Colleen Simmons is a mother, grama, serial business owner, ex sheep farmer, bird fanatic, and hungry learner. She has spent decades paying close attention — to birds, to grief, to the small moments that turn out to matter most. Beyond Meditation is the book that arrived when she finally stopped waiting and started writing it all down.

After the death of my middle son, I sold my business and my sheep farm and had to begin recreating my life. Who was I now? What did I want to do? I had been so busy taking care of everyone else I had never taken notice of myself. I didn't even know what kind of cereal I liked.

If you find yourself in a place without purpose, you know just where I was.