Nowhere But Down

Adelle Stewart was young, energetic, and by her own account enjoying life when she received a cancer diagnosis that upended her plans. Pandemic restrictions meant no visitors were allowed, so she went home to an empty house, where the long hours alone gave her room to look inward and ask why this had happened to her.

Over time she came to see that the illness had grown out of emotional wounds she had never addressed. Childhood trauma, the loss of a love, and an abusive marriage had led her to rely on fierce self-sufficiency as a way of coping. As she confronted these memories, she came to believe her recovery would depend far more on the mind than the body, with 20 percent physical healing and 80 percent mental.

Lessons drawn from The Universe Has Your Back, The Secret, and You Can Heal Your Life run through her account. Stewart recounts the journey as she lived it, starting from a low point, toward healing through love. The book suits readers interested in personal stories of recovery and self-discovery.