Hopes
Finding Balance
Dealing with change is inevitable. Moving halfway around the world, starting a new home, returning to a desk job, and the onset of debilitating shoulder pain made me stop and take a hard look at my work-life-family balance. I’d let my health slide and put my personal dreams on the back burner. Reaching out to my local wellness community helped me with those first steps of finding balance, getting my well-being back on track, and reconnecting with the things important to me. All I hope for is to simply live well for my family, have the time to travel again, and breathe.
Throwing things out to the Universe! These are a few things I’ve been working on, and maybe create events to lead to something more. Sharing my journey, I hope to encourage others to find balance as we go about our busy lives and know it is possible to regain focus and not lose sight of personal goals.
Wellness Community. I wanted to know what wellness and holistic services are available on Hatteras Island. I figured, if I was looking for this information, then others may be looking too. So I created Hatteras Island Wellness Connection, a social media group to help raise awareness.
Live Well Journal. I started a journal to keep wellness notes, manage my endless to-do list, and scribble down my thoughts. This became a “monthy welcome” to share with the Hatteras Island Wellness Connection group, and then turned into WellVentura, my travel and wellness blog. It took a while to get this up and running as I worked through the technicalities of building a website.
Breathwork. I completed a breathwork and meditation course to calm my ‘monkey mind,’ regain focus, and support my personal yoga practice. I wrote Breathwork 1-2-3 as a free and simple guide to introduce breathwork practices and share its healing benefits with others.
Hatteras Escape. I’m writing a free travel guide so everyone can plan their own wellness escape and create an itinerary with Hatteras Island experiences.
Wellness Planning and Events. The local wellness community have come together to make wellness programs more accessible to residents and visitors on Hatteras Island. Retreat hosts choosing Hatteras Island can also benefit from planning and event services offered by the local wellness community.
Escape Haven Wellness Retreats.I reached out to my friend and the founder of Escape Haven, where I worked as a retreat leader in Bali many years ago. I joined a cohort of retreat planners, worked through their retreat blueprint best practices and embarked on a market feasibility study.