When Grateful Hearts Speak

A Sailor's Rollercoaster Life for Cynthia!


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Growing up as a small town Marianna, Fl girl, Cynthia Mitchell knew she was meant for bigger things and never quite felt she fit in at home. She packed up at 18 and couldn't wait to see the world and that's just what she did. She tells us about "Living a lot of Life" in her 20's from her professional life in retail to how she left everything and began sailing. One of her biggest trips included sailing to the Virgin Islands over 110 days with just her spouse. She developed a love of solo traveling and found yoga, completing her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in Guatemala in 2015. That led her to buying a one way ticket to Bali in 2016 for what she looks back on as her "Eat, Pray, Love" moment.
When she decided to settle down from the the fast paced charter life and working away, she and her new partner came back home to land in Ponce De Leon where Cynthia's family lived. That's where their daughter was born and a whole new challenge of navigating motherhood evolved for Cynthia. She tells us about how that time in her life uncovered a diagnosis of anxiety, PTSD and an eating disorder called ARFID, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. She tells us how none of the tools she had used in the past were working for her this time and how hard it was to find time for those rituals and self-care practices as a new mother who was exclusively breast feeding.
Cynthia tells us how passionate she is about helping others, health facilitators, women and mothers especially, to live fulfilled lives and in turn take care of one another and the planet. Her brand describes her passion perfectly; EKA Earth ONE Body, ONE Earth, ONE Humanity
If you'd like to reach out to Cynthia and learn more about all that she has to offer you can connect with her on Instagram @ekaearth or Cynthia Mitchell on Facebook or email [email protected]
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