The World Is My Mirror
ABOUT THE BOOK
One Woman’s Global Journey to Reinvention
At a crossroads in life, scientist and global explorer Riza Rasco steps away from a corporate career and embarks on a decade-long journey around the world, without knowing exactly what she is searching for or where the journey will lead.
THE JOURNEY
When exploring the world becomes an exploration of yourself
As she travels across continents and immerses herself in diverse cultures, ancient traditions, sacred places, and unfamiliar ways of life, she begins questioning long-held assumptions about success, happiness, belonging, purpose, and the life she thought she was supposed to live. What begins as an exploration of the world gradually becomes an exploration of herself.
Travel gives Riza distance from the familiar and exposes her to people, ideas, challenges, and possibilities she could not have imagined from within her previous life. Along the way, she discovers strengths she had not fully recognized, finds new ways to create and contribute, and begins building a life increasingly shaped by her own choices.
“The world can be more than a place to explore — it can become a mirror.”
Reflecting both who we are and the possibilities for who we might yet become.
BETWEEN TRAVEL & TRANSFORMATION
More Than a Travel Memoir
Through moments of wonder, grief, challenge, solitude, and discovery, Riza comes to understand that the world can be more than a place to explore—it can become a mirror, reflecting both who we are and possibilities for who we might yet become.
Part travel memoir and part meditation on personal reinvention, The World Is My Mirror is a deeply personal exploration of loss, curiosity, spirituality, purpose, and self-discovery. Rather than offering a formula for transformation, it traces how change can emerge gradually through experience—one place, one encounter, one challenge, and one unexpected realization at a time.
FOR THOSE AT A CROSSROADS
What Else Might Your Life Hold?
For anyone who has reached a crossroads and wondered whether there might be another way to live, The World Is My Mirror offers one woman’s experience of stepping beyond the familiar and giving herself the chance to discover what else her life might hold.
Ultimately, it is a story about something larger than travel: the possibility of becoming more fully ourselves and creating a life that is more consciously our own.
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Testimonials
Few people are as well traveled as Riza Rasco, and even fewer travel so well. But The World is My Mirror is no typical travel book. Rendered with a sharp eye and a soft heart, this is a tale of grief and despair overcome, one mile at a time. A pure delight–and precious reminder that not all destinations can be found on a map.
Riza’s deeply personal and emotionally revealing story should inspire anyone, male or female, who feels stuck and yearns to find meaning in the world. Her detailed and colorful writing evokes both her scientific background and the vibrancy of her Filipino heritage. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride, as one of the most accomplished travelers of her generation guides you towards the possibility of lifelong fulfillment through travel.
This is far more than a travel memoir; it is a profound meditation on the human spirit—an odyssey of grief transfigured into resilience, and of miles transformed into meaning—written with uncommon courage and grace.
Fearless and inspiring! Riza Rasco travels the globe to discover not only who she is but also how she can make a difference.
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