Updates: growing through the pain
“Daring to plunge into the unknown may very well land you in paradise” -Bronnie Ware
What a journey it’s been so far. I am excited to be officially documenting my life on this blog.
When I’m not writing about holistic health and my favorite remedies, my main focus for now is to write about past travel adventures. And as I continue to write about this—whether its from my modeling days or that particular 3.5 year romantic relationship I had—I realize I may come across a certain way some people. However I know that part of the reason I had these experiences was so I could learn and share about it, and of course that comes with a risk of being judged.
As soon as I graduated high school, I highly valued seeing the world, meeting new people, and going on spontaneous adventures. This inner thrill stayed with me until I was about 26 years old. While the pandemic is a bit to blame for this being halted in my life, my values did change as I started to mature and study holistic health. And while I still enjoy thrill and adventure, I now take more time to integrate my teachings and help others while I still continue to learn—as I build a concrete foundation for my life. I do this for many reasons which of course include becoming more of a woman and become who I was intended to be—with the hopes of someday marrying the man of my dreams and starting a family. I do believe that traveling and seeing the world while taking major risks in life has helped me grow in many ways— some of which include seeing value in true core foundations of what makes humans happy—such as having a relationship with God, being with loved ones, eating well, and building community. And while I did experience some of this in Los Angeles, my soul yearned to reunite with my midwestern roots and really explore what else God has in store for me.
So all in all I’ve had some tough but rewarding decisions I’ve made: quitting modeling, ending certain romantic relationships, starting a new career, moving to new places, and overall giving myself permission to completely start over—and also really looking at life and figuring out what the true meaning is, and if there really is a God! All of these things impacted me greatly, but have also offered me major growth. And with so much still being unknown for my future, I have come in contact with sparks of true joy—and I believe that comes from my renewed relationship with God… because otherwise it doesn’t make full sense to me, but I am still overfilled with gratitude.
So I end this with saying thank you for being here and being a part of my journey as I share my passions of holistic health and recall stories of my wonderous 20s. I do value all of these things…but most of all, I am immensely grateful I get to share it with you.
Your friend in health,
Elise
