How to Believe You are Enough When Your Trauma Says Differently. Forgiveness is Your Turning Page - Episode 35

In Pursuit of Purpose with Sadie K. Frazier

Good morning and Happy St. Patricks Day to all you lads and lasses out there celebrating your Celtic heritage as I am! I have corned beef, carrots, and potatoes slow cooking in the crockpot and my hubby will be adding traditional homemade Irish Soda Bread when he gets home. I can't wait! What are you all doing today to celebrate the holiday? it's also Friday - FINALLY! So what pot of gold are you searching for this weekend to fill your life with abundant joy and purpose? I will be promoting my new book, Fragments of Hope. If anyone hasn't snagged a preorder copy yet, you can do it on Amazon today! https://www.amazon.com/Fragments-Hope-Memoir-Survival-Recovery-ebook/dp/B0BY3NJ1SH It's a memoir of Loss, Survival, and Recovery through the eyes and heart of the main character - Hope Austin - as she hits rock bottom after not one heartbreaking loss, but two. In this powerful story of rediscovering the woman she once was, Hope struggles with addiction, depression, and hopelessness as she comes face to face with each stage of grief. Finding the strength to rewrite her story of tragedy through profoundly moving and deeply intimate chapters of finding grace, a second chance at love, and a purpose born from her journey through grief, she discovers that forgiveness was her turning page. Now I know I might be biased because I wrote that line, lol, but it ended up being the most profoundly powerful sentence of the book. Forgiveness was her turning page. The topic of forgiveness is probably one of the hardest subjects and the most subjective material I could talk about. And I have refrained from bringing it up much because, honestly? I'm not there yet either. Today, I'll take you on a journey of discovering insight into the earliest memories of when we first felt as if we were not enough. We unpack baggage from the past and make a critical choice to empower ourselves on this journey, knowing that it won't make the pain disappear, but we will no longer let it become the driving force of the deeply wounded scars of our existence now. The road to changing your life and rewriting the story of who you want to become without being tethered to a past that no longer has any purpose in your life now will teach you the lessons and then give you the strength to move on. Loving yourself despite your trauma and learning to forgive yourself is the path to that freedom. Now is the time to make the choice - which path on the road will you choose? Your next move after that is to take one step forward, then jump. And I'll be beside you every step of the way. You have permission now to believe that you are enough - even when your trauma once told you differently. You don't need to believe those lies on this new path. They have no place in your life anymore. It's time to Seek Your Truth. It's time to Find Your Voice. Forgiveness is your turning page. Until next time, I am unconditionally yours, All my love, ~ Sadie