Just a short one today…

You know a few years back I really struggled to love my life. I knew I had a good life, I had a family who loved me, a wonderful husband, a good job that was meaningful and paid well, good friendships and my horses and other animals, like my wee dog Mia. At that time I felt so much shame because I just wasn’t happy. I got little pleasure from any of it.

I honestly got to a place where I thought there was something wrong with me and the more, I felt this way the more evidence I found that it was me. Guess what, I was right, not that there was anything wrong with me there wasn’t and still isn’t (whew) but that it was me was true. I had no idea how the human brain really worked, how the different areas of the brain impacted us etc. Back then I didn’t know that any thinking, negative or positive, helpful, or unhelpful I applied in one area of my life I was applying in other areas of my life. At that time, I had no idea that this was how the brain works for all humans.

Anyway, as I said I thought there was something wrong with me so off I went to get some help from someone I thought could fix me. Now you’re possibly feeling a little sad for me about now, but honestly it was the best thing that could have happened because without this thought I would not have gone looking for help and I found the kind of help that has been completely life changing.

Initially I found Life coaching and this on its own was life changing, so I went and became a Qualified Life Coach. Then a few months after that I was introduced to EAL (Equine Assisted Learning) where we learn about ourselves through the wisdom of horses. Both of these modalities separately support self-discovery in a way and at a level that it is difficult to achieve by ones self, but together the results are astonishing. I have experienced this in my own life and I have been privileged to be witness to it in other people’s and my clients’ lives.

You guessed it I am half way through becoming a qualified EAL practitioner through the Equine Psychotherapy Institute (EPI) Australia. It is a very intensive and hands-on program and requires a lot of self-work and homework. It is an incredibly robust and challenging qualification, but I love it. Its foundation is the Gestalt approach to self-discovery and healing.

I have gone from struggling to love my life to loving everything about it, including the stuff I find challenging, because I know the value that is waiting on the other side of the challenges. There is a saying out there in the world that says “There is no growth in comfort”, I have definitely found that to be true. Life is far more interesting and energizing when I embrace challenges as opposed to trying to make it easier or avoid challenges.

Times of comfort has value it is a place to rest, to revitalize but it is not a very fulfilling or interesting place to live.

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I appreciate you all, thanks for reading, and have a great week. :)