This is a courageous journey of exploration from an enclosed world to a world almost without horizons. The enclosure is built by powerful forces defining Karen as a person, what her expectations need to be, in other words, understanding of herself and her place in the world. Even love is defined by others and their expectations.
Karen at least subconsciously knows she needs to find herself in order to find peace in her life. None of this journey is easy.
Even though parts of her world were extremely uncomfortable for her, there is a sort of comfort in knowing these foundation stones can be reliable limits she can rely on. She steadily learns to replace these stones prescribed by others with stones of her own making by learning her own foundation stones are more reliable because, being of her making, they hold value intrinsic to herself, to her own self-awareness.
Add to this a highly successful career in a very demanding profession, one that requires constant reflection and introspection, constant analysis of her clients, her partners, herself and the dynamics of these often large and diverse people in a given group, and it’s a wonder she finds the time and energy to grow herself.
Yet grow to independence she does.
This is an astonishing story of courage, growth, coping and discovery with total honesty and candour that makes understanding accessible to her readers.
I highly recommend all read this deeply personal and moving autobiographical, dare I say, highly educational story. I look forward to Karen’s next work.
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