Category: Harmonious Health 4 Life

“Wellness is my choice with every decision that I make throughout each moment of the day, from what I choose to eat to the relationships that I choose to have to practicing daily self-care. Wellness is not just about healthy nutrition and exercise. Wellness is about our self-talk. Our cells hear everything that we say to ourselves. Positive mindset and happy healthy thoughts promote wellness on a cellular level as self-care is the way we stand in our power. Self-care leads to wellness, and wellness is our ultimate power. When we allow our intuition to speak to us, and we listen to our own truth regardless of what anyone else thinks, we reconnect with our own inspiration, and that inspiration becomes our guide.

My willingness to be open and to follow my own inspiration through my intuition, was the catalyst for my greatest change where I was willing to listen to, accept, and work through my truth. This is the reason I am blessed to share my journey.

All that it takes to begin is the willingness to follow our intuition, to explore options, to reset our mindset, and to make changes in which we practice ongoing commitment to a new and healthy lifestyle!

I have learned that we must let go of expectations. A moment of trying your best is your only expectation in recovery and/or creating a new healthy lifestyle. Hold yourself accountable for that. Forgiveness lets you off the hook. Put down the brick. Realign yourself with love and forgiveness. This is the catalyst for your greatest change. Stand deeply in your faith, and expect that your recovery/new lifestyle changes will have ups and downs, but that you are strong enough to withstand the changes when you are armed with tools, when you work hard and crave recovery, when you surround yourself with a support system filled with love and guidance, and when you accept change, and are willing to change your mindset to transform your life.

This is my miracle, and I expect nothing less as I continue to stand deeply in my faith, practice self-care and self-love, and be of service to others.

Please remember this: Spiritual solutions and self-care have been at the foundation of my recovery where I am thriving. When we practice self-care and are feeling well, we stand in our power. When we practice connection to a Higher Source—whatever that means for each of us individually—we are always lovingly protected, guided, and supported, and we stand even stronger in our power.

We all have mental health, and our mental and physical health are directly correlated. We sometimes feel well on the continuum, and sometimes we feel unwell depending upon what is going on within us and around us. It is up to us to be aware of our own signs and symptoms as we begin to feel unwell, and of what we need to move back to wellness. Inherently, we all know what we need to heal, and it will be different for everyone and will change over one’s lifetime. We must practice prevention in removing ourselves from anything toxic including foods, thoughts, and relationships. Most importantly, we must know that when we have done all that we can to move ourselves back to wellness, and we aren’t successful, we must understand that it is a healthy decision and the highest form of self-care to ask for professional help. When we are unwell physically and remain unwell for an extended period of time, we go to the doctor. We must practice the same type of self-care when it applies to our mental health. Healthy practices body, mind, and spirit promote wellness. Wellness is our power in recovery!

Wishing you harmonious health for life!”

“Only when one becomes so fed up with their own story…the “woe is me” victim mindset, will there be any growth. This is where one asks for support in creating change as they have been awakened.

Start with the man in the mirror. Make that change.”

Wendy Blanchard, MS, CHHC

“When we react rather than communicate, we reveal our limited awareness of self, and to our own conscious relationship to our own suffering. This victim energy chooses to blame outside forces, blocking their spiritual evolution and sense of awareness.

A true spiritual awakening seeks to explore within, takes responsibility, willing to create healthy change, and is eager to align with their  “truth,” as they experience an awakening guided by Spirit.”

“Once I went into recovery and began to heal, I realized that I am the only person I am responsible for, and I cannot control what others may think or approve of in my choices. Whatever they “thought” about me was about them, and in fact, issues they themselves needed to resolve. When others are judging us, it is the mirror that we hold up to them where they see themselves, and it reveals their own reflection. It is where one either sees their truth and makes a decision to create change, or they back away in fear, and live in a false sense of security in an unhealthy comfort zone.

