WHERE TO BEGIN HEALING?
Healing can be complex, overwhelming and heavy. For most of us our experiences will have affected us on physical, emotional, mental and energetic levels. We might struggle with chronic pain, depression, anxiety, inability to express anger, sexual issues or simply be lost, wondering without a purpose. It’s a vicious cycle and it’s best to begin by taking a small step and finding a therapist. It can be really scary to reach out and find help, buy the only way out is through and there is no wrong way to begin.
You deserve to be happy, healthy and to thrive. Yes, you do.
My first step was to attend the Womb & Fertility Massage training with Clare Spink. It was the first time I ever sat in a circle of women. I remember very vividly how my body responded when I stepped through the door on the first day of the training. The tears just begun flowing down my face and didn’t stop for hours. I wasn’t crying. My body was crying tears of heartbreak and joy. Relief. Acknowledgment that I found my path. Finally. I was on my way home.
It was transformative. I will never forget the feeling of being witnessed and held with love. I was frightened, but my heart was joyful. After the training ended, I realised that I must take my life in my hands even more so and not let the trauma I carry dictate who I am any longer. I yearned to be free. So I found a therapist.
A transpersonal therapist. And it changed my life.
Having someone to listen to my thoughts, worries and problems was healing in itself. But my favourite thing was having someone help me see that I am not who I was told I was.
She helped me truly understand myself (or at least begin to), begin to value myself and dismantle the hurtful narratives I had been unconsciously telling myself about who I was & what I deserved and guide me through a processes I beginning to care myself enough to want a better life.
That was my beginning. Everyday, I am grateful for taking the step to reclaim my life.
I have come a long way since that first day of the Womb & Fertility Massage Therapy training, but I will never forget the love, strength and healing I received from this beautiful group of women.
Good luck.
Warmly, Olivia