The third of eleven children, Jan Banaszek spends her childhood in the role of fierce protector—striving to shield her younger siblings from the dysfunctional home life created by their father, a volatile man who can snap at any moment. With a loving but subservient mother who looks the other way at her husband’s inappropriate behavior with their daughters, Jan unwittingly seeks approval from men for all the wrong reasons. Shy, reserved, and deeply influenced by her strict Catholic upbringing, she continuously struggles with her perception of God and with her own identity, leading her to search for acceptance with people who ultimately betray her—therapists, lovers, friends, and even a spiritual cult. But despite the deep pain and setbacks she experiences, which she recounts with sheer rawness and honesty, she is intent on discovering her place in the world and her connection with the Divine—as well as an intimate relationship that nurtures instead of harms. What she doesn’t know is that it will take nearly six decades to receive those gifts—and for her to trust herself to recognize them when they finally arrive.
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Jan Banaszek has been a lifelong explorer of mind, body, and spirit. A native Los Angeles resident and the third of eleven children, she left college to travel abroad, eventually returning home to marry her first love. After that marriage ended, she remained single for nearly thirty years, attending numerous workshops on personal growth to discover her authentic self. She found herself drawn to varied spiritual practices that helped her to connect with the Divine-Tai Chi, Actualism, Kundalini yoga, chanting (receiving her Gohonoson in 2002), and daily Vipassana meditation. After a spiritual awakening, Jan was encouraged to develop the journaling of her at-times tumultuous life into a book. She obtained a Masters in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica, California, which not only resulted in completing Gathering the Fragments of Myself, but also in awakening her inner artist.After a twenty-six-year career as a legal secretary, Jan is now retired and enjoying life with her husband, Wayne.
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