TRACY’S WELLNESS JOURNEY: Healing My Heart & Fueling My Soul
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TRACY’S WELLNESS JOURNEY: Healing My Heart & Fueling My Soul

TRACY’S WELLNESS JOURNEY: Healing My Heart & Fueling My Soul

“Balance What you Eat, Drink and Do, Simple Ways to Unplug, Small Steps to Kick Start a Better Life, Achieve Your Dreams, Live Your Best Life, Empower Yourself and Creating a Calmer and Happier Life” are just a few of the headlines I’ve seen on magazine covers across the country. Health and wellness experts continue to educate, guide and inspire us to slow down, exercise, eat right, calm the mind and reduce stress to live a better more fulfilling life.

Easier said than done, right?

As you know, I have been on this wellness journey for some time. I continue to learn, grow and make changes. Most of the changes that I have made over the years have been external vs. internal. This includes exercise, my food, and activities. Internal, on the other hand, is all emotional, the processing of feelings, the acknowledgement of pain or joy. It is understanding the stories and influences, good or bad, that have shaped who we have become.

From a young age, we are taught to control our emotions; don’t cry, don’t be sad, control your temper and be positive. We are taught to bottle up our true feelings and push them aside as if they don’t exist. The problem with bottling up emotions is that eventually the internal pain comes out.  

I recently attended The Heart of the Matter 3-Day Meditation Retreat in Melbourne Beach. I decided to attend based on the advice and coaxing from both my nutritionist and personal trainer. Both had been telling me that I needed to learn how to slow down and stop taxing my adrenals. I regularly overextend myself. I have work-life balance stressors, I struggle with fatigue and being consistent with my personal wellness care plan. It seems it’s always easier to take care of other people first.  

I was anxious and nervous from the start. Even the registration process, which was simple and streamlined caused me stress. I tried several times to talk myself out of going. Yet even in those nerve-racking moments, something was pulling at my heart. Overcoming my fear and showing up for this life-changing event was just the beginning.

As I entered the retreat, my senses were heightened. I was alert and clear-headed, ready to embrace this experience to the fullest. I must admit, that meditation was nothing like I had imagined. I had made several attempts at meditation before but found my mind wondering. I now know that I was afraid of the stuffed emotions that I might have to process; anger, guilt and shame, just to name a few.

Taking the top off the bottle of stuffed emotions was scary. What I learned was this: “The only way to light is through the pain.” You can’t divert, you can’t stuff it and you can’t hide from it. You must process the raw emotion. You must face it head on, acknowledge it for what it is, cry, kick, scream or yell, let it go and celebrate!

Susan David says it best, “Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life!”

Meditation is heart healing and fuel for my soul! I am transforming my life, my outlook and my soul with this practice.

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