Blissful Thinking

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Never give up especially not on yourself.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Blissful Thinking is the sweeping story of L.L. Kirchner's search for nirvana that took her from university halls in the Persian Gulf to the streets of Manhattan to a sex cult in India.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Between her family's gym and the years she'd spent in substance abuse recovery Kirchner felt versed in physical and spiritual wellness. But when her husband demanded a divorce over the phone she feared a return to her addictions.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Forced to confront the fact that her painful family dynamics remained unresolved the author embarked on a spiritual journey to regain her trust in the universe. She tried yoga meditation chanting - all the things meant to cultivate bliss. Each brought some relief but it wasn't until she visited a psychic that she knew her life had changed.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In a memoir that's both rapturous and page-turning Kirchner captures the terrors and joys of searching for radical honesty - and a second date.</span></p>