My Life has brought me here today!

At a young age, I was always very sensitive to other people's emotions and thoughts. My childhood was difficult in many ways, but mostly so because I was so very sensitive and did not know what to do with all these emotions, some of them mine and mostly those of others. I could not tell the difference.

Much of my youth was spent pleasing the people around me. I thought this would make me happy and solve my problems, because when they were happy, I could be happy too....right!?
Well, I never accomplished the task I set, and I completely lost myself in those years. I forgot about me.

During this very difficult time in my life, when I thought I had tried every avenue to find happiness and solve all our family problems and my own, I found myself completely empty, hopeless, and depressed, crying in the bathroom. The bathroom was the only place I could cry alone and without anyone there. I remember this day like it was yesterday! At that one moment, I realized the one thing I had not tried to do! And that was to work on myself, to heal myself. It dawned on me that it all starts with me, and this would then, in turn, also heal my life.

I then spent my days reading many enlightening books from authors like Neale Donald Walsh, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, and many more. Through allowing myself to address and release blocked emotions, teaching myself self-love, and practicing mediation, I can now say I am the happiest I have ever been, my family has healed, and I have found what makes my life purposeful.

Thankfully, I now understand how important the "self" is and the interconnectedness of life within yourself. Healing your wounds, your trauma, and your heart heals your life. Your life is a reflection of who you believe yourself to be and what is deep within your soul.