WELCOME EAGLE!

For anyone struggling with depression, or struggling to understand loved ones who suffer from it, Eagle Born to Fly provides a compassionate insight into the maze of dark and mangled thinking that often characterizes chronic depression. Eagle Born to Fly speaks empathy, hope and encouragement to anyone who wrestles to find meaning and life from within their own darkness of depression.

Despite a reasonably normal and happy childhood, Sharon spent most of her life struggling with despair and feelings of failure. Her teen years and early twenties were constantly shadowed by chronic (and undiagnosed) low-level depression (dysthymia). A major breakdown in the early 1980’s forced her to finally seek help through counselling, medication and even brief periods of hospitalization for the growing suicidal tendencies that refused to go away.

After yet another debilitating bout of depression in early 2002, Sharon spent many months intensely concentrating on “rewiring her attic”, finding her way through the maze of mangled thinking that had crippled her for so long, coming face to face with the lies that lay buried deep beneath those dark and distorted thoughts. She countered each lie with the truth of her self-worth, diligently and compassionately rewriting her internal dialogues. In the process Sharon learned how to manage her symptoms well enough to be able to find more meaningful life beyond the fatigue and anxiety that have plagued her for most of her life.

In Eagle Born to Fly, Sharon recounts that process, weaving together the three strands of her chronological, spiritual and emotional evolvement. She uses an exquisite blend of honest poetry, powerful dreams and compelling narrative to tell the story of her journey through that darkness, gently and compassionately leading the reader through that lonely labyrinth of self-rejection into a hopeful, more contented lifestyle. The result is a triumphant story of hope and survival that shows how courage and truth can win out over despair, empowering the Eagle Born to Fly within each of us to find our own piece of the sky and soar above the chaos to find meaningful life beyond the lostness of our own mangled thinking.

Sharon was born in 1955 and raised in small-town Ontario. She has worked as a preschool teacher, government clerk, and computer network administrator. Now retired, Sharon spends her days pursuing hobbies she’s never had time to enjoy before: traveling, gardening, reading, writing, enjoying her husband André’s culinary creations and celebrating her “life beyond depression”.