Risking Everything: Coming Out in Coffee Land

On the eve of her 50th birthday, a southern woman who seemingly has it all—husband, children, career and a BMW convertible—sets out on a journey of self-revelation that takes her from Italy to the rainforest highlands of Panama. Can she find the courage to risk everything for the life and love she has always wanted? Elizabeth Worley lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina for over 25 years and divided her time between her psychotherapy practice, writing, development work for women's crisis centers and raising her family. Seeking both adventure and opportunity in the second half of life, she said "good-bye" to the comfort of her familiar mountains, and "hello" to the exotic, remote mountains of Panama. She did not know that in the process she would finally become the woman she had always wanted to be. Elizabeth now lives in the central highlands of the Republic of Panama, where she grows organic coffee and medicinal herbs. This is her story.