Mine would be to have the power of touch to see. I want to be able to touch something and see it’s past, from beginning until now. The ground, a beat up old barn, a disheveled shed or home, a valley… I love history and exploring the secrets it keeps.

@Mercedes Rummel Yes! Always set intention. Even if you don’t believe it at first, telling ourselves that things will be good helps shift our belief system over time. It changes our experience when we choose to feel certain ways. When you wake up, tell yourself first that you ARE thankful to wake up, you get to take a breath, you got to wake up today. You get to see your children and provide for them. Believe you are lucky to walk with them and hug them. Choose to find moments to be grateful for and over time you will create an automatic response. It will be what you feel instead of thinking so hard about it. This isn't to compare to others, it is what you are blessed with. This is the simplest form of rewiring (neuroplasticity.) “Neuroplasticity is the brain's lifelong ability to reorganize its structure, functions, and connections in response to learning, experience, or injury. It works by strengthening active neural pathways and weakening unused ones, allowing the brain to adapt, recover from damage, and form new habits. Key exercises include learning new skills, consistent exercise, and mental stimulation, which improve cognitive function but can be limited by age and injury severity.” I ALWAYS suggest to make the positivity boards or a sign to visually see to help keep our thoughts accountable. Put it somewhere you will see immediately when you open your eyes to begin your day. Just one of my favorite quotes is “Everything works out better than I expect it to.”

@Mercedes Rummel Belief is such a powerful thing. Religion teaches us to pray. Spirituality teaches us to use energy. Both are powerful forms of belief. What we believe in, we achieve in. Ask and you shall receive. Pray/manifest. It’s all within us to imagine and create our realities. Our brains are WILD and operate on a biological level to keep us alive and safe but our consciousness has choice. We get to choose how we respond to each moment and it can be a very beautiful experience, while also, not neglecting that life can bring us down some awful roads too. We must find that balance for ourselves. When we learn to respond rather than react, that alone is a life realization that can shift the way we operate. I’m so very happy you are enjoying your readings here. I also enjoy your presence. Thank you for being here, in class and in life ❤️ You have a beautiful soul, I can tell through your words.

@Mercedes Rummel Outside is a natural dopamine booster! I love this for you. Do you go barefoot when you are outside? To bond with the ground and connect your energy into the earth???

I realized I didn’t share one of my inner personal joys. Besides my littles (niece and nephew) that are an immediate breath of amazingness, I LOVE learning. Learning things that I find interesting. Psychology and understanding the WHY and HOW to things, ignite a fire in my soul in the best ways. Not everyday I have the capacity to learn or apply my learnings but when I have the motivation, I absorb it like the sun on our skin. On the other hand if I don’t find something interesting, I turn away from it like a stinky smell. 😂 I have a joyful passion to learn and share in full purpose to change lives and open minds. 💓

@Mercedes Rummel Thank you for your introduction. It sounds like you have a beautiful soul. I’m glad you are here! Unlike traditional talk therapy, here we can learn self paced in the classroom. Some things may be things you know and some things may be new. I believe we heal best by learning. Simple diagnosis just tells us what to work on, not how to combat the feelings or lifestyles we find ourselves in especially after repeated traumas. No two people’s healing journeys are the same so it’s up to us to learn what works best for ourselves. But we can’t heal without shifting our patterns. I hope you enjoy the class content in the classroom tab and benefit from the knowledge being shared. Our group is growing slowly and I love that. If you ever need to reach out for any reason, we have the direct messages available and I will always respond as quickly as I can. We are all here to learn and get support when needed without judgment. Thank you for being a part of all of our healing journeys. If you have knowledge to share, stories to share or anything else you are welcome to start a discussion for others to get involved. I hope you have a wonderful day Mercedes. 💗

@Carla Engelbrecht Thank you Carla and welcome, the classroom tab at the top will have the self paced lessons to read through for you to learn and apply to your life. Some may resonate and some may not. Each of our trauma journeys are different. Thank you for sharing. Our general discussion forum is for us to communicate and engage. Always feel welcomed fo post and comment as much as you’d like. Childhood trauma will greatly impact your adult without confronting and accepting the past. We can’t forget but we can rewire. Accepting such awful things is difficult and sometimes we can deny the facts which hold us back from prospering in our lives. Remind yourself you are not there anymore, you are not a child and you can now protect yourself and your inner child in ways you could not before. As a child you were not at fault and choices we make after the fact can be directly related but conscious good decisions now will assist in healing. Regulating your body first is the key. We can not heal mentally in a body that traps us in the past. Healthy reassuring relationships are so important. And some people disagree with this but talking about what happened to you will release that stuck bad energy. Let it flow out in your vibrations of voice. Talk about it until it is no longer a need. It is not your identity or who you are, it is not bad to speak on your past as it is yours. Your story may be hard and sad and you may cry but that is good. The mind is a muscle. With repeated trainings and work to understand acceptance, we can strengthen the mind to become strong, healthy and automatically find reason and purpose in all. 💕 Getting married was so reassuring for me. I grew up in a place of divorce, lies, abuse and fear. Meeting my now husband was the best experience. At first dating was rocky, I acted crazy all the time but got into therapy, accepted my past, learned my behavior was toxic from conditioning and worked for years to be the best soul I can be. Thats why we are here now in this class. To share, to learn and go from survive to thrive! 💖💝