MEMOIRS
“How do I stay afloat in this tossing ocean that is life?”
His life, on paper, should appear ordinary. However, after being diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in 2021, author Levi Santha began to reflect on his past experiences of growing up amidst the confusions of constant over-analyzing, attachments to bitter memories, and increasing self-doubts of his own identity.
Despite having access to nearby mental health supports, it took years (and influence from others) to finally come to terms with his anxiety-induced trauma. This collection of stories can be interpreted as his healing process in action.
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Inuvik. YaYa Lakes. Tuk. Aklavik.
If you have ever lived in any of the places mentioned above, then you know a life that few ever get to experience. Randy Day moved to Inuvik, NWT in the mid 1970s and began a series of adventures one can only experience living life in the far north.
Let Randy transport you to life in the north as he recalls many of those adventures with honesty, humility, and humour. He outlines the many challenges and triumphs of living in the Arctic from a harrowing escape on melting ice highway, to being stranded for days in the muskeg hoping for a plane rescue, to surviving the long dark winters and celebrating the return of daylight in the spring. He also beautifully captures the joy and necessity of community, friendship, and generosity of spirit, without which, no one survives the North.
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After rummaging through some old things, Arlene Lynchuk-Klassen came across her late husband’s handwritten memoir, which she has decided to share with the world.
Life can have many twists and turns, and Bob Klassen’s was no exception. From growing up in the 1930s, to joining the Air Force, to being a prominent musician and jeweller/entrepreneur, to marriage, divorce, and fatherhood, to battling life-threatening injuries, and more… Bob’s life never had a dull moment. This is his story in his own words.
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No matter what road you’re on, you’re exactly where you are supposed to be.
In 1999, Norman D. Levy found himself at a crossroads. Life as he knew it was crumbling around him. His business was failing; his marriage dissolving. He was faced with a choice. Either run from his troubles (all the way to California from New York) or stay and trust in Hashem.
He chose to stay.
Leaning deeply into his faith and with the conviction that, more than anything else, he needed to be there for his children, Norman weathered the rocky roads that eventually led him into the light. Through prayer and resilience, he found his way to a better place, a happier life, surrounded by people he loves.
Through the course of his life transformation, Norman wrote about his experiences and has compiled those writings in a series of letters to his children, imparting his advice on how to weather the storms, navigate the rough roads, and take moments to enjoy the path when it is clear.
In 7 Highways of the Soul, we are shown that no matter what road you are on, if you invite Hashem to guide you, you will never be lost…only blessed.
A Different Conversation about Cancer…
Are you willing to find the peace and the trust that you desire, to make the choices that work for you, even if they only work for you?
Saskia Mevis was diagnosed with cancer and told she would die without conventional treatment. She chose to go against what everyone was telling her she should do and instead listened to her own knowing and her Body. In doing so, she found a strengthand a joy greater than she ever thought possible.
This book is about finding the will to Live and the allowance to Die…
It is about stopping the fight and embracing the Magic of Possibilities…
It is about the Magic of Being that has been refused, rejected, dismissed, and extremely underestimated.
This might shake up your world a little bit. Just ask, “Is this the change I’ve been asking for?”
We learn in this world that we must protect ourselves from dying yet all we have to do is choose to live!
Patricia Meier’s wish to have a daughter finally came true. All those wishes on birthday cakes and falling stars, answered at last. The morning of December 6, 2001, Alexandra Avis Kennedy was born. She had beautiful blue eyes and the fingers of a pianist. She was a dainty little blonde and perfect in every way. Patricia’s heart’s desire had come true.
Four short years later, the dream turned into a nightmare, after Patricia received the devastating news that Alexandra had a life-threatening brain tumour; one that eventually took her life.
This is a mother’s journey from the darkness back to the light. The spirit of intent in sharing this story is to provide hope for others who find themselves in similar dire straits, to provide hope during the hard times, and to let you know there is life and joy to be had again at the end of this dark night.
The perfect read for anyone who has ever farmed or is interested in the hilarious and not-so-hilarious reality of what it takes to get their food from “farm to table.”
Jo and Jimmy White immigrated to Canada from England with high hopes and big dreams for their new farm… but as any farmer would know, nothing ever goes as planned.
Follow Jo as she shares her ambitious adventures in organic farming in rural Saskatchewan, Canada – humorous, heart-warming, sometimes heart-breaking, and very real stories – describing the joys and successes of learning to live with and off the land, along with the many goofs, gaffs, and disasters encountered along the way.
From hatching heritage poultry to all night vigils through calving and lambing season to driving cross-country with armfuls of lilies tied to a pram on the back of a pick-up truck, the adventures Jo and Jimmy have undertaken are nothing short of entertaining (sometimes baffling) and most definitely ambitious!
