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ADVERSITY BITES PODCAST WITH ARIC H.MORRISON

https://www.buzzsprout.com/849151/9368665

Aric H. Morrison speaks with Wendy Blanchard M.S., INHC, NYCPS from Harmonious Health 4 Life, and the author of a new book titled Write, Pray, Recover.  She is a survivor of domestic, emotional, psychological, and sexual trauma from a very young age. On this compelling episode, Wendy takes the listeners on a very emotional journey weaving her dysfunctional childhood through mental health awareness, substance abuse disorder, attempted suicide, and many of the key life learnings in-between. Listen-on as her story truly has been used to re-shape and re-define this most remarkable women speaking on the podcast today.
Listen also, as she takes you on a ride from hopelessness to courage, from near death to summoning a will to survive and live another day for her children and grandchildren.  If there has been one guest on this podcast who truly embraces the wonder of each day from new a new positive approach to  her life gift; it is Wendy Blanchard. What an inspiration.

Adversities presented: Domestic Abuse, Rape, Substance Abuse Disorder, Suicide

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EXCERPT FROM MY UPCOMING BOOK WRITE PRAY RECOVER:A JOURNEY TO WELLNESS THROUGH SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS AND SELF CARE – LOVE, WENDY

“Healing from trauma is a lifelong process, and I am all in. I want to heal, to grow, to evolve, and to be a shining example of what recovery and wellness truly looks like, feels like, and is:

Awareness, self-regulation, balance, and self-care steeped in spiritual solutions.

This IS recovery.”

Excerpt from Write Pray Recover:A Journey To Wellness Through Spiritual Solutions and Self Care”

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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OWN YOUR EMOTIONS AS A PART OF YOUR SELF CARE – LOVE, WENDY

“Part of your self-care is to own your emotions.

Fear, anger, rage, and the like, become stuck in our cellular structure, and when suppressed, promote inflammation on a cellular level.

Speak your truth.

You are allowed to feel whatever you feel. Allow your emotions the time and space to move through your body, and through your self-care practices, allow them to be released.

What we hold onto, is what we become. If we want to be healthy and joyous, and experience love, we must mindfully release what is blocking us from feeling those emotions, and experiencing those experiences.”

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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EXCERPT FROM MY UPCOMING BOOK:WRITE PRAY RECOVER:A JOURNEY TO WELLNESS THROUGH SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS AND SELF CARE – LOVE, WENDY

MUSIC, NUMEROLOGY, AND DIVINE EXPERIENCES

For years, while I was in a relationship with Steve, on and off, I had a specific request that I would make for validation that Spirit was guiding our loving relationship, and each day it was revealed. I would ask to hear our song, “At Last” by Etta James. I would also ask for “our number, 555,” to be revealed to me. Some days it was so powerful that I would feel like the Universe was screaming, “Don’t worry! Everything is going to be alright!” That number, 555, is still my favorite for Spiritual connection as it means that big exciting change is on its way! Recently, my son, Matthew, was getting on a NYC train, and as he took his seat, he saw a phone number for a law firm on an advertisement banner:  800-555-5555. He sent it to me immediately and said, “Mom, I think this is meant for you!” It never ceases to amaze me that, day after day, my signs are revealed, and so clearly. I am still in awe of it all, and I feel so blessed and so grateful for this connection. Having that faith restored each day creates an even stronger faith, and it builds such a strong foundation. I know​ that I am never alone. 

My spiritual practice and connection to the Universe have offered me so much peace during some very unsettling and tumultuous times, especially in my recovery from prescription drug addiction. ​My faith is what saved my life.​ I asked for God/Universe/Spirit to show me a clean path, to lead me there, to stay close to me as I navigated, and I still ask for His grace every day, and as always, my prayers were, and are, always answered. Even when things in the recent past appeared worrisome, and sometimes even dark, I kept my faith strong because I knew that if I stayed in my faith, everything would come to fruition as I was being shown it would. When God/Spirit/Universe decides it is time, I will receive. I went from a mindset of  “I need it now” to learning how to be patient. Learning delayed gratification as opposed to instant gratification takes practice and patience, and when it finally arrives, it is so well worth the work, and the wait.

​I wait with ease, as I know for certain, through my enlightened guiding Spirits, what the outcome will be. ​A Course In Miracles​ states, “Those who are certain of the outcome​ can afford to wait and wait without anxiety.” This is an ongoing lesson in patience for me, a teaching tool, as patience was something I previously lacked, and is something I still struggle to implement sometimes. The Universe continues, intermittently, to re-assign this lesson to me, and I accept the lesson as its student eager to further evolve. I am, of course, always open to “continuing education.”  Here is where we may learn something new that we may have missed in a previous lesson. This may serve me, and those whom I serve as a conduit for others to awaken to their spiritual journey. We all need brush-up assignments from time to time. ​Life lessons are always ongoing. We are always learning, growing, and evolving, if we remain humble and open.