I began to go to therapy, and to take the time to explore myself in-depth. I wanted to understand my addiction, release the trauma through self-discovery, and get well so that I could live my best life. I began to heal my trauma through talk therapy and my willingness to try a multitude of natural and organic solutions as I began a holistic health lifestyle. I felt “reborn” as I discovered and began to practice a completely new way of life. To be honest, I feel as if I experienced a spiritual awakening, and I no longer cared what anyone else thought. My spiritual awakening was getting off drugs, connecting to myself, connecting deeply to the Universe/God/Spirit, being willing to explore and work through all of my trauma, and to explore new and healthy lifestyle changes that would be sustainable, always with my faith as the foundation. I know that I am always doing the right thing for myself, and for those around me, and that brings me peace, and self-satisfaction, and humbling pride. I noticed that as I began to acquire coping skills and was willing to take risks, it was only the anticipation of the action that was the scariest, and once I faced the fear head on and completed a task, there was a wonderful sense of accomplishment. Even if I didn’t get it right, I used it as a learning tool. I knew I could possibly try it again in the future, or I could just let it go if I didn’t feel it would serve me.

My greatest fear was setting boundaries with anyone. I used to be a people pleaser, and would never say “No.” I would fear that others would get mad at me, that others would no longer like me or want to remain my friend or want to spend time with me. Even with family members who were clearly disrespecting my kindness and my willingness to help, I would continuously allow their behavior to control me where I found myself enveloped in their unhealthy and selfish web of dysfunction. I allowed it to continue because I felt that the more I did, the more I would be loved. On my wellness journey, I have been enlightened. The truth is, the more I did for others that went unappreciated and unnoticed, the more drained and exhausted and resentful I felt. And none of it enhanced my own life. There was never any reciprocity or gratitude. The more I did, the more I was asked to do, and with more frequent and irrational demands on my time and energy.

I began to set healthy and firm boundaries and I say, “No,” whenever I feel I would be overextending myself or whenever I feel whatever it is I am being asked will not serve me. I practice self-care first. If something that I am being asked to do is going to jeopardize my wellness, the answer is “no.” No regrets. No apologies. Those who are coming from a good and loving place support and respect my boundaries, and applaud my healthy new lifestyle.”

“When we take notice of where we are Divinely guided, we can offer others solutions and wellness approaches through our own experiences to achieve Harmonious Health 4 Life!
And…when we are Spiritually awake, we notice the people placed in front of us as blessings for a higher purpose.
Today, offer a smile, a kind word, a virtual hug, and your time to another, and perhaps to a project that will serve others where they will feel empowered.
SHARE YOUR GIFTS.”

Wendy Blanchard, MS, CHHC

“Dichotomous thinking, or “black and white thinking,” prevents us from seeing the vibrant colors which speaks to the meaning and beauty of diversity.”

Wendy Blanchard, MS, CHHC

“When you use a different lens it allows you to see things much differently with a new perspective. Maybe even some thing you never noticed before but that you are willing to see now that you’ve been given a second chance with a clearer view.

It is always Divine guidance that brings us the information at precisely the right time according to His plan, and according to the time when we are finally willing to see the truth. No sooner…no later. Right on time.”

Wendy Blanchard, MS, CHHC

“Sitting with our emotions and allowing ourselves to feel it all as it moves through us allows us to remain present, to acknowledge whatever we are feeling, to validate those feelings without judgement, and to constructively navigate through it all. Our goal is to allow, observe, acknowledge, seek to understand, and use the lesson to evolve and keep as a tool.

The total package for building resiliency.

Emotions are not “bad” or “good.” Emotions are information.” – Wendy Blanchard, MS, CHHC, CPS

“It is not enough to acknowledge the inequities that exist. It will take a new kind of energy and fortitude to break down what exists, and construct a new normal, and new future for our youth. Our youth, most especially, need support right now. It is in this present moment where we need to create real change.”
Wendy Blanchard, MS, CHHC, CPS