Overview

One person's lifelong search for belonging uncovers the myths of love, intimacy, and a life she was taught to want- but was never meant to live. Growing up Catholic in a Minnesota suburb in the 1970s, Cindy Mundahl was expected to adhere to strict gender roles and societal norms. More comfortable playing sports than with dolls, and baffled by other girls' interest in boys, she was like a fish out of water. At a young age, she sensed everyone else lived with an ease that evaded her. By her fifties she came to understand herself as asexual and aromantic. Her story reveals the cost of living a prescribed life-performing relationships, desire, and belonging according to scripts that never quite fit. Blending personal narrative with spiritual reflection, Reclamation invites readers into an odyssey of transformation, authenticity, and embodied wholeness.

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""With a clear and unflinching narrative voice, the author reckons with her memories and emotions with admirable clarity and a sense of deliberateness. That process is unabashedly laid bare on the page, making for an informative and uplifting reminder that it's never too late to find oneself. A raw and insightful self-analysis that encourages readers to broaden their own ideas of sexuality and self."" - Kirkus Reviews ""Librarians interested in memoirs that probe the delicate balance between grief and recovery, discovery, and the hard work of both hiding and evolving will find Reclamation: An Asexual & Aromantic Journey to Wholeness a powerful survey of not just one life, but outside and internal definitions of emotions, health, and self-realization. Especially highly recommended for reading groups strong in self-help, psychological introspection, and memoirs that contain journeys into new choices, Reclamation: An Asexual & Aromantic Journey to Wholeness is a journey replete with startling breakthroughs that redefine the author's past, present and future."" - Midwest Book Review

Author Information

Cindy Mundahl is a spiritual director, writer, and public speaker whose work centers on identity, inner freedom, and living with greater honesty and intention. She has presented to international audiences through organizations such as the Out & Equal Workplace Summit, the LGBTQIA+ Leadership Series for Fortune 500 companies, and the Cobb Institute's Process Explorations group.

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