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The Only Thing Wrong With You Is That You Think Something's Wrong With You — Expanded Edition by Bernard Owens

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The Only Thing Wrong With You Is That You Think Something's Wrong With You

Expanded Edition — Relaunching via KDP July 31, 2026

A field guide for anyone who has ever felt lost in their own life. This isn't a book about what's wrong with you. It's a book about what was never wrong with you in the first place — and how to find your way back to that truth.

The expanded edition includes new chapters on Orientation Amnesia, the ALIGN framework, and a companion workbook for deeper self-navigation.

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Companion Resource

The Companion Workbook

Go deeper with guided exercises, reflection prompts, and framework applications. The workbook transforms reading into practice — helping you apply Recognition, Orientation, and Navigation to your own terrain.

Available as a cross-sell with the book, or separately for workshop participants.

In the Field

Bernard Owens with author-speaker Jay Barnett exchanging books at Black Men's Health Conference Atlanta

Black Men's Health Conference, Atlanta

Book exchange with Jay Barnett (justUS, MH Foundation)

Bernard Owens signing books at the Mother's Day Brunch (Overflow End-Stage Renal Foundation)

Mother's Day Brunch

Book signing — Overflow Renal Foundation

Bernard Owens signing a book for an attendee at the Panoramic Experience (RHJ Consulting Group)

Robert H. Johnson of the PanoramIEC Experience

Book signing at the PanoramIEC Experience

Attendee holding Bernard's book at the Epicurean Drama / Overflow Foundation event

With Lillie Jones-Perry

Filmmaker & Producer — Mother's Day Brunch, Overflow End-Stage Renal Foundation

Bernard Owens with NY Times Best-Selling Author Rosalind Wiseman at conference

With Rosalind Wiseman

NY Times Best-Selling Author

Bernard Owens exchanging books with a fellow author at a conference

Mental Health Wellness Conference Series, NYC (2023)

With event organizer — Keynote: "De-stigmatizing Mental Health"

Bernard Owens — author portrait in rust blazer

About the Author

Bernard Owens

Bernard Owens is a TEDx speaker, published author, and behavioral health professional with a Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. His work bridges clinical precision with lived understanding, offering audiences and readers a framework for navigating life's most disorienting terrain.

He resides in Atlanta with his family.

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