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I think one of the bravest things you can do is start something new when you're not "ready." Nothing in life will be perfect, and no new beginning will be perfect. To be a beginner in anything takes courage, humility, and a willingness to just put yourself out there.

I was able to see more of my true self and grow into who I am today. I realized what truly mattered to me by looking at my own struggles and strengths.

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Integration work is more than just joining a sharing circle, meditating, and eating clean. It signifies facing the shadow, all the forgotten, suppressed, invisible, and unintegrated mental material we left behind as we grew up and into the world. At a very basic level, ayahuasca integration means cleaning up your act in support of your newly upgraded self. Job, relationships, diet, habits, mindset—all these are up for transformation in the weeks following ceremony. A second aspect of integration involves shadow work. Ayahuasca is a potent activator of the unconscious, bringing buried traumas, forgotten experiences, and rejected aspects of self to the light.

As we continue, a third level of integration emerges: the task of bringing soul to the world, showing up as our true whole selves. We begin to cultivate a way of being that is in touch with what really matters.

Ayahuasca can be a very strong mirror. She works in a way of bringing things up to the surface, right in front of us. Giving us the opportunity to face our shadows, traumas, regrets, grief, and truly heal them.

You can begin to learn how lying was used as a traumatic response.

We only lie when it feels unsafe, to tell the truth.

In some cases, lying is the only way to avoid experiencing shame, dysregulation, or other unpleasant emotions if we tell the truth.

When I was a child, my father labeled me a snitch. I was told I was fine when I wasn't, that everything was fine, that I just needed to get over it, that it didn't matter, that I didn't matter and that I had to get through it.

But my question to you is, who are you without your lies, suffering and pain?

Who are you if you didn't live or feel the desire to avoid pain? What possibilities would be available?

Before you can determine your life's mission, I believe it is more necessary and valuable to figure out what prevents you from becoming whatever you want to be in life. You create this story to match your limiting beliefs, which manifest in a persona you identify with. The true challenge isn't in the mission it's self its removing the barriers in the way that keep you in a stagnant place.

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Gratitude can be very beneficial when it is possible. However, while some trauma survivors can benefit from gratitude, for most it is challenging. The reason has to do with an overactive nervous system. For many survivors, the reactive part of the brain is in charge much of the time.

This is not because they do not try—or do not want—to be positive. Their hyperactivenervous system holds them in a constant state of anxious reactiveness. The pain of trauma has left them feeling "not good enough," ashamed, guilty, injured, and unworthy. Their upper brain is not engaged enough to overcome those feelings and contemplate gratitude on an on-going basis.

What are you dependent on every day when you get out of bed? Likes on social media, how many texts you receive, how many empty people pay attention to you, and how many calories you ate ???? Wake awake and cling to the carrot known as truth.

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Because we don't properly grasp how to see, hear, and comprehend our needs, we don't feel seen, heard, or understood by others. The problem is that most of us are in so much pain and suffering just going about our everyday lives that we feel alone, disheartened, and alienated from our true self.

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When we avoid doing the work that is required to heal, we create a reality of resistance, avoidance, and chaos. Even after the storms have passed, we leave an overcast of suffering, resentment, and disconnect. The aftermath is your identity becoming entwined with the impacted version of yourself. When you heal, you may experience a sense of loss because your identity is closely linked to the person you thought you had to become in order to move on.

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