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Kyla Edwards

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Acceptance &amp; Forgiveness - Forgiving Other People &amp; Forgiving Ourselves    Kyla Edwards  Self Mastery Coach, she helps women overcome negative thinking &amp; self doubt  One-on-one coaching program called “Elevate”     Q: What was your story of Self-Mastery &amp; Forgiveness?    I grew up in a very white environment in the Caribbean, I’m mixed race  From an early age, I struggled with acceptance  I wanted to be white like everyone else around me My mother’s partner was abusive to me.  I really resented myself, I had a lot of guilt &amp; shame  I wanted to be anyone other than myself The environment I grew up in was very turbulent. It didn’t feel safe to be who I was or show emotion  I grew up resenting myself &amp; who I was, including my sexuality  I couldn’t look myself in the eye. I got into unhealthy behaviors, and I had a deep sense of loneliness &amp; not feeling fulfilled.   I would do whatever I could to avoid that pain inside  I was in a 5 year relationship, and when that ended I went even deeper into the pain &amp; my addiction intensified I had an incident where I got in trouble with the police, and that was the beginning of my path of change, my awakening  I moved to Australia with the hope of starting a better life  I said a prayer, asked for help, and my recovery process started It was a journey of going back to my childhood &amp; letting go of resentment, accepting who I am  Now I’m proud of who I am, I own my story  We’ve all done things to hurt others, we just may not be aware of them  I want to help others understand and grow awareness of their inner world and how their thoughts &amp; actions affect others     Q:  When you were at that crucial time, and you chose the process of self-discovery, what was it that really helped you go inwards &amp; heal?    A:  Connecting to a higher power, something that was far greater than me  Looking at my story, realizing that it had happened in my past and I couldn't do anything about it.  It was done  Realizing that all I could think about was what was happening in the present moment  I wanted to be a better person, I didn’t want to feel lonely and empty anymore What I was doing wasn’t working. Nothing was changing, I was repeating the same mistakes  I knew it was time that I had to do something different  I started to take action to work with source  I started to look at why I was afraid, and what my contribution was to the resentment or fear (accountability)  I started understanding which point in the process I contributed to my own problem  I stopped seeing myself as the victim In the beginning it was a lot of letting go of resentment, and now it’s more of a soul journey     Q:  I can feel that the acceptance piece was such a huge part of your evolution. What do you feel acceptance is, and forgiveness is?    A:  Acceptance is the sense of belonging to yourself Accepting the parts of yourself that you want to hide away or reject  Accept your current situation as it is, even the parts that you’d rather not admit  Understanding that who you are &amp; what you’re experiencing right now is what you’re meant to experience.  Letting go of attachment to the outcome and to the emotion.  Forgiveness brings inner peace &amp; joy  If you can’t forgive somebody, that’s the ego-mind seeing it as a sign of weakness  Really, forgiveness is letting go of anger. It’s acknowledging that something happened, but you’re not going to let it hurt you anymore. Understanding that others are in pain, or they wouldn’t have done the things that they did  Look at things with compassion  Make a decision not to let the anger &amp; resentment control you anymore  If you hang on to pain, you’re literally re-traumatizing yourself over and over again  It takes courage to let go  If you want space for new energy to enter, you have to forgive When you forgive, it’s surrendering your ego, practicing humility &amp; aligning more with your true nature  Forgiveness is probably one of the most important teachings to be able to create a new life for yourself     Q:  At what point do we completely accept, or at what point do we try to transcend or change our energy?    A:  When I was trying to change my emotions, I wasn’t able to feel the more vulnerable feelings.  What I’ve learned is that sometimes I need to just sit in the feeling &amp; accept it  Sometimes I ask my body/emotions questions: “What are you trying to tell me? What is your message?” I practice acknowledging what is within me without getting too attached to it  You can practice soul healing  Sometimes initially, the practice is really feeling into whatever is there It took me a while to get that. For a while, I used spirituality as another addiction to avoid my emotions     Q:  It reminds me of the saying “You’ve got to feel to heal”. I want to move into forgiveness now. How can people actually forgive? Events &amp; people outside of themselves, as well as themselves?    