Gathering the Fragments of Myself

Jan Banaszek has been a lifelong explorer of mind, body, and spirit. A native Los Angeles resident and the third of eleven children, she left college to travel abroad, eventually returning home to marry her first love. After that marriage ended, she remained single for nearly thirty years, attending numerous workshops on personal growth to discover her authentic self. She found herself drawn to varied spiritual practices that helped her to connect with the Divine-Tai Chi, Actualism, Kundalini yoga, chanting (receiving her Gohonoson in 2002), and daily Vipassana meditation. After a spiritual awakening, Jan was encouraged to develop the journaling of her at-times tumultuous life into a book. She obtained a Masters in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica, California, which not only resulted in completing Gathering the Fragments of Myself, but also in awakening her inner artist. After a twenty-six-year career as a legal secretary, Jan is now retired and enjoying life with her husband, Wayne.