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| kelly shaw willman foto: Jesse Artavia location: Playa Negra en el Caribe Sur de Costa Rica |
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| Sierra Frost, queen of the $lay |
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thank you so much 2 my dear friend, Sierra Frost, a woman who inspires me greatly. when i met Sierra a couple of years back in Costa Rica, she was the first woman i'd ever witnessed speaking vulnerably and honestly about suicide/suicidal ideation-- particularly within her own life experiences recovering from abuse/complex trauma. i was so relieved to not feel alone. how often do we tuck these thoughts and feelings away because of shame, or because we do not have adequate support or compassionate understanding on the way to recovering from trauma?
shout~out also to the both of us 4 continuing 2 choose life!! #miracles
... my emotional pain was so great in my 20's that it seemed impossible to keep living sometimes. yet, i remained a "high functioning" student and employee, because that is what America (my conditioning) asked of me.
in my late 20's, and through my 36th year, i lived abroad practically full-time, an experience that allowed me to richly convene with nature's slowed down, though sometimes stormy (!) natural flow. i floated in the ocean for hours on end if that's what i needed. i reclaimed my personal space and a need for long periods of quiet, which has been a necessity as an introverted psychic and creatrixx. during these years abroad, i also grew close to the wisdom of medicine women from various cultures, including the Sangoma tradition of South Africa and Guatemala's Mayans-- words fall short insofar as how i was impacted by this all.
omg!! anyway!! Sierra remains my go-to resource as an educator on the topics of mental health, PTSD/CPTSD, and trauma recovery. her level of honesty about her own life and personal healing journey is exquisite, refreshing, and has undoubtedly given me permission to exercise more trust in my book-writing + speaking up.
please be invited to peep Sierra's offerings and website https://www.speakwithsierra.com/.
+ + + listen to the podcast Sierra invited me to be a part of a few months back while i was in Bangkok, Thailand. Sierra is especially wonderful at facilitating open conversations, uninterrupted listening, and threads through such excellent education in her podcast episodes.
here is a LINK to my conversation with Sierra,
which launched just yesterday.
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"This is one of the most FUN episodes so far. Kelly isn't on FB, but she is an INCREDIBLE artist and you can hear it in her voice and animation throughout this recording. In this episode, Kelly and Sierra explore what recovery really looks like, even if you don't identify with the word. They explore what chronic trauma does from childhood and the skills or ideas we might think we 'should' have as adults. They talk about community and how we truly show up for each other, as well as why healthy relationships are challenging after trauma. Kelly shares about performance art, why creativity is so important to the recovery process, and what differences she's experienced doing this work in different countries." --Sierra
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"This is one of the most FUN episodes so far. Kelly isn't on FB, but she is an INCREDIBLE artist and you can hear it in her voice and animation throughout this recording. In this episode, Kelly and Sierra explore what recovery really looks like, even if you don't identify with the word. They explore what chronic trauma does from childhood and the skills or ideas we might think we 'should' have as adults. They talk about community and how we truly show up for each other, as well as why healthy relationships are challenging after trauma. Kelly shares about performance art, why creativity is so important to the recovery process, and what differences she's experienced doing this work in different countries." --Sierra
~ kelly ~
