When practicing Reiki on others it is ever so important to also practice Reiki for and on yourself. As the channel for the energy, we too need to be doing this work. It's a continuous healing journey; a topic that I am passionate about.
Becoming a parent in the middle of a pandemic, in June 2020, meant that there was an abundance of experiences, situations, and emotions to process. The telltale sign was that sentences kept repeating in my head endlessly while rocking my baby to sleep—until I began writing them down.
Just a few weeks later, I realized that I had written a book. And the next step of my healing journey was to let go of the fear, step up ready to be seen and publish these eleven essays.
Today, you can read 'Raising Generation C: Pregnancy, Pandemic, Parenting' at your leisure. It is my hope that it helps others to see the hard as well as the joy that I found while being pregnant, giving birth and parenting in isolation for so much longer than we could ever imagine.
In the spring of 2022, the second book 'came through': adjusting to life with several food allergies had been tough for our young family, but we had found a way. Knowing that the path could be so much easier for those who follow after us with this rare type of food allergy, the book, once again, wrote itself in my head and I just had to release it onto paper.
Knowing that it has been and continues to help so many others is a dream come true.
'A Mother's Guide to FPIES' is available on Amazon and I will continue to be a voice for our FPIES peers everywhere.