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Linda Curtis was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and is an unquestioning true believer who has knocked on doors from the time she was nine years old. Like other Witnesses, she has been discouraged from pursuing a career, higher education, or even voting, and her friendships are limited to the Witness community.Then one day, at age thirty-three, she knocks on a door -- and a coworker she deeply respects answers the door. To their mutual consternation she launches into her usual spiel, but this time, for the first time ever, the message sounds hollow. In the months that follow, Curtis tries hard to overcome the doubts that spring from that doorstep encounter, knowing they could upend her "safe" existence. But ultimately, unable to reconcile her incredulity, she leaves her religion and divorces her Witness husband -- a choice for which she is shunned by the entire community, including all members of her immediate family.
About the Author
Linda A. Curtis is an author, teacher, and keynote speaker whose life experience has unwittingly granted her expertise on the subject of endings, large and small. As a champion of Honorable Closure--a learned process that honors endings, exits and good-byes as a natural and dynamic part of our human experience--she mentors individuals and teams in transition, supporting them from unfinished business to dignified completion. She is a Senior Mindfulness Teacher at the Google-born Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute and an accredited ICF coach. Learn more about her work at lindaAcurtis.com.Linda lives in Marin County, California.