Burn the Map: Why Enlightenment for Women Feels More Like Returning Than Arriving

By Sarah Marie Jensen

Sarah Jensen is a writer, wealth strategist, and former gymnast whose body gave out before her dreams did. At twenty, her world shattered-her dear friend died by suicide, her spine failed her, and the version of herself she had been taught to build since childhood disappeared overnight. What followed wasn't a breakdown. It was a deep initiation. A grief-soaked, soul-splitting, fiercely sacred descent into the truth.

Her journey took her deep into trauma healing, Buddhist philosophy, nervous system science, and a life of service-and out the other side with one simple truth: you don't need a better plan. You need a softer place to land. Burn the Map is an invitation to that place.

This book isn't about becoming a better version of yourself. It's about unbecoming everything the world told you to be. The path to healing, awakening, and peace has long been defined by men-linear, upward, ascetic. But for women, it often begins in the dark, in the body, in the unraveling. The feminine path to freedom doesn't rise upward-it spirals inward.

Sarah's work is grounded in research on how safety, presence, and regulation shape our lives far more than strategy ever could. Her writing weaves spiritual depth with scientific insight, helping readers understand why peace feels so elusive-and how to reclaim it for good. She believes the body remembers, the soul knows, and the future begins the moment we stop running.

CONTENTS:
Preface, page 9
Chapter 1: We Are Creation, Remembering Itself, page 13
Chapter 2: The Thread Between Worlds, page 23
Chapter 3: The System Wasn't Built For You, page 38
Chapter 4: This, too, is Sacred, page 45
Chapter 5: The Next Step Will Arrive When You Do, page 50
Chapter 6: Mindfulness as a Gateway to Agency, page 59
Chapter 7: Come Home, page 65
Chapter 8: Before Letting Go, page 72
Chapter 9: The Only Purpose You'll Ever Have, page 85
Chapter 10: Fairytales, Folklore, and Other Brick Roads, page 94
Chapter 11: The Descent is the Doorway, page 110
Chapter 12: Symptoms of Silence, page 122
Chapter 13: Part I: Not Broken. Just Wired for War., page 128
Chapter 14: Part II: The Nervous System was Never the Enemy, page 138
Chapter 15: Let It Burn, page 148
Notes, page 155
The Burn the Map Workbook, page 157

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLLR96J3
• ISBN13: 9798898982782
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Burn the Map Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"