Seeking Shama: Me, My Dog, and the Road to Inner Peace is a heartfelt, candid, and inspiring memoir that explores the raw edges of being human, the freedom of the open road, and the journey toward spiritual reconnection.

When Kee Kee Buckley's career as a Hollywood executive vanishes overnight-just as the love of her life resurfaces with his new wife and family-she's left with a broken heart, no safety net, and the disorienting ache of a life that didn't go as planned.

Thank God she had her dog, Yoda.

With nothing left to lose, they hit the road in her Prius, affectionately named Princess Leia, on a five-month journey guided by a faded, decade-old sticky note taped to the dashboard: "I Welcome Change."

From being adopted by a curandera in Arkansas to falling in and out of love in Texas to living in Iowa's iconic American Gothic House with Ms. American Pie, Kee Kee's search for shama-Sanskrit for inner peace-unfolds in magical, messy, and deeply human ways.

Part travelogue, part spiritual journey, Seeking Shama is a reminder that sometimes the road to peace begins where the map ends-and that healing can come in the form of a wagging tail, a soothing hot spring, or the bravery to start again.

Kee Kee Buckley is a New Jersey-based writer, filmmaker, speaker, and rock band manager who infuses her life's work with the sacred pursuit and quiet transformation of shama-inner peace. With a deep reverence for the connection between mind, body, and spirit, she draws on the foundation of her decades of personal study, spiritual practice, and soul-centered speaking. Kee Kee's memoir, Seeking Shama, was one of ten finalists in the 2023 Aurora Polaris Creative Nonfiction Writing Competition and one of seventeen finalists for the 2024 Unleash Book Prize. Kee Kee lives in the woods with her musician husband, Eric, their Malinois-mix rescue dog, Lunabelle, and a family of friendly deer. They all remind her daily of life's micro-moments of magic.