My Journey of Healing

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you." - Rumi

It's been 10 years since my cancer diagnosis. Since I woke up. Since I realized that I was not consciously living my life, that I was hiding, that I was allowing fear to drive.

Acknowledging

Some of you may already know this part of my story.

When I got the phone call that it was breast cancer, I fell to my knees. Not only because a diagnosis feels devastating. It was because in that instant I knew that everything I had previously thought about Life, including the choices I made to stay safe and small, was eviscerated.

And when your context for living implodes, you are invited to create a new one.

Slowly I began to consciously engage in my life, to be proactive, to ask myself what I wanted out of this "wild and precious life".

I knew there was more, and I wanted to become all of who I knew, deep down, I was meant to be. I gave myself permission to be messy, imperfect and free. To create a life that I loved and to bring all of myself to this experience. To take risks and to create. To live from a place of love, not fear.

For me, that diagnosis had many silver linings. It woke me up when I refused to listen to the voice inside me that had been nudging me for years, begging me to recognize her, and to allow her into the Light. I have gone back and held her. I have created safety for her to emerge.

"To free the voice is to free the person."  

- Kristin Linklater -

Ongoing healing

So many modalities speak to me, and I am a huge proponent of diving in and finding the MORE that I know is there. I am a multifaceted being, as we all are. I began to explore my spiritual aspect more intentionally as well as emotional trauma and limiting beliefs that I had unknowingly taken on. I began to allow all of the parts of me to be equally recognized and deemed important.

Yoga and meditation are my strongholds - they are the things I return to when I feel ungrounded or disconnected from myself.

I began exploring sound healing, and how using my own voice in certain ways could help me to feel deeply aligned with the truth of who I am and my purpose. As a singer/songwriter for many decades, I already knew the inherent healing power of music and using my voice to express emotion. I knew how connected I felt, how whole and calm. But this discovery - using my voice as a sound healing instrument - took healing to a whole new level.It was then that I developed programs to help others do the same. Teaching others about the power of their voice is my passion. Because we each have a unique voice and our voice is the tool we use to communicate who we are, and what matters to us. Our voice is a built-in tool we can access for our own healing. There is so much power in learning to love and to use our voices.

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UPDATE!

"Your Odyssey" is expanding!

Tara and I both knew that our business "Your Odyssey" would be offering more, as the podcast became more established. (How has it been almost two years?!) More support. More community. More opportunities for learning and growing. More ways to share love with the world.

So, here we are. Standing on the precipice of expansion and evolution. Our collective vision coming to life. Adding digital courses, individual and group coaching and community support has always been part of our vision. And now it is becoming reality.I invite you to follow us at Your Odyssey to stay informed about all the things, including my workshops and course offerings moving forward. If you would like to continue hearing from me, please join Your Odyssey's email list. --->

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