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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Confessions of a Problem Seeker by Howard Steinberg is a memoir that begins with his childhood in Queens, molded by parents who survived the Holocaust. His early life is marked by inherited fear, silence, and responsibilities that predate his own experience. A juvenile diabetes diagnosis at ten reinforces the lesson that his survival depends on personal management and constant monitoring. These habits carry him forward as he builds a demanding career, and later creates a national platform connected to his illness, all while keeping control close, like cards held to his chest, and help at a distance. When a business upheaval and the end of his marriage dismantle the structures that once held him steady, Steinberg returns to the questions formed in his childhood. The memoir traces how generational trauma passes through family life and settles in the body, shaping how one learns to live.
Howard Steinberg’s memoir, Confessions of a Problem Seeker: My Lifetime Journey From Busy Brain To Loving Heart, is really fantastic, and the author is extremely raw and honest in everything he shares. He holds nothing back, and readers are there when a courthouse divorce ends with an embrace that neither party had anticipated, and in boardroom confrontations that are a glaring reminder of how quickly loyalty dissolves once power shifts. Steinberg cracks on, relocating, taking acting classes, and continuing with meditation even when his agitation naturally bubbles up. The writing is conversational and feels like a chat with a friend. Overall, this is a well-written and unique memoir that allows readers into the healing process of someone who really isn't a problem seeker. Very highly recommended.
