Business woman and mother Byron Katie spent ten suicidal years locked in her bedroom suffering from a severe self-loathing depression, until, one February morning in 1986, she experienced a life-changing realisation:

I discovered that when I believed my thoughts I suffered, but when I didn’t believe them I didn’t suffer, and this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared.

Katie’s waking up to reality led to her devising what she calls The Work. Unaligned to any religion or tradition her method of self-enquiry teaches people to challenge their suffering through empowering them to question their fixed, stagnant views on themselves, on others and on life.

For more examples of The Work in action visit Byron Katie's website.