What good is leaving generational wealth
when you and your loved ones are stuck in generational traumas?
That is the defining question that Kadian Grant poses in her debut memoir, Leaving a Charmed Life: A True Story of Choosing Authentic Happiness. Her book’s subtitle poses its own question to us readers, whether or not trauma is present:
How are you choosing authentic happiness?
What does happiness look like in your life?
Kadian describes reaching a moment in her adult life when she was asking herself these questions too:
Why aren’t people happy?
Why can’t I find my life purpose and feel passionate about anything?
Why can’t I get up every day smiling?
What does intimacy feel like and why don’t I have it in my marriage?
She writes, “The antagonist of our story will trigger our own provocative questions, compelling us to bend our own necks back in search of what’s beckoning us.” And then she describes seeing all the material evidence of her charmed life:
I awoke one morning in 1995 with my seven-hundred-dollar designer handbag staring me in the face. I was repulsed by its presence. I gaped at my bedroom and its expensive furniture with repugnance. I wandered around my home, looked out at my yard, and loathed everything I had. The things in my life were pathetic replicas of happiness. And my unhappiness unmasked their true representation. No magic existed anywhere in my home because I lived in a beige house. Happiness can’t be inauthentic.
Kadian’s next paragraph is an invitation to ponder our own questions.
I made myself a cup of tea and sat in my living room to let the awareness soak in. What I desired was deeper and beyond my scope of understanding. Right then, I made a commitment to investigate this new perspective.
What questions are you asking yourself about your perspective on authentic happiness?
As Kadian begins to investigate all aspects of her life, we see how she faces the reality of depression and how her relationship with her mother is impacting everything. At times heartbreaking and infuriating, with equal parts awe-inspiring, Leaving a Charmed Life shows how one woman’s quest to understand her soul’s plan took her back generations to see how toxic patterns develop and how they can be faced and healed.
Join us live on Sept 15
We’re a week away now from launching this remarkable memoir and invite you to join us to celebrate. I’ll be in New Jersey next week to meet Kadian in person for the first time, after four years of working together via Zoom and email to bring her book to life. We’re hosting a Creative Courage Live event via Zoom (and Facebook Live we hope). Register at this link. It’s Friday, September 15 at 6:30 pm ET, and we’ll send a recording out afterward for those who can’t make it.
If there’s a question you’d like to ask Kadian about how she found her authentic happiness at last and eradicated generational patterns (or any question), just reply to this email.
Amazon Rankings Boost on September 12th!
If you would like to help boost Leaving a Charmed Life’s rankings, we invite you to join our Launch Day effort to buy as many books as possible on September 12th on Amazon. Or you can go directly to Barnes and Noble or Bookshop or see other links at KadianGrant.com. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. Thank you in advance for helping Kadian’s memoir make a splash and good ripples!
