"Permission to Flourish: Volume 1" opens with quotes provided from the interviews of the co-authors of the first and second Permission to Flourish anthology series. There are also insightful articles about everyday people overcoming hardships and discovering their strength to chase their passions through resilience, perseverance, and discipline. Everyone who has taken part in the anthology and magazine come from all walks of life, professions, countries, religions, beliefs, and so much more because everyone, no matter what, should give themselves the permission to flourish.