​The work I refer to is the intentional act of self-discovery.  The work starts with you. The work requires you to be curious and courageous and accountable for the life you’ve created so far. The work is built on the foundation of truth. The truth about yourself, your relationships, your beliefs, your experiences, your past and your future.  And so, the work is sometimes hard.

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Personal Example: I used to swallow my words instead of speaking up. I swallowed so many for so long that I was eventually diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease. And yes, these two things were intricately related to one another. The diagnosis was a shock but the bigger shock was the doctor telling me they didn't have an answer for what was causing my "dis-ease". After that I quickly came to the conclusion that I would need to heal myself and that somewhere inside I had the answer to why my body was attacking itself.  I intuitively knew it was important to uncover why the point of attack was localized to my throat (thyroid). I started my journey from there. The story of how I found my answer over several years is unfortunately too long to detail but I will share where the work brought me personally.  My throat (thyroid), positioned between my heart and my mind, was where the battle had been taking place. What my heart wanted to speak my mind always silenced from fear. All those swallowed words compounding in my throat (thyroid) for so many years became toxic and caused the disease my immune system was trying to fight. At the time of the diagnosis I believe the disease in my body was meant to trigger in me the change I most needed to make for myself which was to stop swallowing my words for the benefit of others and learn to speak my truth. 

There is always work to do. The work is worth it, I promise.