Beyond the Mountain

What does it take to pursue your wildest dreams? Combining psychology, philosophy, and-most of all, heartfelt experience-Anita Vlismas, Ph.D. shares how to choose without fear and how to live with and reframe pain. While many women in the 1970s are changing their expectations, Anita-taking her clue from Masters and Johnson, among others-chooses options rarely considered by her peers. Her journey begins when she decides to leave her safe marriage for a life no one could have predicted. From there, she embraces one adventure after another-with the goal of discovering what lies beyond the next mountain. Four continents create the settings in which Anita, often alone, encounters life-changing envi-ronmental and human threats-and ultimately, true love. Beyond the Mountain is the story of one woman’s life, a life that is instructive, inspirational, and most of all, joyous.