{"product_id":"what-happens-in-the-cocoon-paperback","title":"What Happens in the Cocoon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalia N. Dekine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was taught that truth was singular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat God had rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat her body had limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat love had boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe believed it until her life unraveled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised as a Jehovah's Witness and later becoming a Christian lay minister, Natalia built her identity on devotion, discipline, and a deep desire to serve. But when marriage collapsed, illness took hold, and the life she trusted began to fracture, the foundation beneath her faith cracked open. What followed was not a gentle unraveling, but a necessary one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply intimate memoir, she traces her journey through religious conditioning, spiritual disillusionment, and the quiet, terrifying question: \u003cem\u003eWhat remains when everything you believed no longer holds?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she navigates divorce, claims her identity as a lesbian in midlife, and confronts the lingering echoes of shame and control, her body becomes both battleground and teacher. A diagnosis of Lyme disease forces her to reckon not only with physical survival, but with the limits of the systems she once trusted. It is through this rupture that another path emerges. Turning toward alternative healing through Reiki, sound therapy, and embodied spiritual practices, she begins to reconstruct a relationship with herself, her body, and a God no longer defined by fear, but by love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eleaving religion without losing spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoming into sexuality after silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehealing from illness in ways that defy expectation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand reclaiming a voice once shaped by doctrine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, unflinching, and ultimately liberating, this memoir speaks to anyone who has ever had to \u003cstrong\u003elose everything they thought was true to discover what is real\u003c\/strong\u003e. For readers navigating faith deconstruction, late-in-life identity shifts, chronic illness, or the long journey back to self, this book offers not answers, but something more enduring: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePermission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53376896663859,"sku":"9798234059062","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gtArI7_RRr9798234059062.webp?v=1779310470","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/what-happens-in-the-cocoon-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}