Unapologetic Thoughts

This blog started with the purpose of creating a space to express vulnerability, specially my own. This post takes that goal to the next level due to its so-personal nature.

I started listening to Se Regalan Dudas mid last year. I heard the podcast daily while getting ready in the mornings and driving through traffic until I got caught up with all episodes. Listening to it was like listening to two good friends talking about topics people rarely talk about; and being talked about in such a simple way, brought me inner peace.

I always heard that everyone could benefit from therapy, but I just didn’t dare to take the step due to the social stigma that surrounds it. However, hearing Lety and Ashley talk about their path through healing, consciousness and mental health awoke in me an increasing curiosity, a need that the universe helped me fulfill by crossing my path with Gaby (my therapist) early this year. That was the start of this life changing journey.

It’s true, everyone could benefit from therapy, but I’m not going to try to convince you about it. Yet, if you’re hesitant about starting therapy I’ll give you 5 reasons why you should. Therapy has been and continues to be for me:

1. A self-awareness and acceptance job under which I’ve learned to recognize and accept myself for both my positive and negative attributes. A job under which I’ve learned to identify, embrace and process my emotions, understanding that they are all valid. A job under which I’ve learned the importance of self-love and compassion, to treat myself like I would treat the people I love the most.
2. An act of bravery and vulnerability that has empowered me to stop living in automatic and be present. An act that has empowered me to switch from victim-mode to accountable . An act that has empowered me to do what is good for my soul and not my ego. An act that has empowered me to establish limits understanding that my inner peace is not negotiable. An act that has empowered me to elevate my frequency through gratitude.
3. A let go and liberating exercise that has enabled me to give up my anchors and lighten up my emotional load, that at times felt heavy over my shoulders. An exercise that has enabled me to stop worrying about the things that are out of my control. An exercise that has enabled me to release myself from the expectations, labels, judgments, structures and fears learned over the years. An exercise that has enabled me to transcend the past and my surroundings, understanding that where we come from is who we are, but we choose every day who we become.
4. A healing and forgiveness process that has helped me dig into the past to find the origins and heal the wounds that when triggered impact me as an adult. A process that has helped me to accept and forgive my own and others’ shortcomings. A process that has helped me to comprehend that we all act and give to the best of our knowledge and capacities.
5. A source of closure for what felt like unfinished business and a source of answers to open questions from the past. A source of assurance that not everything has to be talked, understood or fixed for me to be at ease with myself.

I cannot say that I wish I had started this journey earlier, because I believe that the universe gives us exactly what we need exactly when we need it. What I can say in all honesty, is that there is a before an after version of myself; and while I’m still walking this path, I’m currently the best work-in-progress version of myself!