Dr. Martha Beck

I knew I had to write it. Yes. But I was terrified. And pretty much all the things that I thought would happen, happened. You know, my publishers called me after the galleys came out and said, why didn't you tell us about this? And I was like, I tried. They were like, we're getting death threats. I was like, yeah, I know.

I knew I had to write it. Yes. But I was terrified. And pretty much all the things that I thought would happen, happened. You know, my publishers called me after the galleys came out and said, why didn't you tell us about this? And I was like, I tried. They were like, we're getting death threats. I was like, yeah, I know.

Don't rock the boat in any very strongly committed ideological community, right? Yeah, so it was just loss after loss after loss after loss. There was immense fear. There was fear for my children, whose lives were threatened anonymously by people sending me letters and stuff. I had to leave my home. At the same time, I realized I didn't really like academia, so I left my job. I realized I was gay.

Don't rock the boat in any very strongly committed ideological community, right? Yeah, so it was just loss after loss after loss after loss. There was immense fear. There was fear for my children, whose lives were threatened anonymously by people sending me letters and stuff. I had to leave my home. At the same time, I realized I didn't really like academia, so I left my job. I realized I was gay.

Don't rock the boat in any very strongly committed ideological community, right? Yeah, so it was just loss after loss after loss after loss. There was immense fear. There was fear for my children, whose lives were threatened anonymously by people sending me letters and stuff. I had to leave my home. At the same time, I realized I didn't really like academia, so I left my job. I realized I was gay.

Oh, so there went my marriage. Just everything, everything left. And everything arrived, everything painful. It was so hard to lose. I had to let them go. And in the spaciousness that opened up, the thing I call God moved in.

Oh, so there went my marriage. Just everything, everything left. And everything arrived, everything painful. It was so hard to lose. I had to let them go. And in the spaciousness that opened up, the thing I call God moved in.

Oh, so there went my marriage. Just everything, everything left. And everything arrived, everything painful. It was so hard to lose. I had to let them go. And in the spaciousness that opened up, the thing I call God moved in.

And there's just joy, joy, joy, joy in letting go.

And there's just joy, joy, joy, joy in letting go.

And there's just joy, joy, joy, joy in letting go.

I want that for all of us. I do too. I want that so much. I want that for every single person. I want that so much for you.

I want that for all of us. I do too. I want that so much. I want that for every single person. I want that so much for you.

I want that for all of us. I do too. I want that so much. I want that for every single person. I want that so much for you.

You know, we're in Boston. I haven't been back to Boston for like 30 years. Really? Yeah. And I was living in Cambridge, which is right here, when my son was prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome. So I was six months pregnant. I knew he had Down syndrome. And I had never really experienced peace. And I was very, very upset. Yeah. And I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep.

You know, we're in Boston. I haven't been back to Boston for like 30 years. Really? Yeah. And I was living in Cambridge, which is right here, when my son was prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome. So I was six months pregnant. I knew he had Down syndrome. And I had never really experienced peace. And I was very, very upset. Yeah. And I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep.

You know, we're in Boston. I haven't been back to Boston for like 30 years. Really? Yeah. And I was living in Cambridge, which is right here, when my son was prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome. So I was six months pregnant. I knew he had Down syndrome. And I had never really experienced peace. And I was very, very upset. Yeah. And I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep.

And I remember being in my apartment in Cambridge, curled over my big pregnant belly, which terrified me because I didn't know what was going to happen to my life and to him. And I was under such a weight of grief that I did something. And your new book is like perfect because I just allowed what was happening to happen. I said, let the world be what it is. Let this child be what it is.

And I remember being in my apartment in Cambridge, curled over my big pregnant belly, which terrified me because I didn't know what was going to happen to my life and to him. And I was under such a weight of grief that I did something. And your new book is like perfect because I just allowed what was happening to happen. I said, let the world be what it is. Let this child be what it is.

And I remember being in my apartment in Cambridge, curled over my big pregnant belly, which terrified me because I didn't know what was going to happen to my life and to him. And I was under such a weight of grief that I did something. And your new book is like perfect because I just allowed what was happening to happen. I said, let the world be what it is. Let this child be what it is.