Run The Mile You're In

What does it cost to build a life without losing yourself along the way? When entrepreneur and mother, Kettia Ming is pulled into a high-stakes legal battle, the fallout reaches far beyond her business. It threatens her family, her sense of safety, and the identity she worked to sustain. As the pressure escalates, she is forced to reckon with the truth: the price was too high. Running becomes her refuge. Offering her a place to breathe again and to reinvent her life with intention. Told with honesty and cinematic detail, this book pulls back the curtain on what it means to pursue dreams within systems that were never designed to support you. Rooted in lived experience, it offers hard-earned wisdom, the missteps that cost more than money, and the pivotal choices that redefine achievement. For anyone carrying more than they admit, this story invites you to reclaim your power one mile at a time.

Kettia Etienne Ming is a writer, entrepreneur, and creative leader whose work centers on reinvention and the inner strength that is vital to rebuild a life from the inside out. She built and sold a multimillion-dollar childcare company, leads national arts and equity initiatives, and writes about the truth behind ambition and the quiet work of becoming whole again. Run the Mile You're In is her debut book.