The Journey To Meet My Soul
It all started six years ago.
Who could have guessed what lessons were coming my way?
Life was good. Even though I had suffered the loss of my mother and I was still grieving, I knew she was reunited with my sister. This was a loss my mother had never been able to heal and, after 35 years, I had faith they would be reunited and she could embrace her daughter once more.
She was where she longed to be, and I was happy for her. I believed I was exactly where I was meant to be, and I was grateful for every opportunity that came my way.
Then, 4 years ago my father’s partner passed away and - at the age of 90 - he was unable to care for himself. The Nurturer within me took charge and did everything I could to care for the man who had been such a major influence in my life.
Taking care of my father, my four children, and my family business took all of my time and energy. Without even realising it, day-by-day, I was giving more of myself to everyone, and constantly neglecting my own needs.
My Health Started To Decline
As is the way with our bodies, after about a year of unconditionally giving and completely ignoring myself, my health started to decline.
By late 2017, my body started to show signs that it was time to start paying attention to me. I was dealing with Adrenal Fatigue, low Kidney function with the possibility of dialysis, an underactive Thyroid, and the majority of my organs and glands began slowly shutting down.
My will to live was at an all-time low and I wasn't able to care for my father, my children, and definitely not myself. I was in denial that my body was shutting down. I was caught up in the rat race of life - working too hard, taking care of my family, giving all of myself, and never feeling I had time to look after myself.
Everyone and everything was far more important and required all of me. But in putting myself last, my body eventually chimed in and made it impossible for me to continue on.
My Soul Was Crying Out For Help
Amongst the turmoil of my everyday life, I had spent the year with doctors, naturopaths and pathologists, trying to figure out what was happening and why.
I had undertaken so many tests I had lost count, I had spent thousands of dollars and was still no better off than I was at the beginning, I was more unsure than ever, why this was happening to me.
Then my body begged me to ask my beautiful niece Melissa Sandon, founder of the Soul Medicine Academy, for help. During an energy balance with Melissa, my soul found just what it was looking for, HOPE and a spark was ignited in my heart once again.
It was something that felt so familiar but had been pushed down deep and shut away for the past 4 years. As I rested over the Christmas/New Year period something special was happening, my soul started to heal herself and she acknowledged that life was about to change.
How right she was...
2018 - My Year Of Soul
2018 became the most incredible year of growth, healing, learning and coming back to life. My awakening.
Reuniting my soul with my body and letting her know she will never be forgotten or ignored again.
In February I started a year-long Energy and Soul Medicine Practitioners Certification and it changed my life beyond anything I could have possibly envisioned for myself. I have since devoted my time to also completing Advanced Energetic, Embodied Soul Guides, Healing Archetypes and Advanced Soul Centres.
It’s fair to say that devoting myself to my soul and this work, became the focus of 2018.
My health improved (it is definitely still a work in progress but I am ever so grateful that I am here to continue to improve), my energy levels increased and I found the smile that used to be my best friend. I feel like a woman with endless possibilities and I have so much LOVE & GRATITUDE to share with the world.
I ended the year of 2018 with this quote in my heart - 'I am happy with the woman I have become this year, I have worked hard every day to be her.’
Entertaining The Possibilities
I laugh with my Energy and Soul Medicine sisters now. At our first training, I shared with the group that I had no intention of actually becoming the practitioner we were all training to become, that this was a deeply personal journey for my own healing.
But as the year unfolded and I started to entertain the possibilities of what 2020 and beyond could become for me, my business, Naturally Nessa, moved into a place deep in my heart.
It can be hard to feel overwhelmed, unwell, and just trying to get through each day with too much on your plate and too many people to support. For me, it became my whole life and all that I was.
My Mind, Body, Soul Overhaul began the moment I started to say yes to myself again. To be with all the parts of me - not just the ones that performed roles and supported others - but reclaiming myself, my soul, and my power.
The more that I connected with my heart, listened to my body, journeyed with my soul, the more empowered I became. The more my life started to show me new possibilities of what I could be available for, what life could look like, if I would just start choosing myself more.
It’s not easy, we are conditioned, as women, to believe we should have it all, be the superheroes that have it all together. It is my hope now, my mission, to support other women to connect with their soul and start choosing themselves before their body starts to scream for change to happen.
Who is the woman you would like to become this year?
Sit with that question for a moment and feel into the possibilities available for you. And if you love the idea of connecting deeper with your mind, body, and soul the way I did when I felt like my world was falling apart, book in for a complimentary discovery session here. Your soul will thank you.
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