In Movement There Is Peace

Stumbling 500 Miles Along the Way to the Spirit

By: Elaine Orabona Foster PhD, Joseph Wilbred Foster III

Narrated by: Pamela Almand, Scott Thomas

Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

This book will rock your beliefs about fear, security, and taking risks.

In Movement There Is Peace is a powerful tale of travel, adventure, and unexpected faith. It begins with a doctor who walks away from her practice in order to cure her own paralyzing anxiety. Once free, she discovers that leaving is really only fleeing if there's no new direction. Could this be the reason for her husband's sudden inspiration?

"I want us to walk the Camino de Santiago; it's an 800-kilometer pilgrimage across Spain."

After deliberating the wisdom of walking 500 miles with no planning or physical conditioning and little religious faith, the two set off to walk the "Way of Saint James". Their "no-plan" plan sets off a series of extraordinary events that can only be explained as divine intervention. It starts with an enigmatic suggestion from a former pilgrim who sends them off with a caution: "There are no coincidences on the Camino."

The tale itself is a funny, fascinating pilgrim's progress seeded by unique characters and full of amazing surprises. Follow along the pilgrim's path as it shares its secrets on how to:

• Create a life that's unafraid of death
• Experience emotional lightness by carrying a smaller physical load
• Journey without plans, and have more fun doing it
• Make a leap of faith, and land closer to paradise

If you've ever doubted yourself or your abilities, listen to this book. "Lose the fear...live the life!"

©2013 Elaine and Joe Foster (P)2015 Elaine and Joe Foster

Worth a second listen

I really enjoyed the story of both and how they were entwined together. I think I’ll have to do the Camino with or without my husband.

A Must REAT!

What made the experience of listening to In Movement There Is Peace the most enjoyable?

The whole book was good

What was one of the most memorable moments of In Movement There Is Peace?

Everytime they needed, the trail provided.

What about Pamela Almand and Scott Thomas ’s performance did you like?

The narrators did an excellent job. The emotion they put into the reading of this book made me feel like it was their own story.

What did you learn from In Movement There Is Peace that you would use in your daily life?

Not to rush life!

Any additional comments?

book. I really was not sure how much I would enjoy it, as sometimes religious type books gan get a bit preachy. No worries with this book. It is so inspiring. I really liked the way both authors told of their separate but joined experiences on the trail.

I will listen to this book again and again. That is how much I loved it and I know I will get a lot out of it each time I listen to it.

Love love love

I’m leaving for St Jean Pied au Port in September and it was really refreshing to hear honest words of your adventure. Thank you

Go Camino!

The Camino is on my bucket list and while listening to this book I was drawn closer to it. I love the introspect of the characters & the in depth sharing of each journey & the effects. What a true blessing!

Not just a travel guide

This is not just a travel guide about the Camino it is the chance to experience another's journey. The Fosters share with you thier inner struggles while departing wisdom and travel tips along the way. Engaging, funny, sad, and joyful....this is a journey that will keep you engaged.

Great Start, Peters Out and Narration is Terrible

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would not recommend the audio book. I have recommended the book — to read, but that was at the beginning of reading it. Having finished it, I would not really put it on an Camino reading list, no.

What was most disappointing about Elaine Orabona Foster, PhD and Joseph Wilbred Foster III ’s story?

It committed the cardinal sin of story-telling — it became insufferably boring. That could be because neither, especially Elaine, is a natural or talented writer. Just because you have traveled or walked the Camino does not automatically mean you have the talent to write a book that is sustainably interesting, engaging, or meaningful. Elaine's part, again, was the biggest detriment to the book — as she fills her accounts with tedious psychobablle, since she is, after all, a psychologist by trade. That is not a qualification for writing a book. Apparently, according to her own story, it is not even a qualification for helping others such as soldiers and veterans with PTSD, part of why she quit the military after 25 years of trying. She is a bundle of anxiety — her own endless account — and can treat herself adquately and never seems to make real progress. She should learn to meditate. Seriously. Lady, learn T.M., stop whining.

