Use Travel to Explore Your Life and Your Self Book Hailed as Innovative Guide of Discovery



Vacation time is the perfect time to reflect on the personal aspects of one's life and the feelings one has about his or her life. It can be a time to do the things we love to do and be the person we long to be. It can also be a time to explore ways to create a life that leads to personal satisfaction and happiness.

Questing Marilyn: In Search of My Holy Grail, Personal Growth Through Travel, chronicles the experiences of author Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem as she tours sacred sites in Britain and Ireland. The book is as much a voyage of the inner soul as it is a wander through Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Tintagel, Kilkenny, Dublin and other favourites of holiday-goers.

Reviewers are recommending Questing Marilyn as both a book about the ins and outs of holiday travel as part of a tour group and a journey for an individual searching for self-exploration and self-acceptance. They agree this is not a standard travelogue but an innovative and unique way to use travel as a life-changing experience rather than just a temporary escape from routine.

Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem M.Ed., was stressed herself when she set out for the British Isles and Eire to visit their holy sites and look for the meaning of the legend of the Holy Grail. As she writes in Questing Marilyn, she discovered "a new-found freedom and joy," that came from shedding her responsibilities and looking inside herself and her life. She shares her learning and the life skills she used with her readers.

"This Quest led to the discovery of a deeper meaning of Self. Perhaps it was a mid-life crisis. I know I returned with a much stronger sense of the woman I want to be." she says.

Marilyn also professes "The Holy Grail is the vessel of the Self that connects to the highest and most positive energy that many call the presence of the Holy Spirit or God force. Achieving the state of Grace or Bliss, with a sense of profound peace and connection with all things, is a goal many seek throughout their lives. I do not believe the Holy Grail is a physical cup that Christ drank from but a state of being that Christ and many other religious leaders from many faiths promise as a possibility for humans."

Questing Marilyn is being acclaimed as a perfect choice for book clubs. Reviewers applaud the book as a new kind of travel guide that tells the reader not only how to discover a foreign country or new neighbourhood but how to discover their inner spirit.

Marilyn is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist and a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is using her experiences and the insights expressed in Questing Marilyn to help her clients develop their potential.

Marilyn presents to corporations, educational institutions, service clubs and professional associations as well as appearing on national radio and television. Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem is ready to publish her second book, Questing France.

Information about books from Quest Publishing is online at www.questpublishing.ca and Questing Marilyn is available at bookstores, libraries and online. Contact Quest Publishing at 905 639 8393





Use Travel to Explore Your Life and Your Self Book Hailed as Innovative Guide of Discovery