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A Life I Don't Need To Escape From
Paperback
Biographies GeneralGeneral ParentingSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $15.99
Publisher: Stay & Become
Published: Sep 19 2026
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Life I Don't Need to Escape From
How I Stopped Running and Started Building a Life That Feels Like Mine
What happens when a woman who has spent her entire life running finally decides to stay?
For most of her life, Kristy Marie was searching for something she couldn't quite name. Growing up surrounded by uncertainty, learning to survive without the comfort of emotional security, and spending years putting everyone else's needs ahead of her own, she became very good at starting over.
New places. New beginnings. New versions of herself.
But no matter how far she traveled, she couldn't outrun the feeling that something was missing.
Through a difficult marriage, years of caregiving, heartbreaking losses, and the exhausting responsibility of holding everything together, Kristy slowly began to realize that surviving and living were two very different things.
And somewhere along the way, she had forgotten how to live for herself.
A Life I Don't Need to Escape From is a raw, deeply personal memoir about breaking old patterns, finding the courage to walk away from what no longer fits, and discovering that healing doesn't always mean becoming someone new. Sometimes it means finally becoming the person you were before the world taught you to disappear.
With vulnerability, reflection, and moments of humor, Kristy shares her journey from a lifetime of running toward something she never believed was possible: peace, belonging, genuine love, and a place to call home.
This isn't a story about having everything figured out.
It's about learning to sit still. To trust yourself. To make decisions that feel right for your own life, even when they make other people uncomfortable.
And most importantly, it's about discovering that the greatest freedom isn't found in another fresh start.
It's found in building a life you no longer feel the need to escape from.
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