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As a person who lived most of her life with a significant amount of fear, anxiety, shame and pain of the past, I am now amazed to know that life can be different. It is amazing that all of the joy, riches, blessings and triumphs were always present in my life. I just chose not to see them or believe that I was worthy of happiness, health, wealth or success. I was taught that asking for help was opening myself up to criticism and shame. So I tried, with the limited tools and a myriad of coping mechanisms, to navigate my life. But not until I asked for help in getting to the root of my dysfunction and building new tools for life, was I able to see that I could find joy in every moment of every day. I just had to unlearn nearly everything I was taught. I found myself at 38 years old, 90 pounds overweight, alone and self-medicating with food, drugs, alcohol and video games. I did everything I could to disconnect from myself and life in general. There was no “me.” A family crisis was the blessing I needed to finally say to myself, “Okay, I am going to choose me.” And so I did. I had to surrender to the pain and begin to ask the right questions. What did I want from my life? What did I think, feel, understand, not understand…? The most powerful concepts that rose from the ashes were the following: that I, like everyone else on this planet, was a perfect child of God; that I, along with everyone else, had a special purpose and gift to give to this world; that I had to concede that I didn’t know everything and that I must ask for help; that I had to forgive those that had hurt me in the past; that I had to forgive myself for attracting situations and people that would reinforce the negative self-image I created; that I was worthy of receiving all that I deserved (which was good and not destructive); that there was a mind/body connection and that listening to the body could tell me so much; that I could have a healthy, attractive body; and that judgment of myself and those around me was only for God. This process began six years ago and I work hard at it every day. But what could be more important than working on me? Attending workshops, reading books and working with life coach, Tina Smith, bring me closer to giving my Divine self, or my true essence, to the world. By doing this work, I contribute to the joy and harmony of the people around me. I could not say it any better than Samuel Johnson who says, “The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless effort and multiply the grief he proposes to remove.” Think about that…
There are situations that arise daily to deliver the gift of being able to utilize new skills and develop additional skills to make every moment joyful and easy. When we accept and believe that life is simple and easy, well…it is just that. The moments of discomfort are there to teach us invaluable lessons and they are a gift. I encourage everyone who visits this website to believe that they are the precious child of God and that your true essence is a gift to all of us.
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