Jamie Kelly

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Things were getting loud at the bar I was sitting at in Thailand and all I wanted to do was go home so my hostel that was because I was solo traveling all I could think was this bar scene isn't me I like to be alone at home with my cats preferably in the quiet and in the dark or with a small group of people that I can relate to to talk about the deeper things in life you know I felt so frustrated I thought this trip would be a new beginning or would help me to feel better somehow I bit into the chocolate I grabbed

on the way home to eat my feelings thank God Thailand had some decent chocolate and as I chomped into my Hershey bar I realized something powerful since I left home to travel nothing had really changed I had all the same habits anxieties and unhelpful patterns it seems they had come on vacation with me too though I didn't recall inviting them along but no new place was going to change things that were Within Me I had been dealing with the impact of a long-term relationship ending and burning out in my career I was depressed anxious and even suicidal and truthfully I felt like my family and

those around me would be better off without me you see I'd grown up in a broken home traveling back and forth between two parents and as a result I'd felt broken alone and never enough I didn't know what to do nothing I had tried thus far had worked not therapy medication or meditation so what was left I knew that I needed and wanted to change my intention for my trip had been to do journaling self-reflection and really focus on taking care of myself I wanted answers before going home so despite it not being in the plans I went where any person in search of healing

goes to Bali anyone seen Eat Pray Love I soon became aware of the pain I'd been carrying for years and How Deeply it had been weighing on me and thus I started my journey with energy healing which is a gentle technique and spiritual practice but let me just put healing in simple terms I want you to imagine I shook this can repeatedly and then We're not gonna do that but what would happen if I did it would explode and we're not much different as humans as we go throughout life we experience many painful things in order to survive and keep moving forward we shove those

experiences and the emotions attached to them aside but all of that unresolved pain doesn't just go away that energy has to go somewhere this pain shows up when like the pop can we explode our emotions at others this unresolved pain can show up as anxiety depression and even physical ailments and disease over time energy healing can help us to work through and release that pain and start feeling better through doing this healing work I learned more about myself in one session than I had in years of traditional therapy I finally started to uncover why I had anxiety and depression which was much different than the

mindset work and temporary relief I've been experiencing before I realized that we've recreate the patterns and behaviors that we learned growing up and it's up to us to break that cycle because the pain we experience is not meant to be the entirety of our life's journey doing this healing work has helped me transform my life if I told my younger self this is the life I'd be living she never would have believed it was possible for so long I thought that I was gonna die young because I didn't want to be around but I've broken the cycle of being in toxic relationships allowing me to

meet my incredible partner and just connect so much deeper with those people around me I've left a draining career in the mental health field found my true purpose and started my journey of becoming an entrepreneur showing others the life that's waiting for them too I spent years searching the world for people places and things that would make me feel better and enough I always thought the answers were out there and that I would find peace and empowerment if I just kept searching maybe you felt that way too the truth is personal power is forged over time we're taught to run away from the experiences that

hurt us yet wisdom is found in those experiences wisdom to help us move forward true empowerment grows as we begin to view life from Beyond the lens of our pain so when we find ourselves searching for a way out of the mess that we may feel let us remember that the peace and answers we long for are right here within us all as Glinda from The Wizard of Oz said you had the answers all along my dear you just had to learn it for yourself thank you

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