About Letting Go: How a Family Crisis Brought Clarity and Authenticity by Lisa Hoelzer
What would you do if your religion forced you to choose between the church and your children?
That’s the dilemma Lisa Hoelzer faced after raising her four children within the confines of a strict, high-demand religion that dictated almost every aspect of their lives, from how they dressed to what they ate to how they used their time. Her vision of their ideal future started to change, however, when one child announced they were bisexual. Then another made a similar declaration. Additionally, her children struggled with anxiety and depression—conditions the church didn’t prepare Hoelzer to deal with. If she followed the church’s restrictive teachings, Hoelzer would have to turn her back on her beloved offspring. For this and other reasons, Hoelzer’s small misgivings about the church grew into large objections.
Letting Go recounts the story of how, when faced with a transformational crisis that could have destroyed her family, Hoelzer chose a difficult and forbidden path that would change her world and theirs for the better.
This is a book for anyone struggling to push ahead when there doesn’t seem to be an easy or obvious path. Whether you’re deconstructing religion or parenting a teen struggling with mental health, this insightful book will engage you with its thought-provoking ideas. With warmth, vulnerability, and insight, Hoelzer empowers readers to accept their children as they are and step into their more authentic selves.
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Author Bio:
Lisa Hoelzer took being a stay-at-home mom to her four children very seriously. Her studies and efforts to improve led her to create her own paradigm for parenting, which you can find at www.betterwayparenting.net. An avid learner, Lisa has a bachelors in chemistry and a masters in social work. She is a lifelong student of the human psyche, including motivations, biases, mind management, and mental health. She writes about mind management on Medium. Lisa loves to read, write, and discover more about the world. Her other interests include anti-racism, LGTBQ-allyship, and spirituality after religion. She and her family have lived in New Orleans, Minnesota, and Utah.