A Timely Call for Unity and Healing: Upcoming Book Signings “The Peace Guidebook”

With stress, burnout, uncertainty, grief, and division continuing to affect people across the country, bestselling authors Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman are offering something many people are actively searching for right now: practical, real-life ways to reduce stress, stay motivated, strengthen relationships, navigate life’s challenges, and cultivate peace in everyday life.

Their new book, The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind (Health Communications Inc./Simon & Schuster), is part of The Guidebook Series from the original publishers of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series. The book has quickly resonated with readers seeking practical strategies to navigate emotional overwhelm, burnout, grief, and uncertainty with greater clarity, resilience, and hope.

Adding to its momentum, The Peace Guidebook was recently named a 2026 International Book Award winner and earned praise from Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series.

“A beacon of light in this chaotic world. A must-read for modern times.”

— Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and The Success Principles™

Published on April 21, 2026, the book features a foreword by Rev. Mpho A. Tutu van Furth and invites readers to rethink peace not as a distant ideal, but as a daily practice that can be cultivated even during life’s most difficult moments.

Rather than presenting peace as the absence of conflict or hardship, the authors encourage readers to embrace it as an intentional way of living through change, loss, burnout, uncertainty, and personal challenges. Through practical guidance, relatable stories, and reflective exercises, The Peace Guidebook offers readers actionable tools for building emotional resilience, improving relationships, and creating greater harmony in their personal and professional lives.

The book introduces 10 guiding principles—including Presence, Patience, Partnership, and Perseverance—that help readers integrate peaceful practices into everyday life while navigating the realities of work, family, health, and personal growth.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino is a bestselling author, founder of The Best Ever You Network, co-founder of The Percolate Peace Project, speaker, coach, and author of The Change Guidebook, The Success Guidebook, and The Peace Guidebook.

Joining her is Dr. Katie Eastman, a bestselling author, licensed mental health provider with more than 40 years of experience, co-founder of ReCreate Coaching and Counseling, co-founder of The Percolate Peace Project, and co-author of The Peace Guidebook. An educator, counselor, speaker, and resilience expert, Dr. Eastman has spent decades helping individuals navigate grief, loss, life transitions, emotional well-being, and personal growth.

Together, Hamilton-Guarino and Eastman bring decades of expertise in mental health, grief and loss, emotional resilience, leadership, personal development, and peaceful living, making them sought-after guests for television, radio, podcasts, print features, and digital media.

At a time when many people feel overwhelmed by the pace of modern life and the uncertainty surrounding them, the authors believe peace is not something people simply hope to find someday—it is something they can begin practicing today.

“This book is a call to action and a call to calm,” said Hamilton-Guarino and Eastman. “It is a reminder that peace begins within each of us. Every person matters, every voice has value, and no one has to walk this journey alone.”

The Peace Guidebook is also part of the broader Percolate Peace Project, a global initiative working to inspire one million people to embrace peace as a way of life through intentional daily actions that strengthen individuals, families, workplaces, and communities.

“This is more than a book,” the authors said. “It is a blueprint for personal and collective transformation, reminding us that peace begins with the choices we make every day.”

Upcoming Book Signing Events

Readers will have the opportunity to meet Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and and/or Dr. Katie Eastman at the following upcoming book signing events:

July 12, Barnes & Noble, ​1940 Route 10 West , Morris Plains, NJ 07950

July 14, Books & Greetings, 271 Livingston Street, Northvale, NJ

July 15, Barnes & Noble, 555 5th Ave, New York, NY 10017

July 16, The BookMark Shoppe, 8415 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209 

To learn more or join the movement, visit PercolatePeace.com or watch the book trailer.