The Gift in the Wound

Navigating a rich tapestry of pivital experiences demands courage and the ability to maintain while turning difficult moments into blessings. The internationally reknown sound healer's journey is just that. Diane Mandle shares her traumas, joys and insights with the reader while empowering us to create our own story through questions at the end of chapters.

Actress, dancer, sound healer, single mother and world traveler all come together in a moving memoir that captures pivital moments in this hero's journey that is her life. Wounds, joys and insights are exposed while inviting the reader to examine and appreciate the full spectrum of their own lives. In her authentic voice Mandle shares through writing what she expresses in her sound healing profession: to learn to love every precious moment of one's life.

Diáne Mandle is an internationally known author, recording artist with Sounds True, Tibetan bowl practitioner, and educator and the only state certified practitioner/instructor in California. Diáne has given over 250 educational concert programs in 32 states as well as in India, Costa Rica, Mexico and St. Croix. She has been a frequent guest presenter at the Museum of Making Music, California State University San Marcos, The Golden Door, The Deepak Chopra Center, Rancho la Puerta and NPR radio and television station, KPBS. She is a featured expert in the video series: Tao—Living in Balance along with healers such as Dr. Wayne Dyer and John Gray. Diáne maintains a private sound healing practice in southern California where she also owns and operates the Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing School. She was part of the integrative therapy team at the San Diego Cancer Center and developed a successful sound healing program for incarcerated veterans with PTSD.