By the time my drinking was daily and uncontrollable, I had lost just about everything. I gave up my massage career to move across country. The repercussions of bad financial decisions were piling up to point I thought it best to just look away. Ignore them and somehow they will disappear. I had lost the support of many friends and my marriage, although a bad one, was ending. I was miserable and felt all alone.
I had hit rock bottom and it was time to change. So, I got sober. The first few years of sobriety were just taping the pieces of my life back together. Getting by. Feeling better than I had ever been before but still just feeling average most of the time. This is when I met my teacher. My first mentor, Ray.
I was introduced to books on spirituality, Buddhism, energy healing and how I could learn to create my own joy. I read book after book and starting putting the things I was learning into practice in my life. And guess what, my life started to change for the better.
Fast forward to today and I can look back on those tough, scary years of drinking and getting sober with a smile on my face. The pain of that time no longer haunts me. The journey was worth it. Every tough day I walked through made me stronger. The journey I walked is a story I can use to inspire another. I know today that by taking care of myself, I can be there all the more for others. The time I take to care for my spirit magnifies my ability to serve others.
Caring for my clients, teaching, and giving comes freely from my heart and feels like it is on endless supply. When I am aligned, I am filled with creation and inspiration for new ways to fulfill my purpose. Not just ideas, the confidence and pure knowing that it can be done. Words don't teach. Life experience teaches. I had to live every one of my bad decisions to appreciate every beautiful day on the other side of them.
And I want to help you do the same.