Carol Eckerman discusses her memoir Lessons in Simply Being: Finding the Peace within Tumult

Start: 05/26/2012 2:00 pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Sat 5/26 2pm-3pm

Carol Eckerman discusses her memoir Lessons in Simply Being: Finding the Peace within Tumult

What might we discover if we loosened the grip of fear on our lives?
How might our most important relationships transform with the gifts of trust and courage?
What lessons have our own stories taught us and how can we glean their wisdom?

Lessons in Simply Being is the memoir of my life as a recovering control addict who finds meaning after the collapse of all I had clung to. As I walked through much of what I had armored myself against—abandonment, aloneness, physical disability, my mother’s dementia and dying, my children’s bouts with cancer—I found a mysterious loving presence that permeated even these dark places. I lived what I had never imagined possible.

Carol Eckerman lives in Chapel Hill, NC and is Professor Emerita of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. A developmental scientist by training and a spiritual pilgrim by birthright, she currently serves as a spiritual director and writer, helping others to uncover their soul’s story.