![]() This is a very deep wound that goes back to my childhood and beyond into past lives. I experienced a tremendous amount of shame tied up in that. The underlying source of my pain and trauma which is, feeling invisible, not being seen or validated for who I truly am as a person. Whilst reading over some old journals I discovered a consistent theme. “This isn’t your story, this is a story of many, of the collective.” I have just been asked to share my version of it, my life experience and my truth. But during a meditation this message came through loud and clear. I attempted to avoid writing this article, I felt triggered and uncomfortable. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.” Brene Brown “Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. We stop ourselves from being who we truly are. We allow our traumas to define us, we reinforce the self-limiting beliefs and painful patterns in our lives. We keep ourselves small and limit our potential. This is important and necessary, because my soul purpose is to help people feel safe to speak up, to educate others on the immense healing power of telling your story to the world.īy holding back our stories, we hold onto shame and guilt. In this article, I’m also choosing to take a different approach, I’m choosing to step up and connect with my audience in a way that brings up some confronting truths for myself. To say “Hey world, this is me, just as I am.” Allowing myself to be vulnerable, to be seen in a photograph is also extremely confronting.Using my voice to speak my truth is not something that comes easy to me and it triggers a lot of trauma.I had the opportunity to be interviewed for a podcast and I decided to do a photo shoot for Story Bones, both of these things were completely terrifying to me, for the following reasons. I’m terrified of getting hurt or rejected – this is part of my trauma and I’ve carried it my entire life. I have to admit, this is my greatest fear, to be seen, and be vulnerable in the world. Over the past week I have taken some huge leaps, which required a lot of courage to put myself out there and be seen in the world.
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