This powerful memoir shares an adventure journalist's story of a
decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to
understand and heal from past traumas.
Suffering from PTSD and severe depression from past trauma, battling an
addiction to overprescribed psychiatric medication, and at the rock
bottom of his career, journalist Brad Wetzler had nowhere to go. So he
set out on a journey to wander and hopefully find himself--and the
world--again.
Into the Soul of the World is Wetzler's thrilling, impactful, and
heartrending memoir of healing--physically, emotionally, and
spiritually. An adventure journalist at heart, Wetzler mixes travelogue
with empowering insights about his inner journey to better care for his
own mental health. Journey with him as he travels across Israel and the
West Bank, before moving on to India, a candle-lit cave on a mountaintop
in the Himalayan foothills, and a life-changing encounter with a
100-year-old yogi.
Wetzler's writing is full of the poignant, amusing, and occasionally
heart-breaking situations that unfold when we finally decide to confront
depression (or any mental health struggle) and declare ourselves ready
to heal: How do we heal our past and thrive again? What does it mean to
live a good life? How can we transform our suffering and serve others?
His answer: live to tell the story and find the humility and courage to
be the best human you can be.
