Sandra C. Johnston, Ph.D.
Author of spiritual, compassionate, inspirational books designed to guide you through life's journeys.
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Announcing Dr. Sandra C. Johnston's latest book: 
 
A Journey with Daisy:  Belonging is a Blessing  
An inspiring book revealing subject matter that most fear to confront.
 

On a seasonably warm day in April, author Sandra C. Johnston walked into Daisy’s Treasure Trove in White Rock, British Columbia. At the time, Johnston faced a crossroads in her life, and that visit to Daisy’s thrift store changed her life’s outlook.  In this memoir, she narrates the story of how she met ninety-one year old Daisy Walls.  

 

A Journey with Daisy not only describes Johnston’s experiences volunteering in the store—where everyday was a rich experience with both the customers and employees—but also demonstrates the impact Daisy had as an elder mentor as she modeled kindness, tenacity, compassion, and courage.

 

 A combination of prose, poetry, and reflection, A Journey with Daisy narrates a journey of self-discovery and spiritual and personal growth.  It encourages you to live passionately, gives you the breath to speak what you know, delivers nourishing soul food, and inspires you with the courage to face what you see without looking away from it.  A Journey with Daisy is the winner of the 2010 Editor's Pick Writer's Award sponsored by Writer's Cramp Editing/ Consulting.

 

A Journey with Daisy:  Belonging is a Blessing - Dedication 

 

Writing this book has been one of the most fulfilling joys of my life in spite of the obstacles.  It has reminded me of how happy and proud I am to be a woman. 

 

I understand at a very deep level the courage that it takes to heal in our culture at this time in this era.  Writing for me is a form of ritual in terms of putting my life into perspective.  It called forth shades and spectra in my life and has helped me to put them to rest.  It speaks of evidence of past hardships, courage, and triumph over adversity.  I have been a survivor in terms of past injury and it is the admiring of it now, rather than the being of it, that will release me.  To realize injury and memorialize it allows thriving to come into form.  Thriving is what is meant for us on this earth, not just surviving is our birthright.

 

For centuries, being different has meant standing at the edge, and one is practically guaranteed to make an original contribution to the culture.  I have been labeled defiant, rebellious, a troublemaker, unruly, too smart for my own britches, noisy; but all along, I believe I have been on the right track.
 
The riches of my life are abundant as I come to know more deeply and appreciate my womanliness. 
 
I am Maiden, Mother and Crone.
 
I am the Changer and the Changed.
 
May this book inspire you to have an open heart and to remember who you are at your very core - A Child of the Universe."

 

 

Other books by Sandra Johnston
 
In Her Own Time: A Woman's Journey to Self.  An intriguing and enlightening collection of poetry and prose that not only reflects one woman's incredible journey, but bolsters all individuals who have found themselves in the depths of despair, only to become whole again, and to soar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tracking the Predator:  The Aftermath of September 11th, 2001:  A Canadian Woman Speaks.  In the aftermath of September 11, 2001 a plethora of photographic journals, eye-witness accounts and analyses was released.  However, no one looked at the dark Bin Laden energy that is present in us all.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Works in progress by Sandra Johnston:
 
Extraordinarily Ordinary:  An extraordinary foray into the mind of a young girl growing up in a rural environment told through her eyes in later years after pursuing a carrer in psychotherapy.  She looks at and relates to her environment through a more experienced and critical lens.
   
Of Cats and Other Tales:  Through this book Sandra teaches the "art" of healing and the ability that all of us have to be open to the energy of nature and the universe and to experience true 'at-one-ment' of all that lives.  Her belief in the power of the human spirit to heal appears on every page of the book. We are all called; the choice, she believes, is ours to listen and to pay attention through all of our senses to the mystery of our great universe.