10/11/2024
If you feel despair, disorientation or paralyzing fear about the election, there's something YOU CAN DO. I want to address those of you who are hurting deeply right now in the wake of the recent events. I voted in that election but I had also voted 4 years before it in January of 2020 when I made the bold decision to move to Mexico in the days surrounding the insurrection at the White House.
At that point, the decision to leave my home country was not political in nature but for a dozen other critically important reasons that motivated me to change my life for the better. I'm sure your reasons are similar to mine... The desire to be TRULY free, not just to live the life I designed for myself, but to live it FREE of debt and the never-ending stress that infected every aspect of my mind, body and soul.
There I was; college educated, hardworking, honest and doing my absolute best to raise two kids as a single parent. Maybe you can relate?
I wanted to stop living in a toxic marinade of struggle that, although familiar, was still crushing to the part of me that needed to believe there was a REAL solution, a way out.
I watched a documentary that produced an epiphany for me and that was the basis upon which I made my decision to move abroad. Mexico is one of those places that offers new possibilities and, of course, there are dozens of others that might appeal to you more but Mexico is not the point of this post. The clarity that came from this 'aha' moment I mentioned was this:
I FINALLY REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T ME LOSING THE GAME. I REALIZED THAT THE GAME WAS DESIGNED SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WINNERS!
There it was staring me in the face like a hungry Bear woken up from hibernation. It rattled me absolutely at first but then a deep calm came over me because I realized I could stop blaming myself for not doing enough even though I was doing everything possible.
It was sooooo so clear that it was like a mental machete clearing a path through the dense jungle that had previously blocked my view of the future.
And it was scary too because there was so much I didn't know about how to accomplish the goal. But I felt the fear and moved forward no matter what. I had to talk to my family about my decision and confront the fear of them not taking it well or not being in agreement with my plans. There were so many moving parts, no pun intended, that I had to sort out without any real support or people I could call for answers.
Now into my 5th Year of living in Mexico I have learned so much and grown so much too. So, if there are those of you who just need someone to talk to, who just need answers now, I want to know that you can reach out to me for one-on-one help.
I want to help you while supporting local dog rescue efforts here so I'm offering a 45-minute session for just $45.
50% will go to the cost of spay and neutering clinics so that Mexico can help get ahead of its overpopulation of animals that leads to needless suffering.
You don't need to suffer either, and doing things alone will inevitably be harder than it needs to. Please contact me via messenger if you're interested in setting up a session. I will offer keep the offer open for the first 10 people who want to take advantage of it.
I can bring you some hope and light in the days ahead if you so choose.
Your future begins with YOU ❤️
Joyanne
