game I never signed up to play.

I wrote it to reach you.

One woman at a time.
One story at a time.
One quiet moments of recognition at a time. 

If this book finds it's way into the hands of a woman who needs to remember her worth...
If one sentence lands in a heart that has carried too much for too long ...
If one chapter lifts someone back into her own becoming ...

Then it already has "bestsold" in every way that matters to me. 

This edition is fuller, deeper, braver. I've woven the stories life has handed me, the wisdom earned through heartbreak and healing, and the lessons I've learned walking beside so many courageous women. It's both a mirror and a companion - a reminder that style isn't self-indulgent; it's self honouring. And that your life can be designed, one choice at a time.

If you choose to read it ... if you choose to share it ... if you choose to keep it on your nightstand or tuck it into your tote or highlight the sentences that speak to your soul - thank you. That is the only list I care about: the list of women who feel seen, supported, and a little more themselves because of these pages.

Here's to a new year, a new chapter, and becoming the truest version of who you already are.

Here's to becoming - together.

Copyright: Helene Oseen 2026