Happy New Year from the TWBH Outpost
Wishing you Heart Bliss
Hello,
It’s Sunita here.
As we start the final 24 hour countdown to 2024 from my nook of the world in New Jersey, I wish you a very happy new year!
The start of a new year is obviously an arbitrary mark. But it is associated with self renewal and a belief that it brings with it renewed opportunities for us to continue to forge our path in this world.
Arbitrary though it may be, the advent of a new year has powerful societal cues that prompt us to make resolutions and set new goals for ourselves.
Just turn on your television or radio for a few minutes and you will be hard pressed to not hear about a weight loss plan or gym membership at seemingly no cost that will change your life!
Since
abundance is where I am starting from, I must mention Heart Bliss here.
‘Heart Bliss’ loosely defined, from the framework of the practice Self Love Self Care First® is something we repeatedely do without even planning for or thinking about. We do it because it brings us sheer joy. It is a foundational practice of SLSCF®.
I want more Heart Bliss in 2024.
I have identified more than one source of Heart Bliss for myself. You probably have many sources of attaining sheer bliss as well.
But the number one SLSCF Heart Bliss activity for me is creating for others in my kitchen. I am actually starting a search for The Way Back Home Outpost this year. (More on that as we go along here this year.)
This photograph is of the Fresh Berries and Chantilly Cream Vanilla and Almond Cake I made for Christmas this year.
All I can tell you is that we had no leftovers!
My blog is a space for everyone, but I especially love speaking to you if you had to, and, continue to overcome the impact of trauma.
Finding our Heart Bliss is not a natural event for those of us who have had trauma.
We grew up thinking (unconsciously) that we do not deserve to be happy or have peace. So, if you have found your Heart Bliss and are regularly practicing it, I hope you pat yourself on the back! I’m sure it wasn’t wasy to do that.
I want to end this year’s last note by expressing my deepest gratitude to all those who over the past decade helped me emerge from the despair and hopelessness of my trauma. You are my sherpas and at times have even had to step in to be my angels. I owe you my life. Words of gratitude seem trite but I’ll still say them.
Thank you!
Therapy was not a pain free process, and the healing continues in various forms even today. But the clarity I gained through treatment has made my life worth living. You can learn more about that in my book, Stripping, My Fight to Find Me.
I know understanding myself and making sense of my reality will be a life long process but after my trauma treatment, making my unconscious known is, on most days now, an exciting and empowering process, that has become a habit.
I leave you with my warmest wishes and prayers for you to have an abundance of your heart bliss in 2024!
Until next time,
Moving forwards,
Sunita