When Obstacles Limit Freedom | Introduction | Memoir

Hello friends. In this first track, I would like to introduce myself. You will briefly learn about me and what I will offer you momentarily, my audiobook of my mental health memoir, When Obstacles Limit Freedom. As I have walked through the fire myself, and even used Insight Timer during my worst, I want to pass on my strength and knowledge to you, who may be silently suffering.

I want to help you overcome your obstacles so that you may find freedom again.

Thank you for being here.

Transcript

Hello friends,

My name is Alexander Kirkland,

But you can call me Alex,

And I'd like to introduce myself.

I'm a writer,

Author,

And mental health warrior.

When I was deep in the thick of a ghost of anxiety and debilitating panic attacks,

I luckily found Insight Timer.

That was January of 2021.

For years I struggled.

Heck,

I still struggle.

But I'm leaps and bounds better than I was back then.

That came with determination,

That came with drive,

That came with vigorous learning about the body and mind,

And that came with hope.

I want to share that hope with you.

In November of 2024,

I released my first of two mental health memoirs.

This one is titled,

When Obstacles Limit Freedom.

I figured what better place than to tell my story right here on Insight Timer.

I wanted to give back.

I wanted to help.

It is raw.

It is real.

But I felt it would be a disservice if I didn't share my journey and pass on the tools and mindset that carried through my hardships.

Thank you for being here,

And there is no obstacle you cannot overcome.