Priya is the narrator and plays herself - a successful corporate guru who is finding no purpose or meaning despite her success. She is close to committing suicide when a life coach passing by kind-of saves her and asks her to call him if she needs help. She does and joins a 25000 USD seminar which lasts for a week - License to Live. The story goes through various turns as the eccentric and touch coach puts them into situations that they have to deal with without questioning him - no money, no information - jump off a parachute, go into a dark forest - stuff that Priya has actually done in her real life as told in her other book. Few trust the coach and fewer make it through. Priya does.
The story however has three parts - first meeting a keeper of the past from whose chains she has to free herself (some place like Vietnam), then meets the keeper of the future who traps people in their thoughts and worries and escapes (in Switzerland I think) and finally the present where she has the license to live. It's a tale told well and thought well, though I felt there was some more editing to be done to make it go home harder. But suffice to say - you are not really living if you are living in your past or the future. So stay present.
A nice easy read with some poignant takeaways. I do like Priya - she is earnest and is honest and wants to share her life and experiences.
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