This book is for those navigating significant life transitions, those who are Crossing Between Worlds. This book is your guide.
These periods of change, often prompted by loss, crisis, or a desire for personal growth, can be unsettling. Yet this is an invitational season, waiting for you to become who you really are, to come fully alive.
Instead of forcing ideas that were not designed specifically for you, this book challenges conventional wisdom and examines 15 paradoxes to help you find your own unique path, depending on the specific season of your life. Crossing Between Worlds provides the much needed scaffolding to align your natural tendencies, nurture your unique gifts and allow yourself to move and be moved towards a new world, so that you get to share this gift with others.
Drawing from his teaching and clinical experience, Daryl provides a personalisable roadmap filled with poignant anecdotes, practical wisdom, and persuasive strategies for navigating life’s seemingly contradictory forces (e.g., Should I focus on the present, or the future? Should I learn to say “Yes,” or “No”).
I’ve been a fan of Daryl’s writing since First Kiss. As a clinician looking for new tools around intake, I started following him on Substack and found his work truly transformative—both as a human and as a therapist.
I knew Crossing Between Worlds would be impactful, so I bought three copies: one for myself and two for loved ones.
It’s both philosophical and concrete, the kind of book I know I’ll return to again and again. I found it immensely helpful to both read and listen to it.
Key takeaways that resonated with me at this stage in life include white space, input and output—if you’re going to add something, you have to take something away. Also, stress and recovery—it’s not about the stress, it’s about how you recover.
This is for anyone going through change, burnout, or overwhelm, and for anyone seeking a more purposeful, meaningful life. Daryl offers guidance in a deeply compassionate way.