Joanna Cotten was at the end of her rope. She’d exhausted all options. Her lifelong dream of country music stardom was at a crossroads, sidelined by an undiagnosed autoimmune disease.

Then, one fateful day, Cotten went to see Holistic Practitioner Felicia McQuaid, the owner of THE Healing Clinic in downtown Fort Walton Beach. A year later, Cotten is filling arenas across the U.S. alongside Eric Church for The Outsiders World Tour.

“I came in and she really helped me work through some bad energy that was blocked in my body,” said Cotten, who lives on 30A. “I had a lot of health problems that took several sessions for me to work through, but at the end of it I’m better. I’m off all my medication and I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing.”

McQuaid said she still remembers when Cotton first came in to see her, saying she had this autoimmune disease. “And I’m like, ‘What is it?’ She didn’t know. I said, ‘Don’t get too invested in that.’”

Her voice powerful, her self-esteem and health at an all-time high, Cotten’s dreams are coming to fruition. And the same can be said for McQuaid, who will celebrate her own milestone on February 13, with the book launch of Uncommon Faith: The Journey from Difficulty to Divine Purpose.

Written through her personal journey, McQuaid’s first book shares life lessons that anyone can use to transform their own internal struggle and live with purpose. That journey will be celebrated with the book’s official launch, from 6 to 8 p.m. at THE Healing Clinic, located at Fort Walton Beach.

But it wouldn’t be a proper party without the vocals of the book’s muse, Cotten, who will be flying high after performing with Church at the Feb. 8 GRAMMY Awards. Cotten will follow the book launch with a short concert at The Green Door Studio Pub at 9 p.m., just around the corner from THE Healing Clinic.

“When I went to write this book, it’s funny, the first edit that went out still had your name in it and I had never told you that you were kind of the muse,” McQuaid said to Cotten before her January 8 concert in New Orleans.

“I remember you started sending me music and I heard that clip (Cotten’s “Keep my Faith”), and everything went on fire inside of me and I knew I had to share that you were so much an inspiration behind this book. When I went to write it, I was guided to pick somebody I was working with who I really knew this would affect. And I knew you were right there.”

Cotten feels equally blessed to have found McQuaid, who has trained, transformed and then touched thousands of lives through reiki, yoga and energy work.

“I believe God puts people in our lives at just the right time and for just the right purpose,” Cotten said. “He certainly sent me an angel in Felicia.”

Catch the book launch on February 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at THE Healing Clinic and then attend the concert at The Green Door Studio Pub at 9 p.m.