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Bobbe Tyler is a nonfiction writer and retired communications coordinator who worked for several corporations including Lucasfilm, Ltd. and the Times Mirror Company. She lives in Cambria, California.

To dive deep into your inner life. To explore what matters most: wisdom, happiness, the pain of loss, self–accountability, aging, and more. Searching for Soul: A Survivor’s Guide is a breathtakingly honest case study: a self-examination resulting in the discovery of a meaningful life. To anyone who has faced a life–choice gone wrong — or known the indescribable recovery from addiction or abuse, or longed for the peace that seems just out of reach, this searing self–appraisal provides hope and fellowship for those who seek to know themselves better.

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

1 What Do You Mean? 1

2 Success as Other than It Seems 13

3 Life's Labor, Mindfully 28

4 Relationships: Anything but Easy 45

5 Friendship: The Best of All the 'Ships 56

6 How Much Do I Owe? 70

7 The Happiest People I Know Raise a Glass Half Full 84

8 Wisdom: What Is It? And More... 99

9 Growing Older: Age Giveth and Taketh Away 114

10 Lose Some and Win Some 127

11 Control-Ego's Stage Name 142

12 Advice Be Damned! 156

13 Regrets? None but One... 171

14 Turn, Turn, Turn 184

15 The Not Immortal Coil 196

16 Death: More a Perception Than an Experience 205

17 Searching for Soul in the Cul-de-Sacs 220

Appendix The Harvesting Wisdom Interview 237

Notes 241