Books by Cody Cook-Parrott
My writing centers on attention, daily practice, and creative life—exploring presence, spiritual practice, and work-life balance. Books that invite readers to think, make, and live with more attunement.
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Introducing
The Practice of Attention
Coming March 17, 2026 from St. Martin’s Essentials
The Practice of Attention is a guide for stepping out of the loops that keep us hooked—so we can return to presence, play, and service. This isn’t an anti-technology book; it’s about reclaiming your time and focus so life feels like it belongs to you again. Moving from digital detox and an attention audit into five grounding practices—creative work, hobbies, movement, research, and spiritual life—you’ll learn how to weave your own retreat or residency into everyday living.
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Past Books
Look About You: A Book of Ordinary Prayers
(2024) Published by Cody Cook-Parrott
A book of 366 secular daily prayers, this book is for anyone who wants to bring their own version of a higher power into their spiritual ecosystem. Written with the seasons in mind, Look About You is a portal into mystery, the unknown, and a tool for cultivating your very own prayer practice. To be used as a tool alongside your morning pages, recovery literature, and first cup of coffee—coming in at 4x6” in this little book is perfect if you want to define your own version of god!
Getting to Center: Pathways to Finding Yourself Within the Great Unknown
(2020) Published by William Morrow Paperbacks
Getting to Center is an empathetic offering to those who are looking for a roadmap for finding their way back to equilibrium. This book meditates on endings, grief and joy, ease, hope, addiction, and beginnings, pairing Cody's own experiences and wisdom with practical exercises and tools for creating balance and understanding within the natural changes of life.
How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care
(2018) Published by Morrow Gift
Part workbook, part advice manual, part love letter, How to Not Always Be Working ventures into the space where phone meets life, helping you define your work (what we do out of sense of purpose), your job (what we do to make money), and your breaks (what we do to recharge). These boundaries help us reconnect with ourselves and the people who matter most to us. It addresses complex issues such as what to do if your work and your job are connected, provides insights to help you figure out how much is too much, and offers suggestions for making the best use of your time.
“When our attention splinters, so do we. It is not an exaggeration to say [The Practice of Attention] will save your life. It saved mine.”
—Holly Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman