Books/Articles

Link to purchase my book: https://a.co/d/0170nPS1 “Jo Ann Towle’s wonderful new memoir is a fierce and beautifully untamed look at what it truly means to break through the emotional walls we build around ourselves if we have suffered trauma or abuse. Writing with a raw honesty, that mirrors the journey ofreclaiming the true self, Towle…

Another year has flown by, faster than the last. I want to slow Life down, but I also relish turning the page to a new chapter, a new season, a new year. Life is change and choices and letting go and new beginnings. Every day newness and possibilities. Every new day I can choose to…

I didn’t know Anthony Bourdain, but felt like I did in one small important way. In him, I saw a drinking alcoholic with a front-stage vigorous attempt to do it successfully. His was a fantastic life-embracing show, with drinking taking a prominent role in the joie de vivre, and sometimes that made it hard for…