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How many big mistakes can you make and still end up with an amazing life? A whole lot, it turns out, especially if the Goddess has your back. Lorraine Segal is a misfit little Jewish girl growing up in a conservative Christian community: smart, funny, fierce, and utterly miserable. But a loving Goddess shows up just in time. With persistence and humor, Lorraine learns to embrace her mistakes and herself, moving from desolation to miracles. Along the way, she accidentally yet actively participates in major cultural movements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including the Berkeley peace movement, radical feminism, gay rights, the AIDS crisis, twelve-step addiction recovery, with bonus adventures in teaching ESL, lesbian ballroom dancing, and surviving mobbing in toxic academia. Through stories both poignant and hilarious, Lorraine shares her progress from the cramped confinement of her 1950s childhood all the way to her rich, layered life today, as a happily married lesbian, conflict transformation expert, and writer.

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A delightfully quirky, transformational memoir. -Lisa Tener, The Joy of Writing Journal The stories in this memoir are a series of sparkling jewels, funny and poignant by turns. -Ginger Moran, American Queen Tender and laugh-out-loud funny. I felt wrapped in cherished memories and fascinating glimpses of LGBTQI cultural history. -Laurel Etheridge Stories told with extraordinary candor and eloquence, which become the magic and mirror we can all draw from as we navigate our life's journey. -Dennis Pitocco, Reimaginator 360 Degrees Nation With charm and insight, this memoir takes you on the step-by-step journey of how Segal found ways to heal herself with all the detours on the way. -Isabel Aurbach A fascinating read with lots of heart. I recommend! -Marian Linder, The Emotionally Available Partner

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After surviving the '50s and '60s, as well as twenty years in toxic academia as a tenured professor, Lorraine Segal was inspired to start her own business, Conflict Remedy. Now she happily teaches, coaches, blogs, and consults around workplace conflict transformation. She's been writing a well-received blog about conflict, communication, and forgiveness for ten years (which you can find at ConflictRemedy.com) and contributed to the anthology, Stand Up, Speak Out Against Workplace Bullying. She is addicted to reading novels and enjoys walking and hiking in beautiful Northern California, where she lives with her wife. Her cartoon muse, Bookie, insisted that she write Angels and Earthworms, which details her transformation from miserable self-doubt to self-acceptance, true love, spiritual awareness, and right livelihood.

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