It will make you laugh. It will make you cry.
It will make you look at your hairdresser like you never have before.
There’s more to cutting hair than scissors.
For Tracy Bitternose, hairdressing was a way to deliver beauty, inspiration, kindness, creativity, self-worth, and strength not only to herself, but to every person who sat in her chair.
She’s been through it all: abusive relationships, divorce, self-loathing, health issues, and even cancer, and has come out of it all blessed, successful, and loved. Nothing can stop the indomitable spirit of a woman who desires to cut hair!
In “For the Love of Hair”, author and stylist, Tracy Bitternose, takes you on an intimate journey of struggle, pain, hope, triumph, and laughter as she chronicles her life experience as a hairstylist and entrepreneur. This book is a smart and inspirational guide to picking yourself up and standing with your head held high (with fabulous hair, of course!)
No matter how hard life knocks you down, you can get up and be the amazing person you are meant to be. And if you need help, your hairstylist will be there, to hold your hand and make sure you look good along the way. Why? Because YOU MATTER!
Like many millennials, Shari Chelack began adulthood trying to live up to the perfect image she saw on her Instagram feed. Overwhelmed by caring for two young sons while maintaining a corporate career and the business she ran with her husband, she lost hope of finding the fairy-tale she’d dreamt of.
Little did she know, it would be on the yellow brick road of motherhood that she would learn her most invaluable life lessons.
With humour and raw honesty, Chelack shares her journey from being a successful but miserable briefcase-carrying career woman to discovering she already possessed the magic to create the balance and happiness she’d always wanted.
Readers of Girl, Wash Your Face, Love Warrior, and Wild will love this uplifting memoir of overcoming expectations to find magic, happiness, and healing while being a working mother.
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Have you ever wondered what a near-death experience is like? Julia Evans can tell you. She’s heard the whispered questions and seen the quizzical looks, and now she’s sharing the full story of the day that transformed Julia Evans into The Lily Nurse.
See the experience through her eyes as it loops, turns, and links back together, illuminating a journey like no other. Immerse yourself in her story as she shares the details of the day that changed her forever, what came before, and how it set her forth on a new path.
Read how she steps out of the shadows she was placed into, and learn how truly empowering it is for one’s self to finally be heard. Finding your voice has its own power in healing. When you are heard, you are able to heal at all levels—mind, body and spirit.
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After receiving her second cancer diagnosis in ten years, with little hope of recovering given to her by the medical community, Jayka Duncan set forth on a mission to heal. After trying everything, she was shocked to find that the cancer had spread from her breast to her cervix and uterus. Brought to her knees, Jayka finally surrendered. This is when the true healing began.
Healed By Cancer is the story of a woman’s honest and empowering experience with healing – not only from Stage 4 cancer but from life. Come learn Jayka’s story and surrender method that not only got her a clean bill of health, but also put to rest issues she had struggled with for much of her life including hypothyroidism, insomnia, digestive issues, bulimia, money struggles, father issues, guilt, shame, fear of rejection, and so much more.
Whatever your issue, what might learning to surrender do for you?
Gina Strole always knew she was different. As a child she could sense things that others couldn’t see or hear. She was constantly hearing voices in her head. Growing up in a very religious household that viewed all things spiritual as the devil’s work, Gina worried there was something very wrong with her and prayed for help.
Everything changed when the family was shaken with the news of her brother’s suicide. Little did she know that her brother’s death would serve as a catalyst in finding her truth, her voice, and her courage to be her authentic self – a medium.
In this book, Gina Strole shares her journey and insight about walking through the fear of being able to communicate with spirit, letting go of fear-based religious beliefs, and truly coming to a place of glory and gratitude for her gifts and life.
If you are someone who is sensitive to energy, struggling with who you are, or afraid of your abilities to communicate with spirit, let Gina Strole guide you to empowerment, confidence, and the freedom to enjoy being you!
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What happens when you make all the “responsible” choices, and you still feel like a miserable failure?
For Grounded Goodness founder Amanda Perrot, the answer is to get out of town. She crammed her business into a Subaru nicknamed Vladamir to spend 47 days discovering her home province, and what life could look like after her marriage failed. It started as a way to see new parts of Saskatchewan and sell some stuff along the way, but seven weeks later she’d learned more about herself and the power of community than she ever expected.
Amanda offers a glimpse of hope for women who know they would be happier if they left their marriage but don’t have an obvious or clear reason to point to when they explain why they want a divorce. This is a first-hand story of transformation that reassures us of the goodness and positivity that can come out of making the terrifying leap back into single life, and inspired to have our own difficult conversations.
This is a story for every woman who is tired of questioning herself and wants the unvarnished truth of what happens when we learn to: