A new book by Tammy Zumbo
When the Lion Roars
Answering the Call
Sometimes life brings us to a place where the old way of living no longer fits.
We may not know exactly what is changing. We may only know that something inside us is asking to be heard.
For Tammy Zumbo, that call arrived during a deeply personal season of transition, healing, and letting go. In the middle of that journey, she connected with a powerful white lion totem guide.
The lion became a source of courage, protection, truth, and spiritual guidance.
It also became the inspiration for this book.
When the Lion Roars: Answering the Call is Tammy’s invitation to explore your own inner wisdom, notice the guidance that may already be around you, and reconnect with the part of yourself that knows who you are.
What if you are not as alone as you feel?
There are times when life feels uncertain.
A relationship ends. A career changes. An old wound rises to the surface. A version of yourself begins to fall away, but the next version has not fully arrived.
These moments can feel unsettling.
They can also be sacred.
Tammy knows this kind of in-between place well. During a period of deep personal change, she began to understand that healing was not only about moving away from pain. It was also about learning to listen.
To intuition.
To nature.
To the signs that keep appearing.
To the quiet voice inside that says, “There is more for you.”
Her connection with a white lion totem guide became part of that listening.
The lion did not give her a perfect map.
It reminded her of her strength.
It asked her to trust what she already knew.
It called her forward.
This is a book about finding your way back to yourself
When the Lion Roars explores what can happen when we stop ignoring the deeper questions in our lives.
Who am I becoming?
What am I ready to leave behind?
What keeps trying to get my attention?
What would change if I trusted my inner wisdom?
Through personal experience, spiritual reflection, and the presence of animal totem guides, Tammy shares a journey of healing, courage, and self-discovery.
This is not a book that tells you what your path should look like.
It invites you to become curious about your own.
Your guidance may not arrive the way you expect
Sometimes guidance comes as a clear realization.
Sometimes it comes through a dream.
Sometimes it appears as an animal you keep noticing, a feeling you cannot shake, or a message that seems to find you at exactly the right time.
And sometimes it begins as a quiet sense that you are meant to pay closer attention.
Tammy’s story encourages readers to look beyond the ordinary without losing their connection to real life.
It is about opening to mystery while staying grounded in your own experience.
It is about asking better questions.
And it is about remembering that your inner voice has not disappeared. It may simply have been buried beneath fear, responsibility, trauma, or the expectations of others.
This book may speak to you if…
You feel as though you are standing at the edge of a new chapter.
You have been through experiences that changed you, and you are trying to understand what they mean.
You feel drawn to animals, nature, signs, symbols, or spiritual guidance.
You are learning to trust your intuition after years of second-guessing yourself.
You have spent much of your life caring for others and are ready to come home to yourself.
You sense that your true voice is still there, even if you have not heard it clearly in a long time.
Or perhaps you simply feel curious.
That is enough.
What does it mean to find your roar?
Your roar does not have to be loud.
It may be the moment you finally tell yourself the truth.
It may be the courage to leave behind something that no longer feels right.
It may be the decision to stop shrinking.
It may be the first time you trust your own knowing instead of looking outside yourself for permission.
It may be the quiet realization that you are still here, still becoming, and still capable of choosing a different path.
Finding your roar is not about becoming someone else.
It is about remembering who you are.
A message from David Feinstein, Ph.D.
“Tammy Zumbo writes from lived experience, inviting readers to explore their own inner wisdom with curiosity, courage, and compassion.”
David Feinstein, Ph.D.
Co-author, The Energies of Love
About Tammy Zumbo
Tammy Zumbo is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience.
Her own spiritual journey began reshaping the way she worked with people in the early 2000s. Over time, she began bringing together emotional healing, intuitive guidance, energy work, and spiritual exploration in a way that felt more complete and more deeply aligned with who she was becoming.
During a season of transition and the shedding of traumatic experiences, Tammy connected with a white lion totem guide. That relationship became a meaningful part of her healing and the central inspiration for When the Lion Roars.
Today, Tammy helps people reconnect with their inner wisdom through energy medicine, intuitive coaching, Akashic Records readings, empath support, and shamanic breathwork. Her work is grounded in emotional safety, compassion, spiritual curiosity, and respect for each person’s unique path.
Tammy lives in Upstate New York with her wife and two dogs. She loves hiking, spending time in nature, and deepening her relationship with her animal totem guides.
An invitation to listen
There may be something in your life that has been asking for your attention.
A truth.
A longing.
A change.
A call you have tried to ignore.
When the Lion Roars is an invitation to slow down long enough to hear it.
To notice what has been following you.
To become curious about the wisdom already living within you.
And to take one honest step toward the life that is calling you forward.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Hear Your Roar?
Maybe your call has been loud and impossible to ignore.
Maybe it has been showing up quietly—in a dream, a repeating sign, an unexpected animal encounter, or the feeling that something in your life is ready to change.
You do not need to have all the answers before you begin.
You only need enough curiosity to listen.
Open When the Lion Roars and step into Tammy Zumbo’s deeply personal journey of healing, animal totem guidance, inner wisdom, and courageous transformation.
Your next chapter may already be calling.
Will you answer?
Come find your roar—and discover who you truly are.
Available August 18th, 2026
