Life-Changing Event

"I watched my father abuse my mother. That was not love, it was abuse. Seeing that abuse had an effect on me because trauma is transferable. My father was transferring trauma, and I could feel it. There was not a good match there, so I was showing up sometimes not at my best, reacting to the energy and trauma around me. When things happened, I reacted, and my response was fight, flight, or freeze. I was a fighter. But that is not who I am at my core. I am a person of love. So when I would react that way, versus responded, my reaction caused a lot of chaos from the inside. That's why I said this self-work is important. It's that reflection of knowing who you are. My circumstances put me in fight mode, but at my core, who I am is love. I needed to work on me."