Are you searching for happiness?

Hi, I’m Deb and I think you’re looking for happiness or you wouldn’t have found me.

I too am looking for a happier life, but I’ve come to the realisation that that doesn’t mean I’ll be happy all the time.

Like you, I go through periods of fear, anxiety and emotional pain.

People are often surprised when I share that I lived with acute panic attacks for over 19 years, or that I was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was 21.

“But you’re such a happy person” they say.

Yes, I am happy today. But I’ve put the work into getting here, and it’s ongoing.

You see I’ve come to the understanding that happiness isn’t the absence of negativity, it’s learning that times of adversity are something to learn from rather than avoid.

To trust that in whatever’s happening, I’m safe.

On the contrary, trying to avoid pain and suffering creates more of the same.

As I learn to live from this new perspective, life’s difficulties become an opportunity for growth, rather than something to be feared.

On this basis, peace comes, and fear, anxiety, and emotional pain are transmuted into opportunities for learning.

I’ve realised that the learning is never over, I am never alone, and every day is a new day, an opportunity to learn, to grow, and to share with others, as we walk this road together.

If learning to see life from a new perspective is something you’d be interested in pursuing, please contact me below