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Toward the end of my 20s, I found myself facing the repercussions of childhood trauma in the form of depression, extreme anxiety, and addictive behaviour. By my 30s I began to develop a chronic health condition, and as this coupled with continuing PTSD and debilitating mental health, I  was forced to go bankrupt, move home with my parents, quit work, and go on social assistance. 

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Both the childhood trauma, and the adult experience of being an unwell person, left me with a mountain of emotional pain. Having a sensitive, empathic nature and an undefined sense of self, I perceived others judgments of me and took all of it very personally. On top of feeling very badly, I suffered from extreme food/environmental sensitivities, systemic bacterial/viral infection, compromised immunity, and chronic fatigue.  Only scraping by physically, emotionally and financially, improvements were slow. My relationships suffered, I felt isolated, victimized and alone. Life felt pretty bleak. 

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The Universe presented me with the privilege of these saving graces: a supportive family, a healing community, a few very patient friends and partners, a voracious love of Source/God/Universe and, consequently, an insatiable appetite for the humbling process of healing. By these means, and all that followed, I transformed my experience of life from one of victimization and pain, to one of empowerment. I began to increase in self-love, and an awareness of myself as the active creator of my experience, my life and my dreams.  

 

And now I meet you, reader, as a fellow traveller, inspired to share the fruits of my journey thus far. May we continue this process of empowerment, self-love, self-creation and self-liberation. May we create so much more of all of this in our journey through these words, together. 

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