In Unbinding the Heart" author speaker & " Huffington Post" regular Agapi Stassinopoulos invites readers on an inspiring journey of inner exploration to reconnect with their true selves. Born in Greece a country that celebrates life Agapi learned the essential truths of happiness through the examples of wisdom caring playfulness & generosity she saw all around her starting with her own mother. She came to realise that everyone is born with an open heart but that we quickly learn to put conditions on our happiness
- comparing ourselves to others casting judgment doubting ourselves allowing fear or entitlement or self-righteousness to take hold
- & slowly our hearts begin to close. We isolate ourselves feeling alone disconnected & unheard; & in doing so we immobilise our spirit stifle our authentic expression & cut off our joy. As she went on Agapi like so many of us came under the soul-constricting influences of the larger world. In her struggle to find her place & her voice trying to balance the acting career she dreamed of with the spiritual life she longed for she discovered a path that was uniquely hers. Unbinding the Heart shows how she found her way home to herself. In 32 personal heartfelt stories full of insight & humour Agapi takes us from her mothers bountiful kitchen where the seeds of fearless living were planted to the London classical stage to an epiphany on a New York City bus
- & inspires readers with the confidence to let go of the beliefs that bind them & come to a deeper understanding of life & love."