Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness
Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness
Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness
Ebook459 pages8 hours

Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

She suffered an unimaginable loss. Her journey back from darkness would make her whole again.

Isolated in a small country town, Veronica is already struggling with motherhood, trapped under the yoke of an ordinary life. After her second daughter, Jacqueline is born with severe disabilities, every moment of every day becomes crowded with people and interventions to keep her alive and well. Despite all the intense love and care - and just before her fifth birthday - Jacqueline dies, and Veronica falls into an ocean of grief.

 

Wishing to never feel the pain of loss again, her grief builds a wall that keeps her emotions safely locked away, until a brave confession offers the first chink of light in that impenetrable barrier. Gradually, aided by friends, mentors, books, and her own cathartic writing, Veronica feels the cold, hard lump of her heart respond. She begins to heal.

 

Inside this poignant memoir, you'll travel the ten stages of the Heroine's Journey and learn how to acquire healing along the way. You'll discover how to find feeling and connection to the person you want, and need to be. Raw journals, tools, and powerful lessons will guide and inspire you to follow your own quest for wholeness—in your own way, at your own pace.

 

Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness is a message of courage and hope. If you're searching for practical advice and you're ready to be guided through your own 'ocean of grief', then you'll love Veronica Strachan's sensitively written and uplifting book.

 

Order Breathing While Drowning today and take the first step on your own healing quest.

 

Now you can also buy The Wholeness Quest Workbook & Journal and be guided through the ten signposts of the Heroine's Journey on your own self-discovery quest. You'll complete thought-provoking exercises and follow inspiring, engaging journal prompts to write yourself a new story and learn to listen to your inner voice – the one telling you to dream more, to do more, and to be more.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 30, 2021
ISBN9780648513414
Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness
Author

Veronica Strachan

Veronica Strachan is a writer, coach and serial small business entrepreneur. Her dream of a writer's life was interrupted by the realities of life, death and grief. In 2016 she finally wrote and published her first book - Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness. The book charts her 20 year journey back to life after the death of her 4-year-old daughter, Jacqueline Bree. She shares her raw journals, tools, inspirations and powerful lessons to help and inspire others to do the same in their own life - in their own way, at their own pace. The lessons she learnt from Jacqueline Bree's life and death, are her touchstone for living a whole, vibrant and remarkable life. From her early career as a nurse and midwife, through evolutions as a project and change manager, CEO, consultant and coach, Veronica now divides her time between writing and coaching remarkable women leaders who want to make a powerful and compassionate impact on the world. Her writing dreams took another leap in 2019 with the publication of her second book under her pen name V. E. Patton. Ochre Dragon is the first volume in her epic fantasy series: The Opal Dreaming Chronicles. Now Veronica and her daughter Cassi Strachan have teamed up for "The Adventures of Chickabella" "Chickabella and the Rainbow Magic", is the first of three children's picture books in the series and "Chickabella Counts to Ten is the second." Chickabella is dedicated to the memory of her sister, Mary who told the best stories. Veronica and Cassi are currently completing, 'Chickabella Shapes Up'. Veronica as V.E. Patton is in the final edits for 'Soul Staff: Book Two of The Opal Dreaming Chronicles', which is due for release in late 2021.

Related to Breathing While Drowning

Related ebooks

Relationships For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Breathing While Drowning

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Breathing While Drowning - Veronica Strachan