I always say, “When all hope is gone, have faith!” When I felt close to the edge of losing faith, I dug my heels in deeper, asked for Divine support, and stood in my faith, unfazed and unwavering. The Universe delivered at the perfect time. It is a commitment that I’ve made to have faith, to believe, and to ask for support from the Universe to align with my intentions. And the Universe always provides. I speak my intention and release it. I surrender it over to the Universe. Spirit does the rest. Spirit is always busy on our behalf. 

Say aloud, “Today, I set an intention to ___________. I ask my ever-loving, enlightened, guiding Spirits to wrap your loving arms around my intention as I release it to you.” Then I let it go. As you let go, you will be amazed at how your intention begins to reveal itself! A miracle! When we have a shift in perception, and awaken to the realization that when we surrender to Spirit and “wait without anxiety,” we are saying, “I trust God/Spirit/Universe to bring to me what will serve me in my highest blessings.” This is a miracle! The realization that we are not in control, and that we have a higher energy, or higher source that is cradling us, guiding us, and lovingly caring for us is the miracle! And if we are open to this communication, we co-create!

Although the “on again/off again” relationship with Steve ended, the Spiritual signs throughout the years that we spent together were my guide. Some guided me to understanding on a spiritual level why this particular relationship was to be only for a “season and reason,” and not for a lifetime. I understand now, years later, after spending time reflecting upon the information that I had been given from Spirit, that the relationship “presented itself” at a time when I needed to learn specific spiritual lessons early in my recovery that only this union with Steve could afford me. I am a firm believer that when a person or situation is removed from our lives, it is in our highest blessing. I am certain that whatever Spirit removes from my life will be replaced by a far more healthier Spiritual union that will last a lifetime. 

And I “wait without anxiety” knowing that the perfect spiritual partner will show up in God’s timing. Thy Will Be Done.”

Write Pray Recover:A Journey to Wellness Through Spiritual Solutions and Self Care is set to be released in December, 2021!

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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“What is love?” – Love, Wendy

“The way in which another treats you is how they feel about themselves. It is their authentic self. If one doesn’t love themselves, they have no compass on how to love another.

Today ask yourself, “Do I believe that I deserve to be loved in a fulfilling and exciting way where I am cherished and cared for unconditionally?”

Perhaps you haven’t had the experience of receiving and embracing love. This can be a challenge and one where we will just accept the words, “I love you,” without aligning behaviors. It can be a comfort zone. It can be self appeasement.

Step out of your comfort zone. Set boundaries. Require more of, and for, yourself. Love yourself.

If you don’t know where to begin, go within. Ask yourself what is the underlying factor(s) that cause you to accept “less than” love. You “know” the answer.

“Do I feel worthy?” “What is the connection to my lack of self love?”

Ask Spirit to guide you to resources and people that can help you to explore this question, and begin there.

Mine has been a long journey of self hate, self sabotage, and self abuse. Over the nine years of my recovery, I have experienced lifelong lessons about myself, about the human condition, and about true love.

I remind myself that where true love is present, I feel it deep within my soul. It is a feeling of completeness and excitement. It is given freely. It is joyous. It is honest and stands in integrity. It is excitedly present in every moment, whether two people are in the same physical space, or not. It is eternal connection.

It is not a once in awhile fleeting, “I love you.”

We teach people what we will, and will not accept.

What are you accepting that you inherently know is not “love?”

Just some food for thought, or crumbs for a taste of the truth.”

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Ask and keep asking – Love, Wendy

“One of the most important lessons that I have learned in recovery, and continue to be challenged with, is to speak my truth, and to ask specifically for what I need, no matter how many times I need to ask. When I “know” that what I am asking for is one hundred percent achievable, and doable on the other person’s part, I realize that I am being pushed out of my comfort zone to speak up. Spirit is always guiding me for my highest blessings.

In my years of living with substance use disorder and mental health disorders, I “knew” almost daily that I was settling for “less than” what I desired and deserved, yet I would never dream of speaking up. This is early life conditioning and old thought/behavior patterns embedded into my cellular structure. And, why I continued to numb out. I myself felt “less than” and undeserving.

Until I no longer did.

In the recent past, I have made requests both professionally and personally, yet my requests were met only halfway. I continue to kindly and respectfully remind those with whom I am engaged of my desires, and expected outcomes. Otherwise, we are not aligned.

As I give my word and one hundred percent of the time act upon and honor whatever I promise, I do expect the same in return.

Thus far, I have never met with any resistance of my follow up requests, and in fact, have been applauded for my perseverance.

When others realize that we are dedicated to a cause, a relationship, or situation, they applaud diligence and tenacity in speaking our truth, and never settling for “less than.” And in some cases, it is a test to what it is that we will accept, or demonstrate that we are willing to strive for.

We teach people how to treat us, and we show them through our actions what we will, and will not accept.”

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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“Activate Your Life Force” – Love, Wendy

“When we live authentically where we are an “open book,” we stand in our power.

When we live a life where bringing our iPhone into the bathroom or walking outside when the phone rings, or telling stories and giving explanations that we “know” are untrue, and others “know” are untrue, we are powerless.

Speak your damn truth. Give yourself freedom. Take back your power. Experience the experience. Activate your life force.”

Love, Wendy