Name: Lorraine Ash
Where you live: Allendale, New Jersey
What you do as a vocation or avocation? I’ve been a newspaper reporter for the past thirty years. In the past fifteen years, I’ve also been writing and editing books and leading spiritual and memoir writing workshops and retreats. All these activities have one thing in common: getting to the heart of any story in long-form writing.
Your two favorite books: “A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving; “The Fundamental Problem” by Swami Dayananda
Your two favorite songs: “October Road” by James Taylor; “I Will Remember You” by Sarah McLachlan
Why you are interested in spirituality?
Ultimately, we all make important decisions that forge our identities and create our destinies on interior spiritual landscapes. They are the places where true change occurs, courage is born, and the creative fires are lit. What takes root inside us determines how we speak and act in the world. To me, then, spirituality is among the most practical endeavors in existence, as is quality spiritual writing with its ability to reach into those landscapes and deliver helpful stories and messages.
Your favorite quote:
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” —Gandhi
Your favorite web sites:
Your hero?
The late George Gordon, a professor at Fordham University who helped me harness the power of my mind and understand my potential as a writer and teacher. I wrote about my experinces with George in my latest book, “Self and Soul: On Creating a Meaningful Life.” He’s featured in a chapter called “Choosing whom to believe.” Sometimes it occurs to me that, particularly with teaching, I’m attempting to do for others what he did for me.
A spiritual lesson you hope to learn?
Everything and everyone is always in process.
A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected"?
Acadia National Park in the great state of Maine.
To learn more about Lorraine Ash’s work and writing workshops, visit www.LorraineAsh.com . Her most recent book is “Self and Soul: On Creating a Meaningful Life,” a spiritual memoir that opens with the stillbirth of her daughter. “Self and Soul” is designed to help people who feel assaulted by life bring what ails or confounds them to the level of soul, where meaning is made. Dr. Larry Dossey, best-selling author of “The Science of Premonitions,” called the book “one of the most eloquent, elegant, and spiritually rich descriptions of the human journey I’ve read.”
Feel free to connect with Lorraine on Twitter @LorraineVAsh or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LorraineAshAuthor or directly via email Lorraine@LorraineAsh.com.
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