Pain doesn't have to define us; it can instead transform us, shifting our focus away from ourselves and toward a life of helping others.

Chaos to Clarity: Sacred Stories of Transformational Change, by Rev. Patricia Cagganello and award-winning author Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos, features inspirational stories from people around the world who emerged from difficult circumstances with an expanded compassion for humanity and a renewed sense of purpose. NY Times bestselling author Dr. Bernie Siegel sums it up best in the book's foreword: "Change is a labour pain through which we can give birth to a new self and life, which makes the pain meaningful and justified.

"Chaos to Clarity showcases more than 30 storytellers who were willing to bare their souls during their darkest hours and share the challenges they faced head-on. Offering their spiritual and psychological expertise, Cagganello and Kanavos provide their differing points of view on the stories and how the change created clarity. When commenting on the four different sections in the book — Love and Relationships, Health and Wellness, Grief and Loss, and Life Journey and Identity — co-author Cagganello uses her spiritual knowledge as a reverend, while Kanavos draws on her expertise in psychology. The result is a marriage of minds that birthed Chaos to Clarity

."There is a power and a resonance in our stories, our shared experiences,” Cagganello offers. "Important events in our lives are our change agents. The more significant the event — or rather, the more significant the emotion the event generates — the more attention we pay, and the greater the opportunity we have for transformation,” adds Cagganello. 

"This timely book is a collaborative work of love and clarity on many levels. Our goal is to offer this written worldly wisdom in story-form as a blue-print for people rebuilding their lives, and as a GPS for those still moving towards clarity,” says Kanavos.