TRUST YO' SELF
Hello Loves,
Happy July! We are officially half-way through 2022!
How are YOU feeling?
I am curious to know if you are experiencing joy and spending time with people that do the same.
For me personally, June was a mixed bag of emotions that felt very heavy for the most part. I had some very exciting things happening, but I felt stuck in a loop of “not enough”, despair and exhaustion.
It’s very interesting to be self-aware the majority of time and then forget to check-in for a bit. I realized for most of the month I was completely self-isolating and only doing “work” or staring at all four walls of my home… wondering what to do next. I had stopped reaching out to friends. I stopped doing things that brought me joy if I found myself feeling stuck. Instead of going and jumping in the water somewhere, I would cocoon up in my little country home alone. At one point, when I finally did reach out to a friend, I could see that I actually felt like the caterpillar in the chrysalis when they melt down and turn into goop before they become the butterfly. It made me wonder if this stage of the caterpillar’s life was painful. I felt like I was stuck in black tar or quicksand, and it took so much effort to simply get out of bed some days.
When I did start reaching out to a few close friends for support and a different perspective, I found that I was not alone in what I had been feeling. It did not bring me joy to hear that they were feeling similar and at the same time, it helped me to not feel like the odd man out. As I listened and allowed myself to connect back into my community, I could feel myself getting lighter again. I began to feel confident with my intentions and decisions again as well. I also made it a priority to go jump in the springs, lay out in the sun, dance, and call a friend if I started to feel heavy.
There were many uncomfortable experiences last month that led me back to myself. I remember in these moments that the discomfort or pain is there to guide me deeper into WHY I am CHOOSING to feel a certain way in each moment. The deeper we allow our Selfs to dive into the feelings, the more aware we are able to be of the root cause of anything we experience. I realized that I was not feeling seen or heard. I felt unsupported, but only because I was not asking for help or reaching out. When you’ve told the story of being “very independent” your whole life, you tend to forget that none of us are meant to do any of this alone.
Why would there be so many people on the Earth to know and experience, if we were meant to do everything by our Self?
So, I am Happy and Grateful to have emerged from the cocoon to a community transforming along with me. I have surrounded myself with so many wonderful, loving, and talented human beings that remind me to PLAY and enjoy life. I am especially grateful for the women that are helping me to launch my dream non-profit The Adara Collective. As of last month, we received our tax-exemption status! We will now be able to offer you tax deductible receipts for your donations to support the alternative, re-habilitative ways of healing that we share through offering classes inside the prisons and with formerly incarcerated folks, veterans, and at-risk youth.
I am pleased to share with you the new logo for the non-profit organization called The Adara Collective! Thank You, Kristina Casarez for your vision and for your support in the creation of the website! I am looking forward to the launch this month and sharing about the classes that we are already sharing at Travis State Prison, Lockhart Women's Prison, and the Transitional Center supporting people coming through re-entry with no home to go to.
Agada Energy Healing will continue to exist as I turn my focus to Adara moving forward. Please keep me in mind for your next Corporate Team Building or Private in-home sessions for you or a group of your friends.
My next newsletter will be an ask for help and support for our most vulnerable members of society. I imagine and envision that you will feel called to action ♥
Stay tuned for exciting opportunities to be a part of healing the collective from the foundation, up!
You can still find all the information for public group sessions on the Agada website under the commUnity page !
NEW PODCAST EPISODES ARE UP ON THE LINK BELOW!
Check out my YOUTUBE channel for easy access to my PODCAST episodes as well!
I LOVE YOU!
THANK YOU,
Jess
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