{"product_id":"choosing-to-breathe-9781967021994","title":"Choosing to Breathe","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if living a life true to yourself meant unraveling everything you were taught to believe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChoosing to Breathe\u003c\/em\u003e, Emma Stevens returns to The Gathering Place to continue her powerful exploration of loss, identity, and healing. As an adult adoptee raised to feel grateful rather than allowed to grieve, Emma was shaped by silence, expectation, and deeply rooted trauma. Yet beneath the layers of survival, resilient parts of her self waited to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough raw, reflective storytelling and guided by Internal Family Systems (IFS) work, Emma confronts the costs of emotional suppression and the courage required to live with integrity. She explores how trauma fragments identity-and how compassion, curiosity, and breath can help reclaim what was lost. Moving beyond survival, she asks what it truly means to live intentionally, with honesty and self-trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir speaks to anyone who has ever felt compelled to perform a version of themselves to belong, to stay safe, or to be loved. With insight, vulnerability, and grace, \u003cem\u003eChoosing to Breathe\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to question inherited narratives, honor buried grief, and make space for their whole selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not just a story of healing-it is an invitation to pause, to breathe, and to reclaim the life that is truly yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Sheep Library, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781967021994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Emma Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733665771701,"sku":"9781967021994","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/choosing-to-breathe-9781967021994","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}