02/01/2026
Hi, Iām Ren - the woman behind Heart Centered Living.
From the outside my life looks pretty āput togetherā and for years I did my damnedest to ensure that was my image. Now? I reject that whole identity. Itās too high maintenance and my nervous system can no longer sustain it.
I used to cope with stress through being productive, being responsible, being needed, being āthe strong oneā or when things got really tough the almighty freeze response.
I was a workaholic. A rescuer. A high-functioning people pleaser with a very convincing smile.
And slowly, I began to disappear inside my own life. Once I caught on to what was happening, I had no idea how to fix it. I desperately started trying to fix everything that was wrong with me in an effort to make myself perfect again.
I began taking Reiki training (Iām now a Reiki Master), I became a Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. I spent countless hours in therapy and researching how to love myself. I experimented with different healing modalities. I took multiple courses through the Lethbridge Spiritualist Center - including mediumship, angel communication, and many others that helped me develop my psychic and intuitive gifts. I had a new obsession and it was fixing myself. It would take me 5 years to realize that I can be āwholeā, but I will never be perfect. I felt gutted and yet so relieved... like I could finally breathe deep again.
Through working with women in my Reiki/Coaching sessions, meeting them in courses, and just having real conversations with girl friends⦠I found it absolutely wild how many women were living the exact same way and were just as determined to keep it a secret. You can imagine my surprise when I discovered that owning my truth and allowing it to be seen by others was the fix to most of my problems.
Donāt get me wrong⦠the fumble f through life never ends and the healing is continuous. There is no final destination where old patterns never creep back in, where you never feel guilty for who you used to be or arrive at a magical place where you are 100% grateful or at peace with everything that has happened in your life. But intergrating the light and the dark (Remember the Awakened Shadow?) while staying connected to your heart center makes it a hell of a lot easier to experience as much joy and love as you possibly can while you continue to ride the wave.
The Women I Work With
Heart Centered Living is for women who:
- hold everything together for everyone else
- are āfineā⦠but exhausted
- feel spiritually curious, but also want things to be real and grounded
- want to be seen and feel like themselves again
What I Believe
I believe healing doesnāt need to be dramatic or performative.
It can look like:
- feeling your feelings while staying connected to your body
- telling the truth (even quietly)
- learning how to receive
- creating nervous system safety
- remembering that youāre allowed to have needs too
And I believe one of the most healing things a woman can experience is this:
Being fully seen without being managed or fixed.
Thatās why community is at the heart of everything I do.
If you have been feeling like something isnāt working anymore - even if you canāt fully explain why - youāre in the right place.
- Ren Rabusic
Founder of Heart Centered Living