I Was the One I Was Waiting For
by Heather Wild
What if the love you were searching for… was always your own?
In this raw and luminous memoir, Heather Wild peels back the layers of codependency, heartbreak, single motherhood, and spiritual awakening to reveal what happens when a woman stops waiting to be chosen—and chooses herself instead.
Told with vulnerability, warmth, and poetic honesty, I Was the One I Was Waiting For chronicles Heather’s real-life journey through complex relationships, trauma bonds, heartbreak, anxious attachment, grief, motherhood, sensual awakening, and the painful lessons hidden inside romantic longing.
From first love to failed marriage, soul friendships to seductive illusions, Heather invites readers into the sacred and messy middle of healing—the place where identity is reclaimed, old wounds are faced, and self-worth is rebuilt from the inside out.
This is not simply a story about heartbreak.
It is a story about remembering.
Remembering your voice.
Remembering your body.
Remembering your worth.
Remembering that healing is not linear—and that sometimes the deepest love story begins when you stop abandoning yourself.
Written for any woman who has ever felt unseen, unheard, too much, not enough, or left waiting to be chosen, this memoir offers both reflection and hope.
You were never too much.
You were never too late.
You were never missing anything.
You were the one you were waiting for.
What readers are saying
“"I could feel the authenticity of this audiobook. The author laid out her life story for all to see. I love the rawness, the vulnerability, the fact that she is talking to real people who, perhaps have similar stories which they would never dream to share. This audiobook is inspiring, empowering and healing; one that will uplift many people who find themselves in, or evolving from codependent relationships."”
— Charmaine Baker
“This book really is provocative. It makes you stand back and look at the way you operate in the world. It's also filled with suggestions, and anecdotes that help you do better. This will help a lot of people. Great narration too.”
— hudlocke
More books by Heather Wild
The Cherished Woman
A Memoir of Embodiment, Boundaries and the Art of Becoming
She didn't write this book because she found the love she was looking for.
She wrote it because she finally stopped looking for it outside herself.
The Cherished Woman is a deeply personal memoir about emotional healing, embodiment, self-respect, and the courage to walk away from love that asks you to abandon yourself.
After leaving a relationship that slowly eroded her voice and self-trust, Heather Wild begins a deeper journey inward — one that asks difficult questions about love, attachment, and the patterns we accept when we do not yet know our worth.
Through honest reflection, motherhood, embodiment practices, and the slow work of emotional healing, she begins to reclaim the parts of herself that once felt too sensitive, too expressive, or too much.
This book is not about becoming perfect.
It is about becoming whole.
With lyrical storytelling and raw honesty, The Cherished Woman explores:
leaving relationships that diminish your spirit
learning to trust your inner authority again
grieving the love you thought you had
rediscovering softness, sensuality, and self-respect
choosing a life that honours your truth
This is a story of transformation — not through grand reinvention, but through the quiet power of returning to yourself.
Because the most important love story you will ever live is the one where you finally choose to cherish the woman you already are.