Journey: The Year That Changes Everything

A year-long guide to awareness, reflection, and personal growth with deep intention from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Time 100 Creator, meditator, and modern poet Yung Pueblo, one of today’s brightest lights in self-healing and compassion.

Yung Pueblo’s Journey is just that—a uniquely accessible and actionable inspirational journey filled with words that heal and wisdom that lasts.

Healing is not a destination: it’s a practice. The greatest change comes from within you. To transform your life, you must go on an inward journey to uncover two of the greatest prizes a human being can have: self-awareness and inner peace. Both self-awareness and inner peace emerge from a deep state of balance. This same balance is remarkably expressed in the visible world by the four major elements: fire, air, earth, and water.

Fire, the element of ambition, transformation, energy, and understanding boundaries, is the first chapter of your journey. You will need fire to help you work through all the anxiousness, uncertainty, and doubt that come up as you steel yourself for change.

Air, the element of motion, freedom, self-awareness, and skillfulness, is the second chapter. Air guides you as you finally move forward and take flight.

Earth, the element of stability, self-care, steadiness, and nourishment, is the third chapter. Earth is all about training. Your sweat and tears show that your efforts have taken hold, but now you need to continue the work so change can be lasting.

Water, the element of letting go, generosity, adaptability, and relationships, is the final chapter. Water is about finally feeling balance and being in a place to unlock new opportunities, new relationships, and a new understanding of yourself.

Look to Journey as a source of inspiration and a guide that will help you cultivate these qualities within your mind and heart.

Diego Perez is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo. He has sold nearly 2 million books worldwide that have been translated into over 25 languages. Online he has an audience of over 4.5 million people and was named one of the Time100 Creators of 2025. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. Much of Diego’s inspiration comes from the many silent meditation courses he has sat in the last 13 years. Diego’s new book, How to Love Better, was an instant New York Times bestseller. Additionally, Diego cofounded Wisdom Ventures, an investment fund focused on scaling compassion, and is the founder of Ready, a relationship app that centers personal growth.

“Personal growth is like anything great in life; it’s all about the reps. It takes discipline, patience, and resilience to reach our true potential. In Journey, Yung Pueblo reminds us that the biggest championships are won quietly, inside ourselves. One honest moment. One small choice. One day at a time. This book is a playbook for calming your nervous system, finding your center, and living with the kind of peace and gratitude that can enrich your life.”—Tom Brady