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GROUND
How to Lose Everything and Still Have Somewhere to Stand
The central distinction is between losing things and becoming lost.
About the Book
GROUND was written from inside the experience of losing everything at once, not from a safe distance looking back. It is short, meant to be read in one sitting, closer to a long honest letter than a self-help book.
It began by hand in a federal prison camp while a long medical career was coming apart outside. The book does not offer easy comfort. It asks what remains when status, money, freedom, and the routines that once defined a life are gone.
Who it is for
- You are navigating professional disruption, legal crisis, or personal loss.
- A system you trusted has broken down around you.
- You need direct language rather than easy reassurance.
What you will find inside
- Why loss and disorientation are not the same thing.
- How to keep a sense of direction when familiar structures disappear.
- What it can mean to build from character rather than from a vanished past.
Why this book exists
The book began by hand during incarceration, when writing was the available way to hold onto a question that could not be answered quickly.