What is the main theme in the memoir, There I Am: The Journey From Hopelessness to Healing?

The author's primary thematic consideration is the nature of suffering and healing, essentially saying that even in circumstances in which injury and suffering are triggered by external circumstances like her accident, healing is the individual’s internal responsibility. At the core of this thematic idea is the sense that she has lived an experience of not taking this sort of responsibility, and has come to a life-changing realization of the importance of doing so.