Reviews
" Swimming with Elephants is an entertaining and moving front row seat in the drama that unfolds when a western trained physician does the work required to become a true healer." -- Christiane Northrup, MD , New York Times bestselling author of Goddesses Never Age, "I LOVED THIS BOOK. Sarah takes us on an intimate tour of the hero's journey. She's a brilliant storyteller...making sense of the baffling journey from the ordinary world into the mystical and back again. I didn't want it to end." -- MeiMei Fox , New York Times bestselling author, "From the lakes of Minnesota to the Ganges River in India, Sarah Seidelmann's transformative journey from MD to shamanic healer is a refreshingly honest and very funny tale of spiritual growth." -- Matt Adrian , author of The Guide to Troubled Birds, "From the lakes of Minnesota to the Ganges River in India, Sarah Seidelmann's transformative journey from MD to shamanistic healer is a refreshingly honest and very funny tale of spiritual growth." -- Matt Adrian , author of The Guide to Troubled Birds, "A glittering, honest account of what it means to search and also to find. If you are a dreamer, or an overworked parent, if you are someone who recognizes the magic in animals or wonders what it would be like to make a truly bold choice even if you are halfway down your life's path, please pick up this beautiful book!" -- Sara Corbett , coauthor of New York Times bestselling A House in the Sky, "A fascinating, amusing, and wise account of how someone born with a shaman's predilections, raised in a rationalist culture, finds her way back to her true self." -- Martha Beck , New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Adam, "A poignantly honest journey which beckons us all. Sarah Seidelmann takes us right along with her through the looking glass and out the other side into a magical reality that pulses with life, adventure and intelligence." -- Llyn Roberts , Award-winning author and acclaimed teacher of healing and shamanism, "Emotional and spiritual awakening are at the core of Seidelmann's memoir about her transition from medical doctor to shamanic healer. Memoirs work best when the author is ready to lay it all out on the table, and Seidelmann does this in Swimming with Elephants . Her willingness to be herself and to follow her path--no matter how non-traditional and wacky it might seem at first--makes for an endearing and illuminating adventure." - Foreword Reviews, "This is an exceedingly vulnerable, beautifully written book and the most genuine spiritual memoir I have ever read. It is also--in many hilarious moments--laugh out loud funny." -- Maria Bamford , Comedian and star of Netflix Original Series Lady Dynamite, "Sarah Bamford Seidelmann has amassed heaps of wisdom in her courageous leap from the safe realm of medical science into the unknown -- the world of spirit. In this incredibly honest and compassionate memoir, you feel as though you're soaking in her courage and wisdom on every page. Even better, you do so laughing." -- Jaimal Yogis , author of Saltwater Buddha and The Fear Project, "Fans of Seidelmann's previous work ( Born to Freak: A Salty Primer for Irrepressible Humans , 2012, etc.) will surely enjoy this chronicle of the author's chaotic transformation from a fourth-generation physician to a shamanic healer and life coach. The author details her travels around the globe, including sojourns to South Africa, India, and the California desert, searching for her inner shaman. A feel-good story for like-minded readers ." -- Kirkus Review (Aug. 2017)
