Faith

When you have complete faith in life, 

you will rest peacefully in the unknown…

Spiritual growth

There's no reason to fear difficulty.

We grow BECAUSE of our experiences.

Change

Sometimes we aren't willing to surrender 

our unhealthy behaviors until we are tired 

of being chewed up by the consequences of them.

Keeping it real

Until we walk back to

the truth of who we are,

we will never be free.

Healing the past

A crack that begins in childhood

only grows wider as the years pass.

The crack disconnects us from our authentic self. Left untreated, 

we are forced to live in survival. 

In other words, we are on a never-ending search for a sense of self 

through validation from others... 

Authenticity

In hiding our imperfections, 

we lose sight of our realness.

Seeing the goodness...

Depending on the condition of our interior, 
we either fear and judge life at every corner 
or we merge ourselves with the beauty 
of all things...

Living fully

Rental Cottages - Siesta

Until you let your heart 

be broken open…

until you become genuine 

and find true humility…

until you learn to follow 

the wisdom of your soul…

until you trust life so much

 you let go of self-will…

you will not have lived.

Faith

 

 Came across this cute sign - Siesta Key 

It feels good when the sun beams

warmth and comfort into our hearts, 
but it’s the gray days of uncertainty 
that we are given an opportunity 
to learn important lessons about 
faith, compassion, and surrender.

A new lens

A fun day photographing signs at Siesta Key 

Sometimes our world

has to first 

be turned upside down

in order for us

to have a panoramic view

of whether we are 

fully living or merely existing.

Hidden grace

Don’t judge the world

by the color of your days.

Instead look for the gifts 

that are hidden behind 

the fabric of pain.

Overcoming fear

A friend made created these. 
Aren't they cute?

When you surrender everything,

there will be nothing to lose.

When you have nothing to lose,

you will no longer be afraid.

When you are longer afraid,

the world will belong to you.

Recognizing our gifts

We all have special abilities. 

It can be our thirst for adventure, 

our compassion for others, 

or the peaceful rhythm in which 

we dance with life. 

It can be our graceful ability 
to grow more beautiful with age,

see the world through a lens of
optimism, or live in the moment. 

It can be how we weather our storms, 
how we turn obstacles into opportunities, 
or how we allow our hearts to be open

so the world can come in...

Healing your life

I generally don't alter my photos 
except to crop, but recently I 
discovered how fun it is to use a filter. 
I'm loving the soft, faded look (below)

  

We've all had hurtful experiences that we didn't know what to do with so we stuffed them down in our gut. Over time, we become affected (infected) by these pockets of buried pain. The more pockets we accumulate, the heavier our lives become. I often hear people say "the past is over so it doesn't matter". That is simply not true! When there's no resolution, pain not only sits in our gut, it disconnects us from ourselves. 

What most people don't understand is that pain is meant to be healed. Unfortunately we live in a society that prefers to medicate. When we avoid our issues, we not only harm ourselves, but we are teaching our children to do the same. I know this to be true because I lost a child. Even though my daughter was bright, beautiful, an honor roll student, she died of an overdose. I didn't have the tools to heal myself then, let alone know how to deal with my children's pain. I tried to fix things for them by giving and doing too much, but at the same time, ignoring the red flags that were waving in my face. I was too deep in denial about my own pain. By the time I began my healing work, the crack in my daughter's life was too big.

 Another thing that is hard for people to grasp is the relationship between our physical bodies and our emotions. When we are emotionally out of balance is when we are most susceptible to disease and illness. If you want your body to heal, you have to address the true cause... unhealed pockets of pain. I know this to be true also because I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 21 years ago. The only treatment I was offered were narcotics (which I declined). There is still no cure for FMS today, but I am symptom free. It is a direct result of doing the emotional work.

I have been blessed with the ability to do important emotional work with women for the last 20 years. I am still in awe of how quickly someone's life begins to transform when they open themselves up to the process.

Imagine your life free of pain; emotional, spiritual, physical… And imagine that the emotional blockages aren't as difficult to release as you think they are. With my heart and soul, I know that healing is best gift you will ever give yourself...

For appointments - www.creativehealingwomenswellness.com

Life on life's terms

In life, there is a duality 

whether we like it or not.

Good days, difficult ones…

It’s important to remember on

the challenging days not to be

flattened by our circumstances.

 We can make the choice to

let difficulty harden or soften us,

feel victimized or empowered,

be defeated or stand strong,

give into fear or push past it,

put up walls or be compassionate.

We can’t shield ourselves from 

the human experience,

but we can move more fluidly 
through life by practicing acceptance 
rather than resistance.

It’s helpful to remember that 
pain is the catalyst for softening 
our edges, expanding our hearts, 
and gaining wisdom…