Sober

Today is my 4 year anniversary of being sober (second time around) and I wanted to share my love with you all. I honestly can’t believe that I’ve made it to year 4, it’s gone by so quick and at other times sooooo slow.  I couldn’t be where I am now in my personal life and career if I didn’t give up substances and I am afraid that I probably wouldn’t be around if I kept on going the way I was going.  

Finding Myself Again

This is important that I share this with you all today as my sobriety is what lead me to the decision to live my life holistically and to get back what I had once thought was lost forever…my authentic self and my love for the natural world…mother nature.  

Never before have I felt so connected as when I’m outside in the garden, or going for hikes, swimming in a lake, or laying down in the grass and looking up at the stars. It sounds kind of cheesy but this is what gets me going these days!  

Healing Myself Naturally

When I decided to get sober the second time I dove into the ancient holistic healing systems such as Ayurveda as a way of understanding parts of myself and learning how to live in a way that made sense to me…. I needed structure and purpose,  Ayurveda gave that to me. I dove even deeper into the green beauty and holistic skin care world, getting involved on facebook groups and reaching out to find work as I knew that this is where I needed and wanted to be.

Feeling Grateful

The universe really did have my back and the event after that decision has led me to this exact place at Woodside Holistic….in my p.j’s, in bed with my 2 cats and pup grateful as ever to be alive and well. The whole idea of opening up my own studio was a way for me to give back and be of service to others, to get out of my own head and nurture my passions in life. So thank you and I hope to keep growing with you.  

Woodside Holistic as you all may not know was my grandma’s house, and it truly is a healing space as it’s where she too got sober many many moons ago, it’s where my sister lived when she got sober and now it is where I reside for the meantime as a space to heal old wounds and to make new dreams come true.  

We are in this Together

I don’t want to keep rambling on here, all I want to say is that I couldn’t have come this far without all your support, from family to friends to clients (some of whom I call friends these days), I love you all!  If you’re struggling and need to talk, please feel free to reach out as I understand the shame involved with addiction and there is absolutely no judgment here. Everyone’s journey is unique, whether sober or not, and we are in this together!  

Three things that I have learned from being sober….not to take myself too seriously, letting go of the ego I was hanging onto and how to love myself and others….still a work in progress  If you would like to get in touch with, feel free to contact me directly or connect with me on Facebook and Instagram. 

- Love from Woodside xx

*Pic taken by my sis @victoriablow while at hillside this year, thanks roo.