Howard Steinberg’s CONFESSIONS OF A PROBLEM SEEKER

Word Up welcomes author Howard Steinberg to read and discuss his memoir, Confessions of a Problem Seeker: My Lifetime Journey From Busy Brain To Loving Heart. 

“Howard Steinberg provides an honest, moving and beautiful example of how someone dominated by protective parts resulting from trauma can transform and live a very different kind of life. His is an inspiration for how, through spiritual inquiry and awareness, we can befriend all of our inner parts and find profound healing. His journey is a testament to the power of self-compassion and love even after a lifetime of distraction and pain.” 

—Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D., Founder of Internal Family Systems and author of No Bad Parts

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.

In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees for this event must wear a mask inside.

Word Up Community Bookshop is located at 2113 Amsterdam Ave. (& 165th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 168th St and the A/C train to 163rd or 168th  St.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Confessions of a Problem Seeker is a raw and unflinchingly honest memoir of one man’s midlife reckoning and search to find his soul. As a childhood shaped by trauma and illness gave way to an illusion of adult success and purpose-marriage, fatherhood, entrepreneurial achievement-the author finds himself grappling with the unshakable feeling that he has lived a life shaped more by fear and survival instincts than by inner truth. Triggered by divorce, professional loss, and a deep inner emptiness, his search for peace leads him to psychedelics and a spiritual awakening as he begins to heal old wounds, including the lingering shadows of his Holocaust-survivor parents. He offers a compassionate invitation for others, particularly those in the second half of life, to question who they really are beneath their busy identities and to reclaim the joy and stillness of an authentic, present life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Howard Steinberg is a New York City-based entrepreneur, writer, mentor, and advocate. The son of Holocaust survivors, Steinberg was the solo founder of three companies before dedicating himself to exploring personal and spiritual growth. He has been a passionate voice for improved diabetes care and supply access. He finds joy in walking his dog Tico through Greenwich Village, kayaking off the Connecticut shoreline and cherishes time with his three daughters and two beautiful granddaughters. Steinberg is a graduate of both the undergraduate and graduate business schools at New York University.

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