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Sedona's Story. Our Autistic Daughter's Journey into the Spirit World

by Kim Starr-Shutter

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This story is an account of a young woman's challenges with autism and with hearing voices of the departed, or ghosts. Her journey in understanding what it means to be a "death walker" brought everyone under their roof to a breaking point, and eventually toward a path of healing and wholeness.Combining the expertise of therapists, doctors, naturopaths, western medicine, mystics, mediums and teachers, Sedona's family eventually sought the advice of a shaman, who ultimately diagnosed and saved their daughter. Through sharing this story, the family seeks to share some of the tools they have learned to help their daughter manage her connection with the spirit world with the hope that these tools may be helpful to others in similar situations.Ten percent of the proceeds of each book will be given to Sedona's Place, LLC, a fund designated to help others, autistic or not, who hear spiritual voices.… (more)
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As the parent of a grown man with severe autism, I had some emotional responses to this book. It felt so affirming to read of someone else who's child would have violent outbursts during which they didn't seem to be themselves. Yet I felt awkward at most of the techniques the author was taught for "healing" her daughter. I wanted to find something I could use, yet as I read I kept expecting to hear how the author had been misled & the healers she consulted were really taking advantage of her willingness to believe what she was told. That didn't seem to happen.
How I finally got a handle on it, is that when you are dealing with unknowns, there can be many different ways to explain them, all of which can be valid on some level, but not all of which will resonate with all listeners. So I'm still looking for the answer to my son. I'm very happy that the author has found a good place for her daughter, but am more aware that I need to work with my own strengths, capabilities, and circumstances.
I have met the author, who leads parent support circles near hear rural home. ( )
  juniperSun | Mar 26, 2019 |
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Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of others...above all, for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by the bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own inner and outer life is built upon the labors of my fellow human beings, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received and am still receiving.
Albert Einstein, Living Philosophies
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This book is dedicated to Sedona's Great Grandma GG, who heard voices all her life and for the first half of her 94 years endured it without meds, healing, a therapist, or societal understanding.
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Preface: I've been pussy-footing around what I'm about to write.
Kane and I were married in Door county, Wisconsin, which is where I'm from, on August 17, 1991.
Foreword: I no longer remember when Sedona and I first met.
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This story is an account of a young woman's challenges with autism and with hearing voices of the departed, or ghosts. Her journey in understanding what it means to be a "death walker" brought everyone under their roof to a breaking point, and eventually toward a path of healing and wholeness.Combining the expertise of therapists, doctors, naturopaths, western medicine, mystics, mediums and teachers, Sedona's family eventually sought the advice of a shaman, who ultimately diagnosed and saved their daughter. Through sharing this story, the family seeks to share some of the tools they have learned to help their daughter manage her connection with the spirit world with the hope that these tools may be helpful to others in similar situations.Ten percent of the proceeds of each book will be given to Sedona's Place, LLC, a fund designated to help others, autistic or not, who hear spiritual voices.

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