This accomplished educator’s heartwarming and thought-provoking memoir will galvanize readers searching for answers to some of life’s toughest questions: How did I end up in this painful situation? Where can I go from here? How can I find my path in life when I can’t even find my gym bag? Her anecdotes serve as compassionate, humorous reminders that it is possible to find power within our most painful moments—that in fact, these experiences are the root of our power, truth, and self-acceptance. The blend of personal, professional, and pedagogical anecdotes engages readers searching for a balance between their lives and their hearts. The addition of end-of-chapter exercises and book study questions helps readers embark on their own journey to unify their past with their present, with the aim of uniting their true spirit with their life’s work. 

In most lives there is a moment when we need to rise through our pain, through self-doubt, fear, and mistrust, and reconnect with who we are meant to be. Fight Song is the story of an acclaimed educator’s path through chaos into meaning—and a galvanizing manual showing readers how to reawaken connection with themselves and humanity.

Here Bearden analyzes her own path and shows readers how they too can strip fear and passivity from their lives and thrive through the rediscovery of their true values and genuine true life mission. The revealing and often humorous anecdotes illustrate Bearden’s system, a thoughtful process that takes readers from identification of our true worth through unification with others and ultimately to a solid sense of what our purpose—our life’s song—will be.