Lessons in Simply Being Finding the Peace within Tumult by Carol Eckerman

Lessons in Simply Being Finding the Peace within Tumult by Carol Eckerman

Lessons in Simply Being is the memoir of a recovering control addict who finds meaning in life after the collapse of all she had clung to. Plunged into despair, she calls upon the skills honed in her thirty-four years as a behavioral scientist and professor at Duke University. She searches for order, change, and meaning as she walks through much of what she most feared (divorce, aloneness, physical disability, her mother's dementia and dying, and her children's struggles with cancer). She discovers a mysterious loving presence that permeates her world, even its darkest corners. As she moves deeper into this unknown faith territory and lives what she had never imagined possible, love trumps fear. A troubled mother-daughter relationship transforms into one of mutual mothering. She moves toward understanding, forgiveness, and intimacy with the man whose actions triggered her despair. Her dives into tumult awaken her to the peace within and to a single new lesson to live by: simply be. She is discovering her place within the flow of Spirit that permeates all of life.

For me this memoir operates on two levelsFirst, it is a beautifully written story of spiritual transformation in Carol Eckerman's life and in her relationships - especially within her family. One of the most moving sections is about the healing that took place between Carol and her mother, despite her mother's dementia. On the second level, it serves gently and indirectly as spiritual guidance for the reader. On that level I can honestly say that it was deeply transformational for me. (Rev. Larry C. Williams, Director, The Pastor as Spiritual Guide Program_

Carol O. Eckerman is a developmental scientist, a Christian contemplative, and a spiritual director who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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ISBN 13	9781846947230
ISBN 10	1846947235
Title	Lessons in Simply Being Finding the Peace within Tumult
Author	Carol Eckerman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Collective Ink
Year published	2012-02-24
Number of pages	224
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