The Courage to Go: A Memoir of the Seven Thousand Miles That Healed Me

As the foundations of her identity crumbled, Emily Dobberstein was left questioning everything. Searching to find life again, she set off on a solo road trip with only one direction in mind: West.

 

This unpredictable, vulnerable, winsome, and inspirational seven-thousand-mile travel memoir is the story of how one woman found the courage to go, to tell the truth, and to make peace with the shadows in her life that she had been trying to ignore. All she could do was hope that upon her return from wherever the open road would take her, she might be a little more healed and a little more whole.

 

In the midst of thrilling storytelling of adventures while living out of her car, backpacking, and hiking in many national parks in the Western United States, Dobberstein seamlessly integrates her internal dialogue filled with hard questions, spiritual transformation, and divine transcendence. By sharing her musings on wonder, grief, womanhood, healing, and her Christian faith deconstruction, Dobberstein invites us all to reconsider where we come from and challenges us to plunge forward courageously into our own great unknown.



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The Courage to Go: A Memoir of the Seven Thousand Miles That Healed Me

As the foundations of her identity crumbled, Emily Dobberstein was left questioning everything. Searching to find life again, she set off on a solo road trip with only one direction in mind: West.

 

This unpredictable, vulnerable, winsome, and inspirational seven-thousand-mile travel memoir is the story of how one woman found the courage to go, to tell the truth, and to make peace with the shadows in her life that she had been trying to ignore. All she could do was hope that upon her return from wherever the open road would take her, she might be a little more healed and a little more whole.

 

In the midst of thrilling storytelling of adventures while living out of her car, backpacking, and hiking in many national parks in the Western United States, Dobberstein seamlessly integrates her internal dialogue filled with hard questions, spiritual transformation, and divine transcendence. By sharing her musings on wonder, grief, womanhood, healing, and her Christian faith deconstruction, Dobberstein invites us all to reconsider where we come from and challenges us to plunge forward courageously into our own great unknown.



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The Courage to Go: A Memoir of the Seven Thousand Miles That Healed Me

The Courage to Go: A Memoir of the Seven Thousand Miles That Healed Me

by Emily Dobberstein
The Courage to Go: A Memoir of the Seven Thousand Miles That Healed Me

The Courage to Go: A Memoir of the Seven Thousand Miles That Healed Me

by Emily Dobberstein

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As the foundations of her identity crumbled, Emily Dobberstein was left questioning everything. Searching to find life again, she set off on a solo road trip with only one direction in mind: West.

 

This unpredictable, vulnerable, winsome, and inspirational seven-thousand-mile travel memoir is the story of how one woman found the courage to go, to tell the truth, and to make peace with the shadows in her life that she had been trying to ignore. All she could do was hope that upon her return from wherever the open road would take her, she might be a little more healed and a little more whole.

 

In the midst of thrilling storytelling of adventures while living out of her car, backpacking, and hiking in many national parks in the Western United States, Dobberstein seamlessly integrates her internal dialogue filled with hard questions, spiritual transformation, and divine transcendence. By sharing her musings on wonder, grief, womanhood, healing, and her Christian faith deconstruction, Dobberstein invites us all to reconsider where we come from and challenges us to plunge forward courageously into our own great unknown.




Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781735665313
Publisher: Creating Space For Wonder
Publication date: 11/10/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 380
File size: 605 KB

About the Author

Emily Dobberstein is a writer, community organizer, backpacker, and world traveler based in Asheville, North Carolina. Emily is an advocate of radical vulnerability and authenticity, and she is dedicated to fostering spaces where everyone belongs and all are welcome at the table.

Table of Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE  ix

 {1} THE GOING  1

 {2} THE ALARM IN MY HEAD  40

 {3} STUNNED  58

 {4} DOING THE SCARY THING  73

 {5} SYNCHRONICITY OR NOT  89

 {6} DANCING IN THE SAME WIND  110

 {7} PAINTED BLACK  133

 {8} IMPULSE  163

 {9} A GEORGIAN'S GUIDE TO GETTING THE HELL OUT OF GEORGIA  181

{10} PLAY  191

{11} MUD AND STARDUST  198

{12} EASY AS PIE  206

{13} BURNED  214

{14} THEN THERE WERE FOUR  220

{15} IN THE DARK  226

{16} MILDRED  233

{17} THE TREES WE CLING TO  243

{18} BECAUSE I AM  252

{19} IN THE GRAY  258

{20} THE DESCENT  263

{21} THE ROCKS WE LEAVE BEHIND  277

{22} UP  294

{23} LOST  302

{24} MOUNTAIN OF MYSTERY  312

{25} ME TOO  322

{26} THE THINGS THAT CHANGE US  335

{27} THE FEAR OF STARTING OVER  348

{28} THE COURAGE TO GO  351

AFTERWORD  361



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