I believe that at a young age, we all know what we want to be when we grow up. We are born with a passion and a purpose, and the more we interact with the world, the more we know our truth. Some of us are even fortunate enough to enjoy the fulfillment of combining our passions withour career. Whether or not this has been possible in our lives so far, it is important to nurture this part of ourselves.
When I was beginning high school I took the standard career assessment test that would help me prepare for the college I should enroll in after graduation. This test concluded that I should be a counselor. In my life I have found that I was the older one of all my peers and friends. No matter the age I had a wisdom that would assign me as the advice giver. I remember holding back a lot of what I really wanted to say in my younger years because most people my age didn't speak with such meaning, it wasn't what they wanted to hear, and wouldn't be ¨cool.¨
I find myself now counselling people of different ages. Recently I was told by a group of women a few decades older than me that the wisdom I possess renders me timeless. Currently my ¨counselling¨is done not for profit but because I genuinely like to help people find their purpose. I've recently started an online program to become a Wellness Coach which is essentially a Wellness Counselor but for legal reasons we cannot call ourselves that. All in the same I will be aligning my passion with my career, combining everything I know with nutrition, and helping people towards the health and wellness they desire and deserve.
As I participate in this online program it is important that I heal myself and create the life that I desire. I have to be a walking testimonial of health and wellness, which will be a continued process and is not something you ever stop perfecting.
Over the last three years I have been working towards finding what it is I want to be, what kind of diet I should eat, what is my spiritual practice, and really becoming more self-aware. I started out the first of the three years as a strict vegan. I was completely passionate about plant-based diets that I became a vegan chef for a time. Over these short years I moved every few months, worked different jobs, and with all the change came changes to my diet. I let myself eat a little dairy, even had meat a handful of times. Every time I did I felt guilty. It has taken me this entire three years to allow myself to have a balance. It's not that one day you can wake up and say I am only eating this way and it's going to work out and be the perfect diet for you. This takes time, trial, and error.
This school is teaching me many things I already know. Wellness isn't just what we eat, but what we think, feel, do, and allow in our lives. Ironically I asked the Universe for a school that would combine and teach all of my beliefs over one year ago and this school was mentioned to me but I didn't take the call, and when it came around again I knew it was what I am meant to do.
My dream is to have Emilee's Wellness Hut in Hawaii. In this hut I will prepare healing whole food dishes people can purchase after they have had their wellness sessions with me. I will also travel around the world giving lectures on wellness and maybe food demonstrations. I will publish at least one book. I will have at least two children and live with my husband in Hawaii. Of course I want all of these things this minute but it has become apparent to me that I have to take the stairs one step at a time like everybody else. I know all of my dreams will come true probably even better than imagined because I believe it so.
When you answer the calling of your purpose and dream to the rhythm of your heart, all you desire will be yours.
