1. “ Paula Petry shares her extremely personal and fascinating journey in “A Mother’s Journey”, a book that, regardless of your personal experiences or beliefs, is bound to resonate with some aspect of your life. Her struggles and difficulties in raising then losing her daughter Alex, born with special needs, and the way she turned her pain into action that benefitted countless others is truly inspirational!”

Gloria Estefan

2. Paula Petry has written a book for our times. In this period of radical uncertainty, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to share Paula’s intellectual, emotional, lifelong journey, replete with both unanticipated sadness and unplanned opportunity. We travel with her as she finds ways time after time courageously to turn the sadness learning, growth, healing, evolution and contribution. Paula’s is a real story, inspiring in itself, but also a parable for the possibilities for each of us, at any stage of life, faced with any challenge, to create and renew. 

Marty Linsky, Harvard Kennedy School Faculty and co-author, Leadership on the Line

3. “Here is a story that touches every step — indeed, the very soul — of a life’s honest journey. Moments of pain and joy and lifelong learning are captured beautifully. This is, above all, a story of love. What courage it took to tell this story.”

   David Lawrence Jr., retired publisher of the Miami Herald and chair of The Children’s Movement of Florida.

4. “Paula’s walkabout through this life will be familiar territory to many readers as we witness her journeys through love and loss, grief and recovery, and the recreation of harmony in her soul and in her life. In the process, she restored balance in the hearts of many … and became a visionary and a modern medicine woman. This book is good medicine.

Hank Wesselman PhD., anthropologist and author of The Bowl of Light, The Re-Enchantment, and his Spiritwalker trilogy.”

5. “Authentic, Inspiring, and Transformative! Dr. Paula Petry leads us through her own journey and helps us discover our own in the process. Brilliantly written – weaving together science with personal exploration. This book will change your life.” 

Larry Dossey, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of One Mind and Reinventing Medicine.