About this ebook
It is the place where survival has kept you alive, but healing is still teaching you how to breathe. It is where your body remembers what your mind is trying to move beyond. It is where you are tired of explaining, tired of being misunderstood, and tired of carrying invisible weight.
That place is the middle.
In Out Here In The Middle, Allen DeKeyser writes with raw honesty about trauma, PTSD, faith, family wounds, boundaries, anger, shame, love, and the fight for a peaceful life. This book is not about pretending pain is easy. It is about telling the truth, protecting peace, and believing that God can still bring purpose from what tried to break you.
For anyone still healing, still standing, and still becoming, this book is a reminder:
The middle is not the end.
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About the author
Allen DeKeyser is an author, storyteller, and founder of DeKeyser Publishing. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Allen writes with raw honesty about survival, trauma, faith, healing, family wounds, mental health, and the long road toward peace.
After living through life-changing pain and learning what it means to rebuild from the inside out, Allen uses his writing to give voice to the emotions many people carry but struggle to explain. His work speaks to survivors, overthinkers, wounded hearts, and anyone standing in the difficult space between what hurt them and what is still healing.
Through books like Out Here In The Middle: Surviving the Space Between Pain and Peace, Allen writes not from perfection, but from the honest process of becoming. His words are grounded in faith, personal reflection, and the belief that pain does not have to be the final chapter.
Allen’s mission is to help readers feel seen, understood, and reminded that survival is not the end of the story. There is still peace to fight for, purpose to discover, and grace for every unfinished place.
He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, Marqueta, and their dogs, including Harley, his service dog, whose steady presence has been part of Allen’s healing journey.
