HEY, I’M THE AUTHOR…
I am a holistic wellness coach and nutritionist. I created this blog to share my writing on my love for community and connection and a life well lived. My greatest wish is to create community for women wherever I am.
I started my own healing journey in search of community. Isolation has come naturally and adaptation has proved essential for trauma survival and resilience. The biggest healing challenge yet has been adjusting to roots in the ground - no longer being nomadic, no longer isolating.
Grounding, rooting, feeling safe, restoring the energy in my root chakra, healing those wounds allowing myself to be in the earth again.
This is why community is so important. That last phase of healing, relational healing cannot occur in a vacuum of empty space. The growing pains were felt and each time felt I wanted to retreat so the other wouldn't see how I was hurt.
Time and practice connecting and being seen or even just practice existing in front of other has been the biggest lesson for me so far.
As a single person, it was easier to hide my pain, my wounds. I had ample space to retreat and process alone. And as a mother, a solo parent there is no time alone to process and regulate myself. So my work has been to create community support and offer support to mothers who are going through it.
Erica Villafuerte is a mom of two, a trauma coach, entrepreneur, writer. B.A. in Psychology, M.S. Health & Wellness Coaching. She is a QiGong intructor & Reiki practicioner.
hello@nourishedenlightenment.com
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