Nikki Friedlander

The Divine Journey: from the Ego to the Sacred Heart Nikki Friedlander

Tori LItchfield, a woman from a middle-class Jewish family, embarks on an unorthodox spiritual journey after a series of personal challenges. It begins with her life as a successful fashion designer in New York City, follows her to a domestic life in a small town, and then explores various workshops and teachings that change the way she lives her life. There are some mysteries along the way: what really is her relationship with her fashion photographer, who is the elusive woman she meets in Malta, and how does she balance her spiritual life with that of wife and mother? Making peace with herself and her family and resolving issues that arise with love and acceptance are challenges she meets with her deepening connection to the divine. Now an older woman, she writes from the haven of the family's lake house to which she has retreated after the death of her husband. The lives of family and friends are woven throughout like pieces of a puzzle, adding richness to the whole. Reflecting on what she has learned throughout her busy and sometimes painful life, she describes in fictioinal form her individual path to peace and freedom.