by Deborah Jeanne Weitzman
website: deborahjeanne.com
Paperback
English
Publication November 2013
232 pages, 6×9 inches
ISBN: 978-0-9826077-8-7
Cover Image: She Who Knows by Rowan Farrell
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This book distills Deborah’s dramatic exploration into the nature of the self, the many obstacles she encountered during that exploration, and the way through that she found to become more fully herself and live with more freedom and joy.
It is written with a directness and vividness that carries the reader along with it, through Deborah’s stormy search for the self across Europe and in Argentina. She journeys through fear, self-doubt and addiction, to a new sense of wholeness and acceptance, and a new freedom to be the person that she always knew she could be.
Back cover text:
For Deborah, it all begins on a trip to Argentina to dance tango and escape the dark cold winter of Norway. A few pills taken to ease the fear of flying bring on, instead of the expected calm, a total breakdown. Stranded in Buenos Aires, forced to stay put and look at her life as never before, Deborah meets Ana, a profoundly insightful therapist, whose no-nonsense yet compassionate approach triggers a vital transformation.
“Why is this happening?” she asks, because she has no idea how to make sense of anything: her skin, her breath, her face, nothing is familiar and it scares her to death. “We carry things,” Ana says, “and we hide behind them. One day the load becomes too much. The way you’ve learned to live, to survive, will not work anymore. Your inner intention has taken over and begs you to see what is buried within.”
This autobiographical novel flings open the scary little box called the self so we may better understand the causes and cures of anxieties manifested in overeating, fear of flying, panic at singing or speaking in public, and difficult relationships. By shining a light into the deep and the dark, we disclose not only a bountiful source of hope but what it truly means to live as a human being rather than a human doing.