Laying in a hospital bed after fibroid surgery — just a year after having my appendix removed — my first thought wasn’t about healing. It was, “I’ve got to get back to work.”The truth is, appendicitis and fibroids can happen to anyone. But it’s in the recovery that reality hits you. When your mobility is gone, when even getting out of bed feels impossible, you realize: I’m not as strong as I thought. That’s when the deeper questions start: Are my ducks in a row? How am I spending my time? Am I choosing what really matters to me — or am I too focused on the job and chasing the next career step?That was my wake-up call. Something had to change. I wanted to take better care of myself — not just physically, but mentally. I wanted to strengthen my body, but more importantly, I wanted to strengthen my mind.So I started learning. I picked up yoga. I read books that shifted my perspective, including some by Don Miguel Ruiz that still stay with me. I took sound bath classes, learned to meditate, and kept feeding my brain with new ways to heal. Along the way, I earned a certificate in mindfulness meditation and became certified in life coaching.I’m still learning, still growing, still adding more tools to my own healing journey.Life will always bring challenges: the loss of loved ones, the end of relationships, layoffs, financial hardship. But there is hope. There’s a way to face life without losing ourselves — and it starts with choosing ourselves.That means loving our bodies enough to rest, feeding our minds the right thoughts, and giving our souls good things to hold onto. That’s what this Healing Space is about.I created it as a reminder — for myself and for you — that we don’t have to just survive. We can breathe. We can heal. We can live lighter, softer, and stronger.