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INTO THE SOUL OF THE WORLD
My Journey to Healing
Adventure journalist Brad Wetzler's memoir of a decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to understand and heal from past traumas.
Wetzler's writing is full of the poignant, amusing, and occasionally heart?breaking situations that unfold when we finally decide to confront depression (or any mental health struggle) and declare ourselves ready to heal: What does it mean to live a good life? How do we - as men and as humans- heal our past and live our best life? How can we be of service to others?
As Wetzler explains of his quest for enlightenment: "No, not the sustained blissed out-now-and-forever type of enlightenment. I no longer believe in that BS. Today, I think about enlightenment as a process: of living to tell the story, and trying to be the best human you can be."
Brad Wetzler suffered from trauma, PTSD and hit rock bottom in his life and career, as well as the life?threatening consequences of his psychiatrist overprescribing medication. In recounting his journey, he mixes travelogue with empowering insights about his inner journey to better care for his own mental health. Wetzler's quest takes him across Israel and Palestine, as well as to India, to a candle-lit cave on a mountaintop in the Himalayan foothills, for a life-changing encounter with a 100-year-old yogi.
Brad Wetzler began his writing and publishing career serving as an editor at Outside magazine, where he worked with some of the country's finest nonfiction writers. He later turned in his editor's pen for a writer's and traveled the world writing about adventure and exploration, business, politics, the environment, sports, yoga, and wellness. In midlife, after recovering from a long, debilitating depression, he became a certified yoga teacher and began exploring and writing about our inner landscape: psychology, spirituality, meditation, and yoga. His network of friends and colleagues include many major authors and influential editors, among them Emily Rapp Black, Daniel Coyle, Michael Paterniti, Jon Krakauer, and others; in addition, Rob Bell, the renowned author, spiritual teacher, and frequent guest on Oprah, has offered his full support to help him publicize his book.
As Wetzler explains of his quest for enlightenment: "No, not the sustained blissed out-now-and-forever type of enlightenment. I no longer believe in that BS. Today, I think about enlightenment as a process: of living to tell the story, and trying to be the best human you can be."
Brad Wetzler suffered from trauma, PTSD and hit rock bottom in his life and career, as well as the life?threatening consequences of his psychiatrist overprescribing medication. In recounting his journey, he mixes travelogue with empowering insights about his inner journey to better care for his own mental health. Wetzler's quest takes him across Israel and Palestine, as well as to India, to a candle-lit cave on a mountaintop in the Himalayan foothills, for a life-changing encounter with a 100-year-old yogi.
Brad Wetzler began his writing and publishing career serving as an editor at Outside magazine, where he worked with some of the country's finest nonfiction writers. He later turned in his editor's pen for a writer's and traveled the world writing about adventure and exploration, business, politics, the environment, sports, yoga, and wellness. In midlife, after recovering from a long, debilitating depression, he became a certified yoga teacher and began exploring and writing about our inner landscape: psychology, spirituality, meditation, and yoga. His network of friends and colleagues include many major authors and influential editors, among them Emily Rapp Black, Daniel Coyle, Michael Paterniti, Jon Krakauer, and others; in addition, Rob Bell, the renowned author, spiritual teacher, and frequent guest on Oprah, has offered his full support to help him publicize his book.
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Published 2023-03-21 by Hachette Book Group - New York (USA) |