Most of us carry something we have never put a name to. It might be a tiredness that rest doesn't fix, or a habit of waiting for things to go wrong. It might be a feeling that love has to be earned. We call it being responsible, being careful or just being who we are. My books start from a different idea: that these feelings come from an inner world that has lost touch with its spring, and that they can change.
I write for people of every background and belief. You do not need a particular faith, or any faith at all, to read them. I use plain words, and I never shame the reader. If you have struggled, you are not broken. You are a heart that has been working very hard in a dry place.
Here is what readers can expect from reading these books:
- A way to name what you feel. Many readers say the first gift is simply recognizing themselves on the page.
- Fewer reasons to blame yourself. These books explain why we act the way we do, so we can look at our patterns with understanding and not judgment.
- A new way to see old struggles, such as overwork, fear of being a burden, the need to be needed and difficulty trusting.
- Hope without pressure. Nothing in them asks you to be fixed by Friday. They invite you to go at your own pace.
- Something to return to. The books are written to be read slowly and opened again on harder days.
The novel The Heart That Watched the Door tells the same truths through a story. It follows two people who spend years watching for the moment everything falls apart, until two quiet neighbors with a loaf of bread and a kettle show them another way to live.
If you are tired of holding everything up, I wrote these books for you.
KC Chikolwa