My Wellness Journey
From early on in life, friends and family ask youngsters what they want to be when they grow up. I’ve always known that my life’s purpose was to help people. This is the simple concept that I’ve always felt but never really knew how it would someday take form.
Like many people, I lost sight not only of my calling but also of myself while I dedicated my energy on raising my beautiful children, working at a desk job in a very toxic environment, and filling the rest of the time with running from one activity to another. As time went on, my health was failing, there was a growing disconnect in my marriage, and I didn’t feel completely present when sharing in my loved ones’ special moments. There was something missing in my life. I felt physically, mentally, and spiritually drained. I was missing.
Once I realized that no amount of retail therapy, recognition in the workplace, or love and understanding from my husband would ever satisfy what my being was yearning for, I was able to start turning my focus inward to seek what only I could change. Only I had could create the change I was seeking. But I didn’t know how or where to start.
A year and a half ago, I was home with my son who was sick with the flu. I hadn’t slept in days. Work was piling up at the office. I was having feelings of guilt because I wasn’t at my desk and guilt because I didn’t have the energy to be completely there when my child needed me. It was that day that the opportunity for change presented itself. I came across the website for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. And so my journey began discovering the true connection between mind, body, and spirit.
flourishing.
Written by Tania Hupe Collins