08/02/2026
We all have a story, some are painful, some are happy, some give us emotional setbacks, and some stories stop us from moving forward in our lives.
When I was going through my stories, I would recite it in my mind, I would try to figure it out. I would tell myself that I don't need them, I would change, that it doesn't serve me anymore.
But that was another story in itself, it takes more than to just will it, it takes more than to visualise it, it needs to be brought up to the surface and laid out for you to really see what it was, what it did, how it hindered, helped protect when it was useful.
It takes some serious reflection to go deep into that painful place, it takes some heartfelt non bias understanding, it takes a new perspective.
You can't do this yourself, because you just end up deflecting and never get into that core issue. We have a very unique and clever inbuilt intelligence that when it is "protecting" our mind will choose to steer you away from resolution, it stays in that pattern, because that's all it knows. Allowing that perpetual pattern to repeat, you get complacent with the pain, or you bury it deeper and deeper until it is numb.
Until you realise that it is not serving you well, and give permission to be asked questions that are non-judgemental, not biased to your emotions, that does not let the door close when it sees an opening of the spotlight of a realisation of cause and reveals layers of beliefs that were never yours.
Believing that you can do this on your own can take you so far, I trusted in the process of going deeper into a valley that I didn't even realise was even there.
And the peaks and troughs of the valley where the layers that were deeply hidden.
I entrusted the hand that I held to take me to my journey that stood by me, kept me safe, supported me of self-reflection. They took me to places I didn’t even realise was a hidden cave that held the stories.
We are never meant to be alone when we are on the journey of self discovery in healing our wounds.
I am now the hand that people hold, to discover, to support, to guide and to open up awarenesses and perspectives that you could never imagine yourself.