by Greta S. Kjos, J.D., CLC
I was doing laundry, making neat piles of shirts, shorts, pants, and socks. Then my twelve-year-old daughter Marit was standing next to me. “Mom,” she said, “I just took a bunch of pills.”
When her preteen daughter became a suicide attempt survivor, Greta Kjos was living in the shadow of the deepest, darkest fear a mother could endure.
But she also had a deep, dark secret of her own: at age nineteen, she had also attempted suicide. And not a single person knew.
In this inspiring story, Greta shares how she survived amidst crisis and chaos―and took a courageous, intrinsically connected healing journey with her daughter.
Part mental health memoir and part self-love book for women, each chapter includes a “Take a Deep Breath” section with mindfulness prompts, reflection questions, and wellness practices Greta has both experienced herself and developed in her “second act” as a life coach.
Your authentic self is waiting for you―but it’s never linear. There is a lot of deconstructing that must take place before moving forward. Old belief patterns and core wounds need to be examined. Relationships that no longer serve you may need to go. Careers may need to change. And yet no matter what the change is, at the core of all healing is the willingness to love yourself.
The perfect companion for anyone healing their mental health and spiritual being, I Am the Ocean is a story of beginning to let the light shine through the cracks.