Joseph, on the other hand, is more tolerable but let's just say tolerable. And at the end of the book he confesses his depression takes over on his return to "real life." A bit of an adrenaline junkie, he has trouble with day to day life and the "down" after the high of the Camino was worse than the usual let down. That's just annoying to hear, whiney. You want to tell the man to grow up, man up. He, also, should learn to meditate to gain some balance and sobriety and ability to live in the ordinary which becomes special — as it is life.

Joseph tells us he's at a crossroads and can't continue with ordinary life. And then — NOTHING!!!! He leaves readers hanging in the epilogue with zero resolve to his dilemma! He mentions he's not sure he can expect Elaine to join in a transient life, a life with no ordinary day to day living to bore him. What a child. And then he gives no follow up as to what he did about all this! The reader is left wondering if their marriage survived, or what the heck happened! Then the narrator comes on as Elaine all perky and "I found God!" which is a surprise and not the inspiration one would think. She makes no mention of her husband's winter of discontent on their return — which had to be very hard to deal with.

It was, sadly, two people not very advanced spiritually or in consciousness, trying to make a book out of their hike. Writing about the daily activities becomes very tedious with two people with no story-telling capacity. There's little to no humor, no real insights, and Elaine is prone to giving psycho-babble advice along the trite lines of "today's lesson" — insert insipid "inspiration" here.

I should point out I have walked the Camino myself, which is why I like to read the accounts of others. But no, I wouldn't put this book on a reading list.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrators were, in a word, terrible. I cannot believe they won any award as noted in the book promotion. Narration will make or break an audio version of a book, and this one breaks it. Again, especially the female narrator who takes the voice of Elaine. She is INSUFFERABLY AFFECTATIOUS. Ugh! Just, ugh! I found myself wanting to slap her. Not good. The female narrator seems to think she is reading a bedtime story to two year olds and that she must AFFECT the male voice she's quoting with a weird hoarseness or gravelly affect, or take on the accent of Sean from Ireland or the Australian woman they met, and on and on. DId I mention how god-awful BADLY she is at trying to take on these accents??!! Don't do that! Just don't! Just read it, read it as, "Sean said . . . " but don't tryt sound Irish, or Australian, or like a man or anything else! It's not a fairy tale you are reading to a toddler who wants you to sound like the giant or the witch. Just. Stop. It.

The male narrator is a bit better, although he will at times go to the high pitched imitation of — you got it — a woman's voice! Awful. And often pompous sounding.

Also, the female narrator, when not affecting accents or gender voices, has this awful over-all air and sound as if she is trying to sound "smart" and "ironic" while doing neither. Ugh, ugh, and double ugh.

I would advise people to stay away from the audio book altogether.

Was In Movement There Is Peace worth the listening time?

No, it was not. I listen while walking, for the record. My time was well spent walking but the book was not worth my time at all.

Any additional comments?

If you must, READ it, don't listen to it. Don't expect much. Two people in a waking state of consciousness, no higher state of consciousness, trying to write about a spiritual pilgrimage while having no real understanding of it. Even Shirley MacClaine's narcissistic drama queen take is preferable to this one. Move on. Nothing to see here.

Fantastic narrative of the Camino Journey

Wow! What a fantastic narrative of the Camino journey!! I loved every minute of this book. I loved hearing the different perspectives from Joe and Elaine. Such an inspiring description of the journey I took hope to complete one day!!! A definite must-read! Thank you for the gift of this book

Thank you a pilgrim I hope to be

Absolutely inspiring, their openly raw journey moved me to begin preparing for my Camino
A true story of love hope and sacrifice
A must read!

Cliche

I enjoyed this book as a reminder of my own Camino. Everyones walks their own Camino including the authors yet they wanted to compartmentalize theirs and pass it off as this is what everyone will experience. Many time I found them trivializing experiences others have had because it wasn't their experience. Otherwise it was an interesting listen.

Confused

I began this book with expectations that it would add insight to the journey that I hope to embark on in 2018. I expected to gain insight into this couples hike along the Camino. What works and what could be done differently. I also expected to learn something about how their hike helped them to grow as a couple and to see how they changed over the course of the 500 mile hike. Instead, I felt like Elaine was selling herself as a psychologist and looking for business. The longer the journey went on, the more I felt she was forcing the story and maybe even exaggerating on her trials and tribulations. I saw two bright and well educated individuals whine their way along the Camino. Overall, confused and disappointed.