A:  This is a long term practice  I think one of the key things is forgiving from your heart  If it’s coming from the head, it can still have toxic energy I started by writing a letter to people who had hurt me, and told them how they actually made me feel.  To get my feelings that I may have repressed out  I didn’t send the letters  Forgiveness practice:  I started to talk to the other person’s soul.  I would just start speaking, and allow whatever was in my heart to come out  I started to wish for the people who had hurt me the same things I wish for myself.  Even in the beginning if you don’t believe it, keep going through the process  When you forgive someone, you let them go &amp; they no longer have ownership over you  For me, it’s taken years  You know you’ve forgiven someone when there’s no emotional reaction when someone mentions that person’s name to you  For me, I believe in the law of karma, so I also apologize to them Forgiveness is letting emotions out instead of letting it fester inside  You can also say a prayer and ask the Universe for forgiveness  Even if it’s intense in the beginning, by the end there is a sense of freedom The Law of Attraction will only bring to you what resonates with your vibration If you hold on to resentment &amp; anger, that’s what you’ll attract back  It’s become an important part of my daily practice to recognize when I make mistakes and do a forgiveness practice     Q:   How are you helping women through your Elevate Program?  I love your description of “Purging the Past” Can you tell us a bit more about the program?     A:  13 week program  I’m a certified emotional coach  I use applied kinesiology (muscle testing) &amp; channeling  We look at entities and past lives  We’ll start to look through your fields, emotion codes  We’ll release the heart wall - a protective wall that can restrict your flow of abundance  I like to test to see where your self-esteem sits on the scale of consciousness  If your vibration is low, we’ll start to release blockages Workable content: Self compassion, acceptance, forgiveness letters  Worksheets to look/reflect on yourself  You have everything you need within you, this is a practice to cut away what’s blocking you from your own power  Compassion, acceptance, forgiveness We’ll break down fears &amp; start to make them rational  I connect with source and give soul guidance  Start being able to look at things from a different perspective Practicing gratitude Transforming old negative messages into positive messages Teaching people how to be aware of what’s going on in their internal world  Checking abundance levels &amp; blocks  It’s a process from the past, to reset the mind, and check your magnetism to what’s you’re attracting  Learn exactly where you’re at, so you know exactly what you need to do      LINKS:    Free Breakthrough Calls - Learn more about working with Kyla - https://awakenher.as.me/   Instagram - www.instagram.com/awaken_her_with_love

Acceptance &amp; Forgiveness - Forgiving Other People &amp; Forgiving Ourselves  Kyla Edwards  <ul><li>Self Mastery Coach, she helps women overcome negative thinking &amp; self doubt </li> <li>One-on-one coaching program called “Elevate” </li> </ul> Q: What was your story of Self-Mastery &amp; Forgiveness?  <ul><li>I grew up in a very white environment in the Caribbean, I’m mixed race </li> <li>From an early age, I struggled with acceptance </li> <li>I wanted to be white like everyone else around me</li> <li>My mother’s partner was abusive to me.  I really resented myself, I had a lot of guilt &amp; shame </li> <li>I wanted to be anyone other than myself</li> <li>The environment I grew up in was very turbulent. It didn’t feel safe to be who I was or show emotion </li> <li>I grew up resenting myself &amp; who I was, including my sexuality </li> <li>I couldn’t look myself in the eye. I got into unhealthy behaviors, and I had a deep sense of loneliness &amp; not feeling fulfilled.  </li> <li>I would do whatever I could to avoid that pain inside </li> <li>I was in a 5 year relationship, and when that ended I went even deeper into the pain &amp; my addiction intensified</li> <li>I had an incident where I got in trouble with the police, and that was the beginning of my path of change, my awakening </li> <li>I moved to Australia with the hope of starting a better life </li> <li>I said a prayer, asked for help, and my recovery process started</li> <li>It was a journey of going back to my childhood &amp; letting go of resentment, accepting who I am </li> <li>Now I’m proud of who I am, I own my story </li> <li>We’ve all done things to hurt others, we just may not be aware of them </li> <li>I want to help others understand and grow awareness of their inner world and how their thoughts &amp; actions affect others </li> </ul> Q:  When you were at that crucial time, and you chose the process of self-discovery, what was it that really helped you go inwards &amp; heal?  