From breakdown and being bedridden and crippled with massive physical pain that quickly manifested into depression, anxiety, fear and worry…
To less than 2 years later, having a successful online business and traveling to attend business events.
Although I was formally diagnosed with fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses, today I have no symptoms and am on no medications.
It’s really the grace of God and a daily practice of growing and elevating my faith and relationship with God.
But as my business success grew and I was healed, like I mentioned, I looked to experts like business coaches and mentors and various programs to help support me.
I didn’t know how God spoke to anybody because that’s not what I grew up with.
When God helped me heal all my pain, I was being led to study and try new things to see what worked for me. Until things started to click and the pain eventually turned off. I didn’t know it was all God guiding me until much later.
But in the summer of 2017, I was frustrated with not having things work the way I wanted. Things not feeling 100% aligned in my business with my life. I was doubting myself. Not sure with decisions I needed to make and constantly seeking advice from “gurus.”
I was exhausted and fed up with building my business using strategies that didn’t fit me completely, even though they were successful for them and so many others
July 1 2017 I decided to talk to God about everything, including my business. And to TRULY surrender like I promised just a couple of short years before when I had my breakdown.
I decided to go back to God’s word - the Bible - as my starting point. Because I didn’t know how else to start a conversation with God. I downloaded the Bible app since I didn’t have a physical Bible, grabbed a journal to start writing in and put myself on a 30 day program of my own creation.
Each day I used the “verse of the day” from the Bible app. I used it as a prompt and jumping off point for my journaling and conversations with God. The first week was so hard.
It felt like I was talking to myself and the scriptures weren’t relevant to what I wrote.
But I made myself keep going each day no matter what.