Life Beyond Fear

A Ukrainian Woman’s Memoir

A story of war, guilt, and the quiet strength of starting over.

For nine years, Natalie Oceanheart lived in the shadow of war. When the full-scale invasion reached her doorstep, she fled Ukraine with her husband and two children — not just from bombs, but from a reality that had become unbearable.

Life Beyond Fear is a powerful memoir about more than just surviving war. It’s about the long years of uncertainty before escape, the heartbreak of leaving home, and the invisible weight of starting over in a new country. With raw honesty and quiet grace, Natalie writes of motherhood under fire, the guilt of survival, and the emotional minefields of immigration to the United States.

This is not only a story of war — it’s a story of what comes after. Of carrying your homeland in your heart, even as you build a new one from scratch.

“Natalia’s unsparing account of war is told with both a psychologist’s eye for human observation and a mother/wife/sister/daughter’s heartache at being in the center of an impossible situation. A memoir of surviving the war in Ukraine and becoming a refugee that serves as a crucial reminder of both our humanity and inhumanity.”
— Katya Cengel, author of From Chernobyl with Love

“There’s no manual for explaining war to your children. Only a trembling voice and the unbearable task of protecting innocence in a shattered world.”
— Natalie Oceanheart, Life Beyond Fear

“This book is both my cry and my whisper — a call not to give up, and a soft reminder that life begins beyond the edge of fear.”
— Natalie Oceanheart, Life Beyond Fear

🌍 Now available for pre-order in over 20 countries — across North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania — through major bookstores and online platforms.

💙 Note from the Author

I never imagined writing this story — but it wouldn’t let me stay silent.

I wrote Life Beyond Fear during quiet nights after work, in a country I barely knew but was learning to call home.
It’s a book born from grief, love, and the stubborn hope that words can heal.

If you choose to read it — thank you. You’re not just holding my story.
You’re holding the voice of a Ukrainian woman who lived through the unthinkable and is still learning how to live again.


🖋️ With love and resilience,
Natalie Oceanheart.