Books by Susan Smith

My writing lives alongside my design practice for the same reason: both are about clarity, restraint, and choosing what stays.

These books were not written to motivate or perform. They were written to steady. Each one reflects a different phase of reinvention and a different relationship to work, identity, and self-trust.

Together, they form a progression rather than a brand.

Mastering Gen X Life

Learning how to stand again

This was the first book I wrote, and it came from necessity.

Mastering Gen X Life is a practical, grounded guide for Gen X women navigating work, family, creativity, and financial independence in a world that was not designed with us in mind. It focuses on resilience without burnout, ambition without self-erasure, and building stability while holding onto curiosity.

This book is about learning how to function again after everything you thought was stable shifts. It is structured, actionable, and rooted in lived experience rather than theory.

It is the foundation.

Life Redesigned

Reclaiming agency after disruption

Life Redesigned moves from survival into choice.

Part memoir and part practical reflection, this book explores what happens after you stop reacting to life and begin designing it deliberately. It examines wellness, career pivots, healing, boundaries, and legacy without toxic positivity or false promises.

This is a book for women who have already been through change and are ready to shape what comes next with intention rather than urgency.

It is about authorship.

The Power of Reinvention

Editing with care

The Power of Reinvention is the most reflective of the three.

Written for women standing in the in-between space where the life they built no longer fits, this book reframes reinvention as an act of design rather than destruction. It challenges the idea that reinvention requires spectacle, collapse, or starting over from scratch.

Instead, it focuses on discernment, stillness, and the courage to choose fewer things more carefully. This book explores identity, work, creativity, and meaning through the lens of restraint.

It is about coming home to yourself.