We spend our lives learning, healing, improving, and collecting wisdom—yet the moment stress hits, we can still fall apart.
After decades of Ki-Aikido practice, spiritual growth, personal development, and writing nearly thirty books on wisdom and resilience, Keith Thorn found himself facing the most painful truth of all: he still reacted in ways that hurt the people he loved most. His temper flared when life pressed too hard. Criticism cut deeper than it should have. Old patterns resurfaced in moments that mattered. And no amount of knowledge seemed to protect him in the heat of real life. Read More
This is not a book about having the answers.
It is a book about finally telling the truth.
When Wisdom Isn’t Enough explores the deeply human gap between knowing better and doing better—the place where our wiring overrides our wisdom. With vulnerability and unflinching honesty, Thorn shares the raw reality of why we lose our center even after years of growth, why our bodies remember what our minds forget, and why the people we love often see the worst moments of our struggle.
Drawing from his own life, the lessons of a rescue dog named Cardi, decades of Ki-Aikido, and the simple, practical wisdom of voices like Mel Robbins, Jordan Peterson, and his own faith, Thorn shows why healing is never a straight line—and why slipping back isn’t failure, but part of the journey.
This book is for anyone who has ever wished they could grow faster than the time they have left—for anyone who has ever fallen apart even while trying their hardest to change.
It’s not a book about being calm.
It’s a book about becoming calm—slowly, imperfectly, honestly.
You know better. You want better.
Here is how you finally become better
