Dear Friends,

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I am passionate about using The Hero's Journey to help people reframe their lives. Whether I'm wearing a pirate hat and presenting my picture book to school children or speaking with young adults about finding hope, I believe we can all make a difference.

 

Growing up with buried trauma, I expressed the inexpressible by writing and creating art. Eventually, I became an award-winning author/illustrator and painter, but there was a missing puzzle piece. I was trying so hard to appear "normal" that I was running from the mental illness, the extreme PTSD, I suffered from. I didn't realize the secret gifts they gave me--the gifts of being able to understand others who also suffer. 

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The hardest journey we make is the journey back to our true selves.

 

I stopped pretending. My struggles with mental illness found their way into my writing and art, and what I shared online. I reframed my struggles in terms of the Hero's Journey and replaced the shame and secrecy of mental illness with the language of courage. In my quest to heal, I found energy medicine, and like the cones of the jack pines that only reveal their seeds after they’ve been through the fire, I discovered I had a gift for healing others. Over the past several years, I have worked to heal myself, and now help others live their best lives.

 

I find great joy in sharing with others, whether young or old, and helping them discover their gifts as they walk their own Hero’s Journey and live life full-out.

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With love,

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Andrea