I’m Fine Just the Way I Am takes you on a deep, intimate and powerful journey as Barbara Techel explores the significance of a painful, recurring vision that plagued her for over two decades. To do so, she must call upon every ounce of courage, faith and commitment, or be swallowed by the depression and anxiety that has consumed her.

Like a metaphysical detective, Barbara employs a myriad of tools, each of which serves as a building block to self-knowledge and healing. She learns to tap into her intuition and the insight from oracle cards on a level she has never done before; she also examines her dreams and embraces the power of ceremony and life-enhancing breath work. Most importantly, perhaps, she learns to accept help from others and trust in the process, understanding that the turmoil in her life is truly happening for her, not to her.

As in her previous two memoirs, Barbara also draws on the profound teachings she received from animals—from a special needs dachshund who served as a reflection of the darkness and what needed to be healed, to a snake who helped her shed what she no longer needed, a wolf who encouraged her to keep her heart open, and a horse who empowered her to stand in her strengths.

All were integral to help Barbara transform her pain and accept it as both a gift and the path she was meant to walk in order to finally understand that she is worthy just as she is.