About.
DRIVEN TO CHANGE LIVES.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. -Henry Ford
Beachside Books all started on a rooftop overlooking the beach town of Dana Point, California.
Beachside Books is dedicated to creating, writing, and inspiring readers through titles that provide opportunities for new thoughts and ideas. We at Beachside Books, are honored to represent authors who will bring fresh and innovative topics to the literary community.
Beachside Book’s first book “What I Wish I’d Known; Finding Your Way Through the Tunnel of Grief†shares a story of love, loss, and hope in the effort to abolish the stigma that surrounds mental illness and suicide. After “What I Wish I’d Known” was published, they identified a need to reach further and help teens struggling with depression and mental health problems, along with self-care tips and grief inspiration. Scroll down to see the latest publications. More titles to come.
Founders.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. -Jane Goodall
SHEILA PETERSON
Sheila Peterson is a wife, mother, and grandmother in addition to being a community leader and avid gardener. She grew up in Huntington Beach and had a career in early childhood education and then technical training in the semiconductor industry. She became a Master Gardener through the UCCE Master Gardener Program in 2000 and has donated numerous hours to volunteer gardening venues throughout the years as well as written various gardening articles and blog posts for several publications.
Sheila supports many non-profit organizations throughout Orange County and has been an activist for the advancement of integrative medicine and healthy eating and is president of Beachside Books. Sheila is a Trustee at UCI and the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and is on the board of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine.
KRISTI HUGSTAD
After her own husband’s suicide, Kristi Hugstad gained a strong desire to help people who are suffering with grief. This led her to become a certified Grief Recovery Specialist for Healing Hearts Grief & Recovery, and her work has helped countless people through the most difficult times in their lives. Through her work, she hopes to help people who have experienced tragic events to gain a new perspective and renew their lives.
Hugstad is now a speaker and author that shares her personal experience and professional expertise in grief recovery in many ways. Aside from writing books, she also writes blogs for the Huffington Post, and is the host of The Grief Girl radio show and podcast on OC Talk Radio. She now lives in Dana Point, California.
