Introspective Odyssey

12/01/2025

NEW BLOG + VIDEO INTERVIEW
What is happiness… really?

Not the fleeting kind. Not the “if-only” kind. But the kind that remains — even when grief visits, even when everything falls away.

I had the deep honor of sitting down once more with Sue Tobin, a former palliative care nurse, spiritual guide, and radiant soul who knows what it means to pause, to witness, and to be.

Our conversation was soft and fierce, simple and profound — just like Sue.

We spoke about:
✨ The illusion of happiness as something to chase
✨ The sacred wisdom of “the pause”
✨ How grief opens us to joy
✨ Letting go of ego’s grip and returning to presence

📖 Read the full blog post here:
👉 www.introspectiveodyssey.com/post/happiness-grief-and-the-pause-a-conversation-that-still-echoes

🎥 Or go straight to the YouTube video:
👉 https://youtu.be/hbZk-LaOiLY

If you're walking through a tender season, this may be the pause you didn’t know you needed.

With love,
Ruba

11/17/2025

Are you ready to embark on a journey to true wellness? Discover how holistic healing can awaken your wholeness and embrace a life filled with grace and compassion. Read more: https://wix.to/R1ggZ9m

In the quiet moments when you pause and breathe deeply, you may sense a yearning within - a call to reconnect with yourself on a deeper level. This is the beginning of a journey toward wellness that honors every part of your being: mind, body, and spirit. Healing is not just about fixing what feels....

11/07/2025

There’s a deep peace that comes when we stop trying to control life
and start remembering who’s really leading it.

When the human surrenders its struggle,
the Soul steps forward — calm, clear, and certain.
Free will becomes freedom. Effort becomes ease.

🌸 Read the new blog: “My Loyalty Is to My Soul”
https://www.introspectiveodyssey.com/post/my-loyalty-is-to-my-soul

11/05/2025

We’ve officially landed in our new space!
After a beautiful weekend of transition, the doors are now open at our new location in McKinney — a space created with intention, calm, and the energy of new beginnings.

Every session that unfolds here is another layer of grounding, peace, and healing — and I can already feel how alive this space is becoming.

✨ New Location:
3721 S Stonebridge Dr, Suite 202, McKinney, TX 75070

If you’ve been thinking of coming in, or it’s been a while since your last visit, this is your invitation to step back into alignment — body, mind, and spirit.

Book your next session here:
👉 https://www.introspectiveodyssey.com/book-online

Can’t wait to welcome you into this beautiful, peaceful new home for healing. 💛

11/04/2025

When the human surrenders its need to control, it discovers a deeper current guiding everything — the wisdom of the Soul.
Loyalty to your Soul is not escape from life; it’s trust in the part of you that can see the whole path.

10/27/2025

Sometimes balance begins with a whisper —
a quiet moment where you remember:
you exist too.

Read the new post:
Finding Balance in Setting Boundaries
https://www.introspectiveodyssey.com/post/finding-balance-in-setting-boundaries

10/20/2025

You don’t need the world to quiet down to find peace —
you just need one breath that belongs to you.

Healing isn’t always about grand gestures or perfect conditions.
Sometimes it’s found in the middle of chaos — in the single breath where you remember yourself again.

Read the full reflection here:
👉 https://www.introspectiveodyssey.com/post/one-breath-that-belongs-to-you

Take a pause.
Breathe.
That moment is yours. 🌸

10/12/2025

After big emotions come gentle pauses.
Let your body catch up to your healing.

So often, we expect ourselves to bounce right back after releasing something heavy — but true healing asks for integration. The nervous system needs time to soften, recalibrate, and weave new patterns of peace.

If you’ve felt tired after growth or unusually tender after clarity, know this: nothing’s wrong. You’re simply catching up to the light you’ve allowed in.

>> Take today slowly.
>> Breathe a little deeper.
>> Let the pause be sacred.

10/10/2025

There’s a sacred moment after we speak a truth, set a boundary, or close a chapter — a moment when the body softly whispers, “Be still now… let me catch up.”

✨ That is The Sacred Pause.
A breath of integration.
A space where completion becomes healing.

I recently wrote a new blog — and recorded a meditation — for those tender moments when you’ve done the hard emotional work and now need to come back home to yourself.

🕊 Read the full piece and listen to the meditation here:
👉 https://www.introspectiveodyssey.com/post/the-sacred-pause-a-meditation-for-completion-and-renewal

💜 May it meet you wherever you are on your journey — helping you exhale, release, and return to peace.

10/05/2025

🌸 New Blog Post Alert 🌸
Sometimes healing begins at exactly the right time.
Starting a personal journey during Domestic Abuse Awareness Month is more than coincidence—it’s a sacred alignment of personal and collective transformation.
Read the full reflection + journaling prompt here: https://www.introspectiveodyssey.com/post/the-power-of-perfect-timing-beginning-the-journey-in-october

09/29/2025

So often we’re taught to equate strength with hardness, control, or resistance.
But what if true strength is found in our ability to soften?

To soften isn’t weakness—it’s trust.
It’s choosing to meet life without the armor.
It’s flowing with what is, rather than bracing against it.

Softness is strength in disguise.
How might life feel different if you allowed yourself to soften today?

09/26/2025

Feeling foggy, bloated, or just “off”? I wrote a gentle 2–4 week gut reset to lower fermentation, calm inflammation, and reconnect with your body’s wisdom—without perfectionism or panic. Read now → https://www.introspectiveodyssey.com/post/calm-the-gut-clear-the-mind-a-holistic-2-4-week-reset