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Self-Discovery
"I was battling a deep depression,
Evolution
If Perelman's story begins with her
although I didn't realize that's what it
was," says Perelman, re-creating her
"awakening" through journal entries
from her sophomore year in college at
the University of Florida.
"I battled sleepwalking and what I
called the 'night prowler,' waking up
and eating in the middle of the night.
This went on for about two years."
During that period, Perelman's par-
ents were divorced after 30 years of
marriage, compounding her depres-
sion and feelings of helplessness.
"I felt like a prisoner, unable to sleep
through a night, a victim of the pain I
was facing. But, looking back, this
`night prowler' was a blessing in dis-
guise because it forced me to `wake up'
to my gift."
The gift she refers to is her surren-
der to a higher power. She feels that
God was trying to get her attention
and she wasn't listening until she
tapped into her deceased grandmoth-
er ' s energy.
"I started journaling when I was on
the edge, and my grandmother came
through in my writings. I really feel it
was not my hand doing the writing.
She spoke to me about her depression
and her suicide. She told me how she
killed herself and she told me to sur-
render.
"She said if I worked with her, she
would bring me my soul mate. Her
words were 'Ryan, red rose and 9/24. —
Eight months later, through a bizarre
series of circumstances (or synchronici-
ty, according to Perelman), Rebecca
met Brian Rosen, born on Sept. 24. "I
1.vas healed," she says.
Perelman and Rosen will be married
on June 10. Both are originally from
Omaha, Neb.
healinab 3 it continues with her dedica-
tion to healing others. Though her
degree was in advertising, she aban-
doned plans to pursue a job in the
field, and instead enrolled in a holistic
healing school called Serenity School
of Holistic Health in Farmington
Hills, the only state certified school of
its kind in Michigan.
She will receive certification in August
as a holistic health practitioner, licensing
her in such practices as hypnotherapy,
aromatherapy and energy reiki, a
Chinese hands-on healing process.
In addition, she became a certified
angel therapy practitioner through a
course offered by Doreen Virtue,
Ph.D., whose book Divine Guidance
(Renaissance Books; $14.95) teaches
ways to open the lines of communica-
tion with God, the angels and spiritual
guides.
Perelman's arrival at a coffeehouse in
West Bloomfield, from an internship
at the Jewish Federation of Omaha
(where her mom is director), came
through her dad. He moved here to
open a mortgage business, convinced
Brian to join him, and directed
Rebecca to the coffee shop after meet-
ing the owner.
Both her parents underscore the
"ordinariness" of Perelman's childhood.
"She has a wisdom and understanding
beyond her years," says Jan. "But she
maintained an interesting balance of
seriousness and life enjoyment. She
had an active social life and seemed to
be the center of the family. She intu-
itively brought everyone together.
"You know, she's even more beauti-
ful on the inside," adds Jan. "A joy."
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