Table of Contents
Preface vii
Introduction 1
Part 1 Jumping In 9
Chapter 1 All This Pain 15
Chapter 2 I'm Not Okay, but I'm Okay 23
Chapter 3 Together, We Can Make It 37
Chapter 4 Exercises invulnerability 43
Jumping into Grief 59
Part 2 Learning to Float 65
Chapter 5 Like Nature's Hugging You 69
Chapter 6 A New Name 83
Chapter 7 Better Not to Have Been Born 91
Chapter 8 Gaining Confidence 103
Chapter 9 Beauty Makes a Difference 113
Floating with Fireflies 117
Part 3 Steadying Our Strokes 123
Chapter 10 Back to the Stars 129
Chapter 11 Trying to Be Sustainable 141
Chapter 12 Choosing Carefully 153
Chapter 13 If You Don't Pick Us Up, Who Will? 167
Mulching Muscle Memory 179
Part 4 Riding the Swells 189
Chapter 14 Yelling at God 195
Chapter 15 Forgiving and Unburdening 207
Chapter 16 Are You with Me? 219
Chapter 17 Releasing Defensiveness 233
Chapter 18 Flowing through Intersections 243
Postlude at Low Tide 251
Acknowledgments 257
