My Crystal Experience
 

My Life Matters … and it’s about time.

“You think being a mother to a toddler is draining? Try doing it with a 10cm x 10cm tumor in your chest and no energy.”  

Debbie Busch brings the gift of the “Crystal Experience” to anyone who has ever known the concept of stress… in other words - this is for everyone.   

I am 26 years old, married, a Mother of a three year old, and I have Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for a second time.  Stress?  Yeah, I have some of that.  I am getting ready for a stem cell transplant following high dose chemotherapy, and I get to experience some “regular dose” chemo before I will be ready for the transplant.   

You think being a mother to a toddler is draining? Try doing it with a 10cm x 10cm tumor in your chest and no energy.  I’m sure many of you can relate to that feeling of putting ourselves second as we tend to the needs of those we love.  I need to be strong for my husband, my daughter, my sisters, my parents, but I also needed to be there for myself.  I was feeling guilty, scared, drained and stressed, and The Crystal Experience was the remedy I needed to truly bring home the message and permission to know that “My Life Does Matter”. 

The day, the experience, the shift. The lights in the theater dimmed and the voices in the room settled as an enchanting sound filled the space around me.  It was peaceful, beautiful and powerful and that description encompasses the entire encounter I had with The Crystal Experience.  A “Crystal Team” of people introduced as expert facilitators took the stage to quickly reveal themselves as the amazingly caring, experienced and essential hearts that would help me to shift my life.  

Cori Ashley, the creator of this workshop series, described to us her vision of creating methods to help people deal with the stresses of day to day life and shares with us her personal account of needing and discovering essential tools to get through some difficult times in her life.  Although the theater is crowded I feel as if we are having an intimate conversation.  She is speaking from her heart and a place of integrity. This is not a person trying to sell me something as I am so often faced with in these times.  This is a woman who genuinely wants to bring solutions to people and help make their lives a little easier.  

More importantly, she wants us to know we are worth the effort… and to instill in each of us those messages of self-care ad self-worth that are so often overlooked or forgotten all together. 

I learned some incredible breathing techniques that really help in those times of fear, anger, or frustration.  I was taught how to give myself a massage, something I can do everyday to help relax, feel good and give myself the treatment I deserve.  I was introduced to the beautiful concept of “My Life Matters” by two wonderful naturopathic doctors on a mission to change how we view ourselves. They spoke of thought patterns that begin to dictate how we make choices, view the world around us and realize how important it is to stop the cycle of concepts like negative self talk. I began to look at my own life and take note of those “self destructive thoughts” I allowed in and how I devalued myself.  I am a kind and giving person who gives others words of encouragement when they make mistakes, I offer words of kindness to the people in my life.  

Why wasn’t I this caring towards myself?  I was so inspired by these new revelations I made a commitment to change my thoughts, to adopt into my heart and soul that truly, “My Life Matters”.