The Heart Knows the Way – How to Follow Your Heart to a Conscious Connection with the Divine Spirit Within, by Fern Stewart Welch

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I also believe that the two inseparable facets of what I learned hold a key to the next evolutionary step for mankind: reclaiming our wholeness by connecting with the divine Spirit within, which will enable us to act and react from clarity and love, and coming to a deeper understanding of death and therefore being able to realize a more consciously aware, loving, meaningful and productive life

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) September 8, 2006

A half-century ago the late Swiss-born physician, author and lecturer Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross brought death and dying out of the dark ages into the light and allowed people to talk about it publicly as well as to die with dignity while surrounded by loved ones.

One of those whose life Dr. Kübler-Ross touched in a remarkable way was Scottsdale, Arizona writer Fern Stewart Welch, author of the recently published book, “The Heart Knows the Way – How to Follow Your Heart to a Conscious Connection with the Divine Spirit Within.”

During the process of the lengthy decline and death of her husband, Kenneth Welch, the founding publisher and former owner of PHOENIX Magazine, Fern was befriended and supported by the legendary “death and dying” pioneer, resulting in an extraordinary experience.

In “The Heart Knows the Way” Fern writes that during this process she was led to open to a conscious connection with the divine Spirit within and guided through the situation with her husband in a more loving, healthful, spiritually enlightening and life-affirming way.

“I learned that this was the way in which this profound and sacred event is meant to be experienced,” she says. “I was able to be consciously present with a loved one and share his last life journey in a way I had never heard of or read about.

“I was then able to complete the mourning without the lingering sadness and sometimes guilt that often negatively affects the health and future happiness of the survivor, and to face the future with joy and enthusiasm,” she adds.

Fern says that after her husband’s death, she realized that her experience was diametrically opposed to what many people have in a similar situation, and she then knew that this out-of-the ordinary occurrence should be shared with others.

“I also believe that the two inseparable facets of what I learned hold a key to the next evolutionary step for mankind: reclaiming our wholeness by connecting with the divine Spirit within, which will enable us to act and react from clarity and love, and coming to a deeper understanding of death and therefore being able to realize a more consciously aware, loving, meaningful and productive life,” she added.

Fern says that the soul of every person knows the timing, the path and the pace of the journey to a personal connection with God, and this is a journey every soul is meant to take.

She also indicates that if someone is open to learning how, they can accompany a loved one on their final life journey in this sacred way. Her book provides the step-by-step process by which she achieved this goal and details how others can follow the same path.

Before her own death Dr. Kübler-Ross read the manuscript of “The Heart Knows the Way,” and joined a number of bestselling authors and spiritual teachers in providing an enthusiastic endorsement for it.

“The Heart Knows the Way” is available from Amazon.com, other online booksellers, and from bookstore chains. It is available to the book trade from Ingram Book Company, Baker & Taylor, and other book wholesalers.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation.

About the Author:

Fern Stewart Welch started her professional career as a feature writer-reporter-columnist for newspapers in Redmond, WA and Lake Oswego, OR. She went on to become a staff writer for the First Interstate Bank of Oregon, public relations director for The Arizona Bank (now Bank of America), a freelance international travel correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, the founder and president of a public relations firm, editorial director of PHOENIX Magazine and executive director of the Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation.

She recently served as executive editor on “Tea with Elisabeth,” a collaborative portrait of Dr. Kübler-Ross by 51 well known colleagues, bestselling authors, family members and friends. The manuscript is now with a New York agent, and is being shopped worldwide.

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