When my first memoir, Blackbird, released in the fall of 2000, I faced a worldwide audience. A book I had penned about my own childhood, which I had written primarily to know this person I called Jennifer, was unexpectedly translated into Japanese, German, French, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish and many other languages. My story was being sold in every major bookstore, nationwide, and was in the hands of Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O'Donnell. When I appeared on the Oprah Show and Ms. Winfrey said, "buy this book" to a throng of screaming fans, I was stunned. I actually went back to read Blackbird, so dumbfounded by the response. Then came the fans and their questions: "how did you do it? How did you heal from so much loss and tragedy?" It was as if they believed, as an author, I held the answer to the great mystery of human suffering. My response was silence. I did not have the answers to human suffering and was a long way from being healed. In 2001, I went on to write and publish the sequel to Blackbird titled Still Waters. In 2003 came Show Me the Way, a series of stories about how I was mothering my own children considering the trauma and loss of my past. And, I went in search of the answers to questions of human suffering. I dove headlong into the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and became a student of Buddha Dharma, meditation, philosophy, history, mystic studies and ritual. I sat at the feet of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the H.H. 17th Karmapa—Trinlay Thaye Dorje, Eco Philosopher Joanna Macy, Lama Tsultrim Allione (emanation of Machig Lapdron, 12th century master), my primary master Adzom Paolo Rinpoche (incarnation of Jigme Lingpa), Jetsunma Rinpoche (emanation of Green Tara) and a series equally remarkable and exceptional Tibetan Rinpoche's (enlightened masters). Each of these beings, and countless others, gifted me with precious practices and guidance about how to live wisely and compassionately in these troubled times. Simultaneously, I also completed the journey that began with Blackbird. I finally found out and accepted the truth of how being placed for adoption, at birth, forced me into a life that was based, not on an intrinsic sense of self, but rather on a series of coping mechanisms designed for survival. Now I have written the last memoir in the series that began with Blackbird and it is titled: Where is She: The Search for Self and Mother. Today, I mother my two beautiful children, Spencer (11) and Josephine (6). I am partners in parenting with their father Steve and am joyfully engaged to marry a beloved and accomplished man who shares my passion for writing, spirituality and healing. With a great deal of humor and personal reference, I am teaching writing and methods of personal and global healing via ritual, meditation, Buddha Dharma, body awareness and interactive practices. Fearlessly, I also speak on a variety of topics including the causes of human suffering and the solutions to human suffering as well as adoption, over coming adversity, mother and father loss, methods of personal awakening and healing, the future of our planet, loving and raising children, being a women in the 21st century, trauma, sexual abuse, Buddha Dharma, meditation and of course, life in general with its breathless combination of beauty, horror, tragedy and comedy!