Suleika Jaouad is a New York Times bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning journalist, Creator of the Isolation Journals, & TED Speaker.

Suleika Jaouad began painting while in the throes of a leukemia recurrence at age 33. Plagued with medication-induced hallucinations and fever dreams, Jaouad turned to painting as a way to defang the phantasmagorical scenes that appeared in her nightmares.

In The Book of Alchemy, Suleika explores the art of journaling and shares everything she’s learned about how this life-altering practice can help us tap into that mystical trait that exists in every human: creativity. She has gathered wisdom from one hundred writers, artists, and thinkers in the form of essays and writing prompts.

When Jaouad finally walked out of the cancer ward—after countless rounds of chemo, a clinical trial, and a bone marrow transplant—she was, according to the doctors, cured. But as she would soon learn, a cure is not where the work of healing ends; it’s where it begins.

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“A masterpiece that upends the expected structure of memoirs about illness to show us what happens after the body recovers, the courage and creativity necessary to forge a transformed selfhood. Suleika Jaouad’s sentences are as urgent and beautiful as the story they comprise.

Suleika is available for corporate keynotes, panels, retreats, creative conferences & workshops. The Alchemy Workshop To celebrate the publication of The Book of Alchemy , Suleika will host a very special virtual workshop on April 21, 2025, at 7pm ET.

Jan 23, 2021 · “Writer Suleika Jaouad is changing the conversation about what it means to thrive in the wake of illness and life’s unexpected interruptions.” — TED

May 30, 2021 · Watch Suleika’s hour-long virtual conversation with the writer, teacher & human extraordinaire, Melissa Febos—about laying things bare. Proceeds support and sustain The Isolation Journals, a global creativity project founded by Suleika.