Every year, the self-help publishing industry offers us a dazzling array of tips, tricks, and techniques to fix, well, everything about our lives. Can life’s most persistent challenges really be addressed in a few easy steps you can take right now? Rev. Rebecca will reflect on the lessons she’s learned from a wide array of self-help teachers, and what they might mean for us as Unitarian Universalists.

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur is raising three children with her husband in Santa Monica, CA. She serves as Community Minister for the Emerson UU Church of Canoga Park and works with St. Joseph Center in Venice to provide housing, hope, and help to people experiencing homelessness. Rev. Bijur grew up in Japan, India, and suburban Maryland, is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Divinity School, and has served UU congregations and multi-faith social justice communities in Los Angeles since 2010. You can find out where she is speaking next at www.rebeccabijur.com.