In my first book, A Cup of Life, published after my years-long, thorny journey through anxiety, I felt an incredible calling from my soul to share all my experiences, knowledge, feelings, and healing methods with the world. My honest confession has helped many people speak up, stop feeling ashamed of their struggles, and take action. I was moved to tears by letters from readers whose lives had been changed—or even saved—by the book. For me, it opened the door to my superconsciousness. However, I did not yet realise that the roots of my anxiety stretched far into the past, all the way to a repressed trauma.
I had to explore my subconscious, and at the very bottom of my own shadow, with the help of a therapist, I found the root of my anxiety. It had been there all along—since early childhood. Opening one’s darkest compartments is a difficult and slow process. Even harder was the decision to share The Jug of Love with the public, as this time, I could not avoid involving the co-actors in my drama. Never with the intention of portraying anyone in a bad light, but in order to survive, to coexist with the awakened trauma, and to continue my life and mission.
As a mother of three sons and CEO of a family construction company, I faced anxiety and sought to transform my greatest challenge into an opportunity for personal growth and artistic creation. I felt a deep calling to help people facing similar struggles, and I poured everything I had into a heartfelt personal testimony. The Cup of Life was born. At a time when I could have continued my mission on the fruits of this book, my life fell apart. For the first time, my body took the lead, and I realised I was dealing with repressed trauma.
My second book, The Jug of Love, is a deeply moving and honest confession in which I describe the eruption of repressed trauma in all its magnitude.
A person is like a cup. They pour their whole life into it, but if they do not empty it from time to time, it eventually overflows. Then, all it takes is one more drop for everything to spill over. And once it does, it is very difficult to put it back in.
Fill your cup of life with love!
Above all, fill it with self-love.