    I2abook_preview_excerpt.html}ْ#ǕDfQ)RZEcŔTGV30'C'Ksuw Y.}8/8?0bX>«_. ?;_K^!V> yvT>]<͸F݆2! U9\wxaT?_Ճn#.*^ChøNCnxuF՗릓sW7N/َ=a^V1 QT/i7ݸ|Gq?ʫk#Aʅreo|nw~_<B/idNFXJa>nކn6J}+\0NfUT 9γ؏X/>Rs6] !V~ !WM!0.5EE_a;%m].DgFr!v<8oɺHVdDȧlH!,N c63*<ϛc)Po0ny^b#QGiv9@Ieބ]uO7O~>xOKR|LwA8ٹZ탆O郷4 L8/6'8CH> ~tFB._Nh?V3 ~~( Y Dt8~#S|۱)$vUt}RG!w @}^*,7zv2 e.v|p6Sc`qQO|Y;MFR HhPb_]@IOy!;N6`sZOaN屡G^pkCʭrL4 `Z[1UA_Qȷ[nLG@@ZXx '%ϭF21'+`ZЈؑk H7R-z4iSuB'KV9rNQݸ~Ba!b? -x4X'ύM=ERtOzRg y{Y9,\ -u4αIc_9" wY6H֜Hpͤ./h S % ؆"'L`jG iZHAkqGΕI˸P)TP4l̝MY'ʆƻIΤ \{|X9%[vv 5f\IhTӞ<銷}eĄܩzq)WhV6BZء:]7hXp8-XSOђ'!Iw,6^gH>gp% o?nv}n(ґq顪N-˹SC0nJ惹Y!i?cb7>3mX5NBdzmOVPǤ /3(+/>=?F %81GêʁS؎NvK8^(SwOSoNH0\PsKaB .@*ZäKkoTmẁr'd::\5GMN8j^YEbQ-&f`F M8-^'3{|MvcnX*ξ=!F5F]` 6E~Iq>8(rv_{~]TիR˓{q+l3ZhUs*@ƕ+?'aOpՇ׋Y2%td ,NBBhվ"-ʬl~*|\Wʈ'A$ Ϳy[Lw/P6WFȘ-j;<증j`vBxXZڡ#&helVbDP 9waUn/ڷs\`6P[&]CD &l~6do)lIO55$K?J99 PXA0>a6@SùRQ'_黒1tT OoЈJ!o%@ЎO t0ߙQ̩~&+WldIV%U3E38T6-8v)oމN (A]&tMGu70 U.4M ,iԅgjJѦs:.VS&aEǭ]_{o52Z3N߉4g>ةk<[W 2 0Yㄧb!5]p/9 I_QM<0}yĮS5ߏ7N3KU52͝y!zONуRLޱ [zjř2TM#"O>8 m{)7$g) n[VNSAt@r"@So\giEz/&k([8[pufV1-:;J{M7HV>+Q ߛ=}mDA"WUҫ!cgaS+χz &o3,uA/hyz Ev=(RӒ oH~(iVKg 1@Ĩ]8q*Hx#<'xXW"r]>؉YX84 ftg!ͬݝ u0ImgvRt Nݪԩqۭ4dab 3J.+PHk$>2#?0IcA-VcPvFPdhl"Z|Ð{0S  WE;-}Վ=^&zD="54$괚hƶ0a2Z-KtPBeyx1@`=iOO4R}Pq2׀i|Bo-.cAȭpSqDA? YưB)3M#` )f骢=1LGƮ %DԠRZj+!uD 1bZV]XXZ~WP!a䗔iygKA5Ue ϧu(+NinTá57gג.fnBFG>M YG е,.a+jgtOwv9X6":@2,wwzYۃ(I/QDO%PqNl>KᇆjЙMf(D T q3w 9D;]D"f:j j2_VnںC0Y"<׷z0v!΋eJ;"c>>éyAWcrCnn%3((ʛS$)2*V:S0w-ㄤ-9&^,U=%[Ioad34 z8/~B'| Ő_}"29YbOk޼Aew$*/.ܴuI2C{N1DOW"Un EOE0fnF/o<+YM)T"}ч&^HQ!