wellness / Inspiration
By Kaitlin Emig
TRANSITION
Back to America
T
he day I left was just like a scene in a sappy movie. He waved me goodbye while fighting back tears as I drove away in a U-Haul truck bound for Spokane. At the Canadian-U.S. border, I barely held it together while explaining my reasoning for returning home. For months prior, we weighed out our immigration options with border closures and double wait times on visa processing. However, I knew where my heart needed to go to heal and find love from within. I’d
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been visualizing this border crossing day knowing everything we hoped for would change once I crossed that imaginary line along the 49th parallel. This is where my journey of healing began. At the start of my preparation to return stateside, I called upon a friend, a wizard of sorts, to advise me on the next seemingly scary steps of this transition. A visionary artist and manifester of abundance, Alec Falle Hamilton let me join his Manifesting a Loving Partner course that he hosted as a part
of his YouTube platform. Once a resident of Colorado and now residing in Southern California with his wife and child, Hamilton teaches about the law of attraction to help clarify your vision, mission and purpose. Hamilton says, “Growth comes through challenge.” He reminds me of the big picture when differentiating my emotions. I am experiencing a state of (fill in the blank) sadness, loneliness, anxiety. Not, I am these emotions. I can choose to ride the emotion like a rollercoaster, acknowledge it then
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Illustrations by Alec Falle Hamilton
A Journey of Healing
