For every turning point. Especially when they graduate.
You can't go with them.
Give them words that can.
Yes. No. Maybe.
"So simple, and yet profound." ~verified Amazon review
Yes! No. Maybe? is a picture book for all ages.
It explores belonging, boundaries, and brave exploration... and the three words that guide us through every turning point.
It’s a keepsake parents give their children early to build a foundation. And later — before they head out on their own.
More often than not, it's one they keep from themselves because the simplicity that steadies a child is the same simplicity that steadies us all.
Three Little Words That Change Everything
Learned before you could read, these three words are the most powerful words you have to shape your life.
YES is the promise to create and connect.
NO is the protection of what matters.
MAYBE is the courage to explore what's next.
Woven with a timeless spiritual thread, it's about how we navigate the world at eight, eighteen, or eighty.
Origin Story
The one question that started everything...and this book!
What kind of day are you having?
Read the whole book or turn to the section you need.
Perfect for gift-giving: Graduations, new jobs, spiritual milestones, social-emotional learning, and more
Gorgeous full-color illustrations by Brent Pettit that resonate with:
- Graduates stepping into the world
- Adults rebuilding after change
- Parents teaching emotional literacy
- Therapists and educators
- Anyone needing to find their way back to themselves
Two levels of meaning: Language simple enough for kids with meaning and messaging deep enough for adults.
The world is complex. Let's keep the map simple.
Say YES to your intrinsic worth.
Say NO to what makes you doubt it.
And follow your MAYBEs...they just might lead you home.
My Story
After working for a renowned HR firm, I launched Career Wellness Partners and Live Your Genuine Coaching to serve clients in major career, leadership, and life transition. Twelve years later, I found myself in a shift of my own.
Wider Audience.
Deeper Questions.
Greater Impact.
While writing a book that I thought would put a nice bow on my coaching career, I suddenly understood something I heard as a “download” over ten years ago. A sentence dropped into my brain that was not my own. Not the way I talk. Nothing I would say. It made zero sense…until it did.
So, I wrote Yes! No. Maybe? first.
New Format.
Same Fierce Dedication.
Now, it is through story and a larger platform that I challenge you to stop shushing your soul.
You’re never too young or too old to explore with curiosity and follow your whisper to the highest version of yourself.
We all need the most genuine expression of the Light you have inside you.
Book Reviews
“With simple language and a sense of wonder, Barbara Berger invites young readers to discover the light within themselves—and to recognize that same light in others.”
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
The Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.