_#r˜LXjǓhL1-N^291SHm :]nB/3u˹6h"]~,fV7[$\P{xyų`A M$HEI_Ķ>zm:N &;Ɯ):F1] Y;$F5Lu|Pgw3] r3=ڎS)rhhx70Yo+RwCYlk8%G>@ZSh_+nq͹Pߧ˺YbSG;"loe%cZ k$YVK PQ_]=泊쪔o%6,[]7f., ..ȦO5/+K^"L] U kbmqpd4 Z\+ $C\f[ywc1eRÉ~F|f;ٵ 4PU&?jy >\[ҋFUaiI$B苨{sMTcd"$S5% VvaE&Q<[”yPQuZ6%Z J@+R-P(FCU9QCL3c/E k y S9 #\ 5MU:jOB$;riqXʰ"X XꁵMj"tja'S]'\!M=3~B,9k2!Mhfsb"zC6"k5˸S+3 T(LQplP0{Ghvɬ5ˤͱD7E/9}*Ȑ lI76Rd"T"R+wY{;^>=|uYE5 HBD̚եIɀy7\5;7661-fKQf:3U┟hl=mdN3ծR0FYY{ w(\i$ތZZ1*T|e q\0Z 0ZyF?,*R16!se]PMCłc 43a%ϊsiqNgB49&٭b%$eD퇊lG;J0ƻULCGA`yP4mj[ Uҩ)P^WȠMkV̚d1wV~ʰ>;s?7"O7Pxҟ2OcN>cl4ze:%G޺`F8 r=n-+-=9؅4/d{X/0EQ%h:&{fs۸ޗΆmr<]J>GlMzdZ|EEC?6dLkO 1N&$sn%_G% Yh1xvc##fl V4RwS~UNT_tYH'\%ihΞrzE:U)بMZ3AԺ m"a[{5jVgguJi9bSaC|0d0ȍv#$w+q7YH 7z3&"_w^ NiJkПiM mM, L0`JB\ }RFQYCcE st˿ l\ؑO P,׭]hK]۽;pX GRT lQ2}R Z@c- jc"VciN>٦›f1v 1[l!\`]B DU4eEB,*ɦ6Jp0Y21k+GoCg. {+: XA}{Zf(}Qp0xzQ\XSh95#':%[gr *y? YX&=ok`hևad BBR=4cZ`--'zg-%MUt{M-z <|h{nR-"rm x@THi2g=6#=0Z4@MCE^tyX̤*JA@`VXya3c'}Ev]q,/EW$nJ -]G%@f1DXƩLZu&%Ӱ[LU4'"~`lLr=-̒eXxpdrJf49D=27GVPEFQTʃ.KU;Y4GP,Zo!-W +sg^^\e2o>gkg5U'oL#,3̲bL@d#?oF:+PìS3wln(5YavHH%W|:7|y^G ^>]H<|p_W1{z/suXnY\J6TAԩIT^h3뭡Ի}؞z2ܗڦ2[ZS4 3Qe])5PY`(>5@R5d~ikU[W5+i7kЊ.SRȀ]m:?&tdٰ =1c%zϫοـە b#,Ra0MgJ+U`|SȹP/f}&5[{X {;Q$TTD{6vK#FIg@Fx1cZG: rRǒ;>#΅\ϔ =nmgQ+_7BUߍze;͔2AWvj"ؾq5pG/\pW:w/ȭ}<v*P!E{%XT|j#=h|ܘAjA>`/e1*DhW[ :7DߊL)EWS(߂TFd$jiJ T =Zm}W.\*/Y1V+qڥh/p͊dgCQ e#-x`0JM%/.,]M%b)re߾_sݖ߻ɖq&O2 uE-aXeͯy1N4b'/52m 6봙Ŕ^':R /N AvHw_E0x䬔X 5!Qzӈe+4|D.MbͲN6sB^ZZy5[ u"gWF( 69=)|I 6uب1_o˧0}(P?$ >o8*Y]l=S@ 3>p$[1= ք)M _37Ő_=IBQP u@o Ps͢ۆER+O6SH mȿP("L^7 jpC16`o9\Ĕ?fu:M:I4ޖg
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1