“Rocío has done the hardest thing: put into words—words you can feel—what we thought could only be experienced. Reading her makes you want to become wildly human again.” - Vicen Montserrat
“A beautiful exercise in sincerity in search of one’s personal essence: the delicate baring of the self as it strives to understand itself, until reaching the ultimate discovery of knowing who you are; until you move from being a spectator to becoming the protagonist of your own life.” - Toni Montesinos
Her body knew before her mind did that something was wrong. This is the diary of the year she began to listen to it.
There are silent collapses. After ending a relationship in a painful and confusing way, following a move and while trying to piece her routines back together, a persistent feeling of emotional numbness settles into Rocío’s life: she has lost her taste for life. Everything tastes bland, grey, the same.
Until, towards the end of summer, an almost-casual invitation takes her to a bioenergetics class in Barcelona. A door opens onto something she had been searching for without knowing it. What happens next, she still doesn’t know how to explain: for the first time in a long while, she feels life flowing through her again, as if that glass of fresh water had revealed a thirst that had been there all along.
This is the diary of the twelve months that followed. From September to August, Rocío recounts how everything that had been buried for so long began to resurface, month by month. Her body began to speak through unexpected tears, deeper breathing, emerging anger and returning desire. It also began speaking through the things that are hardest to face: the ways in which she had abandoned herself, adapted to others and ignored her own boundaries.
With no formulas or perfect endings, The Year I Became Wildly Human Again is an intimate chronicle of grief, the body, and the slow recovery of the ability to feel. The story of a woman who, after losing her way, begins to discover another way of being alive.
What you’ll find in The Year I Became Wildly Human:
- Overcoming heartbreak and rebuilding your life: navigating emotional loss and rediscovering pleasure in everyday life.
- Bioenergetics as a path to emotional healing: how body-based practices can help release emotions and restore vitality.
- Learning to listen to your body and reclaim your needs: recognising self-abandonment, setting boundaries, and reconnecting with yourself.
- An engaging, intimate diary by Rocío Carmona, editor at Diana (part of Grupo Planeta), one of the leading imprints in personal development and wellbeing in the Spanish-speaking market: a compelling personal story told with the narrative skill and sensitivity of an experienced editor.