Audiobook read by SJ Hodges
An episodic memoir unfolding in (mostly) real-time, Uneven Ground follows the widowed mom and writer, SJ Hodges, as she travels the world with her daughter, exploring the magical, mystical, and often miserable journey from grief to resilience to courage to joy.
Not necessarily in that order.
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Uneven Ground Book One
A Moving Towards
SJ Hodges had it all: an immensely successful career as an award-winning playwright, author, and TV writer/producer; a blissfully happy marriage to the love of her life; and a beautiful daughter. Then her forty-year-old husband was diagnosed with brain cancer. A year later, he was gone, leaving SJ reeling with grief and the undeniable realization that control was just an illusion. Leaving her life in LA behind, she and her young daughter moved to Hawaii, to grieve and heal. It was the beginning of a journey that would take them around the world. From dog-sledding in Colorado to an ayahuasca ceremony deep in the Amazon, SJ’s search for peace and happiness became more than therapy. It became a metaphysical journey into the unknown.
SJ's story of rage and resilience, healing and heartbreak, faith and forgiveness will resonate with those grieving, those who have survived, and those seeking answers to the biggest questions in life. Beautifully written, compelling, and evocative, Uneven Ground chronicles one woman’s transcendental quest to find her footing on life's bumpy and unpredictable path in a story that is equal parts hilarious, devastating and inspiring.
Written by the widowed mom and writer, SJ Hodges, this three-month Grief Journal is meant to accompany those struggling through the darkest days of their sorrow, those treading the Uneven Ground of heart-breaking loss and change.
As SJ describes:
“As a writer, journaling was always part of my morning routine. Then I lost my husband to brain cancer and went into a paralyzing state of deep grief. Sitting with a traditional journal, I found the blank page overwhelming. There were no words to express the severity of my pain. I needed someone to hold my hand.”
This journal was created to be that helping hand. It is an amalgamation of the most practical writing and therapeutic tools SJ found helpful during that first devastating year without her husband including:
Establishing A Morning Intention & Evening Reflection Ritual
Incorporating Daily Self-Care Practices
Learning to Ask for Help & Identify Helper Friends
Tracking Sleep & Moods
Recognizing Triggers & Patterns
The Uneven Ground Grief Journal is not a motivational, rah-rah, cheerleading session through grief. It does not require faith. It approaches grief step-by-step, acknowledging the fear, anger and despair as real while identifying painful triggers and establishing healthy habits that support the self-healing process.
It does not require anyone to be ‘inspiring’ or ‘positive’ or ‘strong.’ It only requires the bereaved to show up each day and record their truth. One day at a time.