Essence Merging by Dr. Colleen Quinn
Colleen Quinn’s new book Essence Merging will be released in April 2026, published by Vanguard Press.
In Essence Merging, Quinn invites readers on a profoundly intimate and raw spiritual odyssey that defies convention and reaches into the soul. Through her deeply personal story of trauma, healing, love and divine transformation, she explores how devotion to a higher mystical intelligence can unravel lifetimes of pain and reveal the transcendent power of love. From near-death experiences to cosmic breathwork journeys, and from the darkest pits of despair to the exhilarating rediscovery of joy, this book in a testament to the miraculous potential within each of us to awaken, heal, and merge with the very essence of life itself.
Readers will be drawn into a richly layered narrative that intertwines clinical insight, pop culture, spiritual depth, and emotional truth with moments of mystical wonder. This is not just a memoir - it's a multi-dimensional love story, an invitation to discover your own divine blueprint, and a guide to returning home to the sacred self. With every page, Essence Merging challenges, inspires, and ultimately illuminates a path toward becoming love in every moment. If your soul is whispering that there is more to life, this book might just be your call to awaken.
About the Author:
Colleen Quinn is a transpersonal psychologist with a child specialty along with certification in breathwork. The word psychology comes from the Greek meaning study of the soul. True healing always takes us into direct relationship with our own soul, bringing coherence to mind, body, and heart. This is Colleen’s devotion, not only for herself, but for all. The most reliable way to converse with our own souls is through conscious, integrative breathwork.
Colleen has taught psychology at The Ohio State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbus State Community College and was the dean at Hondros College.
Colleen has published research in many top-tier scientific journals, among them Emotion, Adolescent Psychology, and Residential Treatment for Children and Youth to name a few.
In her private practice, spanning decades, Colleen used Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Both techniques use breathwork to find and feel our body’s stored traumas, loving them to bring healing.
In 2018, Colleen had her second near-death experience, leading her to utter the plea, “let me be love in every moment.” This was the catalyst for her spiritual awakening. Her profoundly intimate and raw transformation is chronicled in the upcoming book by Vanguard Press, Essence Merging, due out in April 2026. Colleen uses story to inspire others that there is so much more to life. Emotional truths are interwoven into an unconventional love story that connects us with Colleen and her breathwork partner as they follow the leadings of conscious breath into rediscovery of ancient tantric practices. SE and IFS come to life in her breathwork descent journeys. She weaves in pop culture, mystical synchronicities, psychology, and ancient traditions as she sheds her shame to in-spire others. This story is an invitation for readers to discover their own divine blueprint, and a guide to returning home to the sacred self.
Colleen has also authored No Mud No Lotus, a picture book designed for all ages with the intent to reframe our relationship to pain and challenge, seeing them as our Greatest Teacher. A third children’s book, F.L.Y.~ First Love Yourself, follows a child protagonist who uses the technique across multiple scenarios to show children that they have much more agency than they realized.
Readers can connect with Colleen on Instagram. To learn more, visit www.EssenceMerging.com