Make Me Smile with Miist: Songs, Stories, and 15-Second Actions for Emotional Healing, Mental Health, and Finding Happiness

Make Me Smile with Miist® offers a fresh, human-centered journey into mental health through the lens of a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and host of the top 10 mental health podcast of the same name. Adapted from her TED®-style podcast talks, the book weaves original music, storytelling, and research to explore why we think, feel, and act the way we do—and how our inner world quietly shapes the lives of those around us.

Each chapter is built around an original song that focuses on a defining challenge of modern life. These fast, engaging reads pair insight and entertainment with simple 15-second actions that spark meaningful personal and social change. Make Me Smile with Miist® invites readers to reopen doors they may have unknowingly closed, rekindling imagination, creativity, and connection. Every solution is accessible, thought-provoking, and enhanced with multimedia elements, creating a truly immersive and distinctive reading experience.

Miist is a world-record holding, international award-winning singer-songwriter, author, and motivational speaker. She was the first native Chinese artist to chart on the Billboard Pop/AC charts. Miist lives life to the fullest after being abandoned at five years old and surviving a terminal cancer diagnosis in her twenties. She is now an ambassador for Roger Daltrey’s Teen Cancer America. She lives on the West Coast of the USA with her husband and daughter.