Meet the Founder of Wheat Penny Press Rebekah “Bex” Borucki
Here at #BlogHer, we are all about supporting female entrepreneurs — especially those who double as speakers! Rebekah “Bex” Borucki will be joining us at #BlogHer20 Parenting next week. She’ll be leading our attendees through a virtual, guided meditation to get us all in the right headspace to receive all the amazing, educational goodness we’ll be receiving throughout the day!
As far as I can tell, Bex is the physical embodiment of the phrase, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” This was clear to me from the very start of our over-the-phone interview, when she explained that her PR team wasn’t quite sure what to do with her — “They told me to relax — I keep doing everything myself!”
Every hustler and entrepreneur can relate to that sentiment. And in Bex’s case, that sentiment has seriously paid off. Bex’s first children’s book, “Zara’s Big Messy Day (That Turned Out Okay)” is self-published by Bex’s self-owned publishing company, Wheat Penny Press. After facing many rejections and serious edits to Zara’s appearance and personality, Bex recognized that she’d have to brave the process on her own. But Bex didn’t stop there — now, she’s on a mission to get the book she needed as a little girl in to as many little hands as she possibly can. How? With a kick-ass kick-starter campaign.
“This was the book I needed at seven years old, as a biracial girl struggling with anxiety and ADHD — so I wrote it. Now I want to make sure everyone who needs it can have it too.”
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Bex’s non-profit charitable organization, the Wheat Penny Press Little Readers Big Change Initiative, has partnered with a national children’s yoga non-profit to deliver free books to elementary school students in districts that need a lot of extra love and attention. Their goal (for now) is to fill 100 classrooms with free books—- but I suspect Bex won’t stop until the whole world knows Zara’s name.
“Some of the schools we visit have fewer children’s books in their libraries than I have in my kids’ personal collection. More positive feedback from teachers and social workers comes in every day.”
You can help Bex achieve her goal by donating to her campaign here. With everything going on in the world right now, I am positive that there are plenty of young minds out there in need with a book that accurately represents feeling anxious when you can’t quite name the feeling.
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Rebekah “Bex” Borucki, founder of BEXLIFE® and the BLISSED IN® wellness movement, is a mother of five, author of books for big and little readers, meditation guide, and birth doula. She has taught meditation as a profound act of self-care that can be executed effortlessly and effectively to hundreds of thousands of individuals online and in live workshops and public events. Rebekah’s mission is to make mental-health support and stress-management tools accessible to all. Most recently, Rebekah started her own publishing imprint, Wheat Penny Press, to publish her “Big Messy” children’s book series.
