Reflections on Healing

By Christen Cerrito People know pain in so many ways. We suffer over and over again. We grieve. We despair. We try to survive. There are a lot of people I love carrying really heavy things right now, and I keep seeing them land in that familiar place of “I don’t know what to do.” I see people my age announcing cancer. Miscarriages. Infertility. Struggles with addiction. Recovery. Job loss. Pain. It really is a lot. Life really can feel so heavy. As I witness my loved ones car

I remember being a little girl and fantasizing about the progression of my life. I would imagine all the milestones I’d reach, each one leading to the next. When I pictured how my life would go, there weren’t any curveballs or detours.

There was a time in my life when I didn't know what it felt like to simply be myself. Everything began to change when I made one simple decision: I wanted to learn how to be me. The journey that followed wasn't simply about getting sober. It was about finding a way to feel at home within my own skin. A Big Question to Ponder Prior to embarking on the personal journey module with One Breath Institute (OBI) in 2022, I encountered a podcast released by OBI's co-founders, Lisa M

Since the first significant revolution in our human evolution, our civilization has consistently prioritized power, technology, and social structures, often at the cost of essential values like love, community, and balance. As a consequence, an increasingly unnatural sense of separateness has taken root within individuals. In response to this growing disconnection, a collective awakening of what I will call ‘souldiers’ has become a necessity. Introduced to me by Lisa McNett d