Return to Joy

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781967311804 Author(s): Keith Kahle Format: Paperback Year: 2025 Publisher: Little Creek Press Pages: 114

Description: What if the wounds we carry from childhood are the ones that quietly shape us for life?In Return to Joy, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Keith Kahle offers a raw, deeply personal exploration of the long-term effects of 'father-wounding'--a form of trauma rooted in unmet emotional needs, silence, or absence from a paternal figure. Drawing from his own life experiences, Kahle examines how these wounds manifest throughout adulthood in relationships, physical and emotional health, and personal identity. With a blend of memoir, medical insight, and compassionate storytelling, he shows how seemingly minor childhood messages can create lifelong patterns of shame, reactivity, and self-doubt. Structured around the journey from order through disorder to reorder, the book charts a path toward healing. Kahle shares vulnerable stories of his upbringing, marriages, parenting missteps, and physical ailments, all through the lens of trauma and recovery. From traditional therapy to psychedelic-assisted healing, he explores the tools that helped him shed a 'cataract of the soul' and rediscover joy. Return to Joy is a moving guide for anyone confronting inherited pain, offering hope, recognition, and a path toward wholeness.

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