Alpha Chick: Andrea Hylen – Her Story of Transformation: Question 3
Mal Duane, author of Alpha Chick interviewed 10 women for her telesummit: Awaken the Alpha Chick within! Positive Mental Shift: Living Life with Passion and Purpose.
This is an excerpt from the Blog where Mal interviewed me, asking me 4 questions about one of my stories of transformation.
(Telesummit FREE. Link to iTunes Podcast)
Question 3:
After experiencing your personal wake-up call what were the most powerful steps you took to change your life?
It took me almost a year and finally I moved out of the house. Emotionally it felt like I was crawling away. To get out, I left my daughter’s behind. No support from family or friends, my husband and I verbally agreed to joint custody. I knew I needed to take the oxygen mask for myself first. To rent a house, set up the household and then resume my role as a mother. My husband manipulated the legal system and tried to prove that I was crazy.
The first few years, we were in the court systems fighting for joint custody. I learned how to use my voice to stand up for myself and my children. I took classes and learned a variety of healing modalities. Attended Insight Seminars that helped me to connect with a new community of conscious, awakening people. Organized book circles in my living room to heal emotionally with John Bradshaw’s: The Family, Julia Cameron’s: The Artist’s Way and James Redfield’s: The Celestine Prophecy. Over time the commitment I had to my own heal myself, helped to heal my daughter’s, too.
For the entire blog of questions and answers go to:
http://alphachick.com/guest-andrea-hylen
Andrea Hylen believes in the power of a woman’s voice to usher in a new world. She is the visionary and founder of Heal My Voice, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women to heal a story in their lives, reclaim personal power and step into greater leadership at the dinner table, in their communities and in the world. She is an author, inspirational speaker and workshop leader at retreats and conferences speaking on Women’s Empowerment, Collaboration as a Business Model and Women Healing Together. Learn more at www.healmyvoice.org