About Me
I have stepped into My Soul Slippers and have marched through my forest of fears, conquered my valley of self-loathing, climbed my mountain of self-doubt, swam through my river of unbelief, and presently swim in the endless ocean of my soul. Waves of self-love have renewed, restored and replenished my passions. I understand that I am so much more than I can even imagine or begin to express. My understanding of my value grows daily and I stand in breathless wonder at the beauty, wisdom and courage that resides within my being. My life experiences and choices have gifted me with the ability to mentor others to Step into their Soul Slippers and find the courage to BE.
My personal mantra
Oh YES I AM!, Oh YES I Can! Oh YES I Will!
What I know I know that our soul is the part of us that is eternal. The soul is a tangible force, a sacred fire, which not only moves our being but also connects us to the Divine and allows us to know the truth of who we are.What I have learned
Self-love is the foundation of creation and the mortar between the bricks of life. Self-love cleanses us with grace and allows us to see our beauty, beauty that soars beyond societal standards and comes from the soul. True self-love is the opposite of narcissism, where one can’t take their eyes off themselves and feels superior to another. Self-love is wholeness. It allows one to say, “I am perfect just the way I am and so are you.”What is my soul purpose on this planet?
My soul purpose has been to learn to love myself exactly as I am and teach others to do the same. What a journey it has been! I have reached the summit where I can see clearly the love that I have always been.My background
I have earned my title My Soul Slippers Mentor by boldly following the leadings of my soul and ignoring convention. My choice to marry and then divorce after fourteen years catapulted me into the land of the unknown and paved my path to courageous liberation. I moved west with my five children, which provided me a blank canvas to create the life I desired. I soulfully entered the corporate world and also soulfully exited, after selling franchises for 10 years, to create my own career as a Soul Slipper Mentor.
How I stepped into my Soul Slippers
I remember clearly the day I decided, once and for all, to disconnect from this person called “Colleen”. I was walking into the mall with my pretty sisters and cousins and none of the boys looked at me. It sounds so trivial, but at that moment it was excruciatingly painful to my young heart. It confirmed the belief that I had been harboring all along….I do not matter, I have no value and there is something inherently wrong with me. From that moment on, I consciously chose to pretend to be anyone but myself. I doused my soul with self-pity and food, plently of food and I became an empty shell; numb to my soul, my goodness and my power. I didn’t allow myself to feel, because it hurt too much.
I took a cosmetology course where the gifted Asian teacher was proficient at analyzing personality traits by reviewing pictures that we had drawn. We were told to have no concern for our artistic abilities ("Thank goodness", I thought, "because I have none!") just to draw whatever came to mind.
I drew a girl with a big smile on her face sitting in the chair in curlers waiting to get her hair dried, the hairdresser standing with scissors in one hand and a comb in another. The picture came back with the words “Goal Dreamer” in big letters written across the bottom. My life was imitating my art...or was my art imitating my life?
I knew at that point I was a goal dreamer but how did she? Reviewing the picture I saw that everything that I drew was incomplete. The stamp of "goal dreamer" followed me through the years, well into my adulthood.
My dreams though, began to follow me into my daytime hours, pushing past the curtain of darkness that veiled my frozen heart. My dreams were the blueprints of my soul calling me to action. But I would soon enough abort any new project and convince myself that they were only dreams, nothing more than enticements of the dark. Every attempt at self-discovery was frozen in its tracks and turned into a shard of ice that would cut into my “illusion” that I was capable of magnificence, love or connection.
The blueprints would be once again rolled up and stored under my bed and I would fall back into a deep soul slumber.
What was my problem? What was I missing? I said my affirmations, I believed it was possible, I believed in God….I had, had it! I started to talk to God. I told him I’m not leaving this spot until you talk to me and tell me why I can’t seem to create the life that I envision for myself, "What is wrong with me?" I asked, with great frustration.
A voice of power spoke so clearly to me and said, “That is your problem! You are always looking at what is wrong with you that you have never taken the time to see what is right with you! You have spent your whole life comparing yourself to others, wondering why you weren’t born with another’s beauty or intelligence, that your talents have gone undiscovered. I have endowed you with the exact tools, talents and abilities and placed them in your soul for YOU to create the life you desire. You need to stop looking outside of yourself and stop trying to fashion yourself after another. Be an original. Be the genuine article of YOU! Plunge heart first into your soul and you will find that YOU take your own breath away." I was waking up at the perfect time for me. My experiences were such to prepare me for this very moment of awakening. It was my time! I was free to be!
(A big happy sigh!)
My heart is calling me to share the love that God has poured into my soul with woman around the world by welcoming them home to the heart of who they are, where their Soul Slippers await.
It is your time too! The world needs you! The world needs your loving presence, your courage, your talents, your abilities. Help make the world a heaven on earth by becoming YOU 100% unadulterated, purely, genuinely YOU.
I look forward to connecting heart to heart, soul to soul with YOU!
Oceans of Love,
