15 Fitness models~What vegans eat~Solar Eclipse~ Compassion

I have two clients right now that I’m working with almost daily without charge. One is a woman who did a private retreat with me last year and the other is a huge supporter of mine whom I’ve never met. I don’t do this often in fact, if you would have said to me 6 years ago that I would be stretching my time to help two women without pay, I would have laughed, out loud! One has lost her mother and quite honestly is in need of emotional support that I don’t see her getting. She has a tremendous weight upon her hands and is trying to mourn at the same time. The other is a woman I’ve spoke to once but never met. She is what I call an empath and does not even know it! She gives and gives of herself and can sometimes be taken advantage of. 

I didn't always have compassion for others. In fact, I had very little! It took loosing everything I had to gain the strength to get outside of myself long enough to place others before myself! A few years back, I lost ALL of my money! I went from 2Million dollars to being overdrawn by $2000 in my checking account! At that same time, I broke my foot and gained around 50lbs! Going from pin up status to hiding out in my home from embarrassment & fear became a VERY real daily life experience! After all, what would people think if they saw “the detox Queen” wearing a size bla bla bla! My monkey mind had the best of me and to be honest with you, at times I even thought of taking my own life. 

I had no money, no self esteem and everything I had built my world upon up until that point was gone! Then things changed! I held a workshop one day in my kitchen. So many women showed up that I had to make space in other rooms of my house to seat them! My little YouTube channel I had created (while my foot was broken) began to take off! I was sharing my recipes and also my pain! My analytics went from a 90% male following to 60/40/ 60% women & 40% men! The women were actually opening up to me because I SHARED MY PAIN! I SHARED MY HEART AND I HUMBLED MYSELF BY SHOWING THEM I WAS HUMAN! Many women were seeing me for the first time with weight on my body & chubby cheeks. Some were cruel, others wrote me long letters of compassion and many began to hire me. I finally had the compassion to understand their struggle with weight issues, financial burdens and heartache! It was the first time in my life I realized that I was MORE (much more than just a body! I had a new lease on life & several reasons to live! As I worked with these women I realized that my passion in life had become my dream career! I had found my life's calling and compassion had found me!

For your self esteem! Heres a fun thing I "got" to do! Notice I didnt say had to do! I was invited to model with my friend Tania for a fashion show! We modeled a sexy Brazilian athletic line called Vestem! Vestem has beautiful sexy athletic wear! We had wine and food and it was a packed house! We were the only "thirty somethings" in the group of girls that modeled! I found that to be inspiring and the connection with the other ladies empowering! Give it up for some girl power and a boosted self esteem!