If you had the opportunity to have known me about 5 years ago, or prior, you will see that you are now being reintroduced to a new and improved version of myself. Six years ago, I was stuck in a dead end job. Not that it was a bad job; it wasn’t even a job, it was a profession. I was a schoolteacher, so it was a respectable profession that I had grown to love, but through which I felt like a squirrel spinning on a wheel. I was working more and more as the years were going by, but didn’t have anything to show for it, other than the satisfaction of seeing my “kids” learn & blossom year after year, and being able to pay my bills, and make my monthly payments. My soul was lacking something in a big way. I felt trapped, as if I was wasting potential, as if I could do more. I needed to grow and expand badly, but the life style I was stuck into (working, raising & supporting 2 kids on my own) prevented me from doing so, and so my body reacted badly. Anticipating sick leaves had subconsciously become part of my long term planning. Also having recovered from cancer, but left with a physical condition as a result of it, the work became more and more strenuous as the expectations and demands of the teaching profession grew.
It’s in the fall of 2010, that the thought of maybe doing something else was planted into my mind, when I experienced something very spiritual in the schoolyard. While on duty, supervising the children run about, and playing at recess, my eyes kept turning to the sky. As I let go, and stared into the beautiful blue sky, I remember hearing the kids in the proximity, running, yelling, and playing, while my mind was drifting. I also remember feeling the energy being sucked out of my body as I did. I instantly understood very clearly what the source of my health problems were. I wasn’t in alignment with what I was meant to do. Of course, I didn’t know this at the time. I only knew that this work, as much as I liked it, was slowly killing me. As a matter of fact, I was on another sick leave that winter of 2011 after my medical condition flared up again. It is in the following months, after using the off time to reflect on that spiritual experience in the courtyard a few months prior, that it became clear that if I was to have a better future, I would not be able to continue in my field of work. It’s at that time that I seriously developed an interest for Health & Safety, and started studying it. I did not return to teaching kids in the public school system, and my work in Health & Safety was but a springboard to personal growth & development. Going back to school sparked something in me that I thought was long dead. I felt things I hadn’t felt in a long time, such as excitement, fulfilment, satisfaction, pride, dedication, acquired vision, and I could go on and on.
It’s during this transition that I acquired a need to continuously learn more. I developed a vision. I felt like I was starving in awareness, and seeking knowledge; knowledge about myself, about life, about purpose. It’s as if a little opening had been done in the window of my life, and I now wanted to crack it wide open. The problem is that my window had been shut for so long, that it was acting like an old window that stays stuck to the sides, and that only opens to a certain extend with each attempt. Nevertheless, I had the bug of learning, and even though it was a slow process, I just had to keep moving forward, and so I did. In my search for growth & development, I was directed to John Maxwell, the famous Leadership Guru. The growth spurt I experienced as a John Maxwell Team member is phenomenal, while opening new doors, career wise. By then, I was so excited about the new me, and my new found field of study, that I wanted to share with the world what clarity will do…what awareness will do…what personal growth & development will do, for you! Because of it, I became a certified Empowerment Coach, with a focus on Self-Leadership. It made me a better consultant, a better leader, a better parent, a better friend… I got to know myself, my areas of strengths and weaknesses, which ones to use to follow my purpose at my full potential. I grew into a community of supportive entrepreneurs such as myself, who want nothing more than to add value to others.
It is said that God works in mysterious ways…
In the spring of 2016, I was intuitively directed to the field of hypnosis. Intuition is something I’ve been developing, as it is one of the strengths that I hadn’t been paying attention to all these years. This is mostly because I was unaware of this inner power, being too busy surviving. As I was doing all this work on personal growth & development, and also believing in a holistic approach to good health, I was working on all aspects of myself: mind, body and soul. It’s through reflection and meditation that I was guided to hypnosis, which was the tail end of a healing journey I had been on for the past 15 years. Through hypnosis, and a full immersion with spirit, I found freedom, and developed a higher consciousness through a series of past life regressions. I was also introduced to different healing modalities, which I was blessed to receive as gifts of healing to use on others, such as hands on healing, crystal healing, and channelling divine guidance.
Through hypnosis and regression, I have healed at levels I didn’t know was possible. I have freed myself from all hurts and resentments I had been carrying, and that allowed the light and love to come in. I could now fully invest the best of myself into my purpose. So 2 certifications later, one as a consulting hypnotist, and another in advanced hypnotherapy, I now help others heal, and find the freedom and well being that I have found. I also feel called to empower people by helping them access their own resources that lie within. Everyone has the resources and the power to access unlimited abundance. They just have to be made aware of it, and get rid of the limiting beliefs and habits that prevent them from accessing their greatness.
What I learned from the past 5 years is that if you surrender, make a leap of faith, and trust that there is something bigger than us moving the pieces around in this world, the road to take will be revealed as we move forward. If you’re standing at the foot of a mountain, you can’t see the peak, but it doesn’t mean it’s not there, or that it’s not accessible. It’s by climbing, one step at a time, that you will reach the top. As for myself, I haven’t had to take one single day off due to sickness ever since I changed path. I am excited to get up every morning, because I have found a passionate way of earning a living that aligns with my credentials and experience, but most importantly, with who I am.
My hope is that my story may inspire someone to make that leap, and start climbing up the mountain, because the view up there is well worth the investment!
Until next time, LOVE YOURSELF!
DL
