The Shaman's Wife
A behind the scenes peek into the story
Hello, and thanks for being here.
Many of you have pre-read the book and have been asking questions about my experience, about shamanic wisdom traditions, and about what it takes to write a deeply personal memoir. There are so many stories that I didn’t include in the book that I can share with you here.
To recap, here is the blurb on the book:
When Alicia Rodriguez, a successful entrepreneur recovering from divorce and loss, accepts an invitation to Ecuador to help a friend who is studying with a shaman, she has no idea how profoundly the decision will change her life’s course.
In Ecuador, Alicia meets Napo, a powerful shaman, and they begin an extraordinary relationship that spans two continents and eight years. Alicia learns the principles of shamanism and witnesses Napo’s remarkable healing abilities. Confronted with the illusion of her life in the United States, she decides to move to Ecuador to be with him, and they make plans to build a healing center together on the coast. Within a short time, however, she realizes that she has surrendered her power and agency to Napo—who now wields it as a weapon against her. After years of inner struggle, she finally finds the courage to leave Ecuador and moves to Portugal, where she finds peace . . . until an unexpected phone call rekindles old memories.
An extraordinary memoir steeped in spirituality, shamanism, and metaphysics, The Shaman’s Wife is the story of a woman who, through a daring journey of self-discovery, reclaims and embraces her feminine wisdom—and realizes that love is the answer to her lifelong spiritual quest.
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For those of you who are paid subscribers to Nothing Is Ordinary and opted in to receive the chapters every week, you will have read some or all of the (unedited) book. For those who haven’t previewed the book, you can do so by becoming a paid subscriber to Nothing Is Ordinary and opting in to receive the chapters. Please submit your questions, and I’ll answer them as best I can. So many of these themes apply to your life now.