Project Elinor

I wrote this book because I know what it feels like to watch my world shatter within a matter of minutes. I know what it's like to feel beside myself, utterly incredulous at how everything can change so quickly, and reeling at the shock of it all. I remember the feeling that I wished I could turn back time because nothing could be worse than the present moment. I will talk more about this later on.

Countless books have been written on the topic of loss. When you walk into a bookstore or library, you can locate hundreds of books focused on helping people overcome anything from failed marriages to crushed self-esteem. Many authors have dedicated countless pages to guiding you through grief, offering ways to make the next chapter of your life easier and perhaps more fulfilling.

Then there are the experts who discuss happiness and what it means to be truly happy. They talk about life transformations and how to begin the quest for contentment. There are wonderful books out there on what happiness means and how to achieve it in all stages of life.

Then, finally, there are the books on nutrition, fitness, and emotional and spiritual well-being. They teach us to live from the inside out, and they stress the importance of eating well and maintaining an exercise routine. They teach us to look inward for the answers to questions that burden us. These books teach us that it is just as important to feed your body with nutrition as it is to feed your mind and soul with good energy.

My book combines all of these different approaches to provide you with holistic strategies for achieving overall wellness. I do not focus on one aspect, but rather the full spectrum of tools for living well. I speak from the heart. I discuss the realities of life's circumstances as they affect all of us in today's hectic world. None of us are exempt from life's struggles, or the pain that comes with them. My theories are based on real-life experience - what I've learned from my own personal suffering and the findings I've collected from people like you, along the way.

In my quest through pain, healing and healthy living, I've learned that we all suffer and that we will continue to suffer. I teach my readers that it's not a matter of trying to avoid sorrow, as sadness is simply a part of life. On the contrary, our suffering builds us and makes us stronger; our pain makes us human and humble. It's when we are at our lowest that we are able to prove how resilient we actually are. We cannot ignore our losses because they will affect us time and time again; we just need to get better at preparing ourselves for them.

The reality is, despite what any of us is going through right now, the desire to be healed is universal. Regardless of the nature of our losses and life struggles, we all suffer and consequently heal in very similar ways.

This book is designed such that you can just pick it up and begin reading the chapter(s) pertaining to you right now. Each chapter is intended to be its own entity; and so you will find that some chapters recap the ideas introduced in others. Be assured these are not redundancies but reiterations of important themes. The 10 steps discussed in this book cover the entire healing process as seen through the lens of Project Elinor. You decide which steps are most relevant to your healing.

This book will help you learn to heal yourself.