A:  <ul><li>Connecting to a higher power, something that was far greater than me </li> <li>Looking at my story, realizing that it had happened in my past and I couldn't do anything about it.  It was done </li> <li>Realizing that all I could think about was what was happening in the present moment </li> <li>I wanted to be a better person, I didn’t want to feel lonely and empty anymore</li> <li>What I was doing wasn’t working. Nothing was changing, I was repeating the same mistakes </li> <li>I knew it was time that I had to do something different </li> <li>I started to take action to work with source </li> <li>I started to look at why I was afraid, and what my contribution was to the resentment or fear (accountability) </li> <li>I started understanding which point in the process I contributed to my own problem </li> <li>I stopped seeing myself as the victim</li> <li>In the beginning it was a lot of letting go of resentment, and now it’s more of a soul journey </li> </ul> Q:  I can feel that the acceptance piece was such a huge part of your evolution. What do you feel acceptance is, and forgiveness is?  A:  <ul><li>Acceptance is the sense of belonging to yourself</li> <li>Accepting the parts of yourself that you want to hide away or reject </li> <li>Accept your current situation as it is, even the parts that you’d rather not admit </li> <li>Understanding that who you are &amp; what you’re experiencing right now is what you’re meant to experience.  Letting go of attachment to the outcome and to the emotion. </li> <li>Forgiveness brings inner peace &amp; joy </li> <li>If you can’t forgive somebody, that’s the ego-mind seeing it as a sign of weakness </li> <li>Really, forgiveness is letting go of anger. It’s acknowledging that something happened, but you’re not going to let it hurt you anymore.</li> <li>Understanding that others are in pain, or they wouldn’t have done the things that they did </li> <li>Look at things with compassion </li> <li>Make a decision not to let the anger &amp; resentment control you anymore </li> <li>If you hang on to pain, you’re literally re-traumatizing yourself over and over again </li> <li>It takes courage to let go </li> <li>If you want space for new energy to enter, you have to forgive</li> <li>When you forgive, it’s surrendering your ego, practicing humility &amp; aligning more with your true nature </li> <li>Forgiveness is probably one of the most important teachings to be able to create a new life for yourself </li> </ul> Q:  At what point do we completely accept, or at what point do we try to transcend or change our energy?  A:  <ul><li>When I was trying to change my emotions, I wasn’t able to feel the more vulnerable feelings. </li> <li>What I’ve learned is that sometimes I need to just sit in the feeling &amp; accept it </li> <li>Sometimes I ask my body/emotions questions: “What are you trying to tell me? What is your message?”</li> <li>I practice acknowledging what is within me without getting too attached to it </li> <li>You can practice soul healing </li> <li>Sometimes initially, the practice is really feeling into whatever is there</li> <li>It took me a while to get that. For a while, I used spirituality as another addiction to avoid my emotions </li> </ul> Q:  It reminds me of the saying “You’ve got to feel to heal”. I want to move into forgiveness now. How can people actually forgive? Events &amp; people outside of themselves, as well as themselves?  A:  <ul><li>This is a long term practice </li> <li>I think one of the key things is forgiving from your heart </li> <li>If it’s coming from the head, it can still have toxic energy</li> <li>I started by writing a letter to people who had hurt me, and told them how they actually made me feel.  To get my feelings that I may have repressed out </li> <li>I didn’t send the letters </li> <li>Forgiveness practice:  I started to talk to the other person’s soul.  I would just start speaking, and allow whatever was in my heart to come out </li> <li>I started to wish for the people who had hurt me the same things I wish for myself. </li> <li>Even in the beginning if you don’t believe it, keep going through the process </li> <li>When you forgive someone, you let them go &amp; they no longer have ownership over you </li> <li>For me, it’s taken years </li> <li>You know you’ve forgiven someone when there’s no emotional reaction when someone mentions that person’s name to you </li> <li>For me, I believe in the law of karma, so I also apologize to them</li> <li>Forgiveness is letting emotions out instead of letting it fester inside </li> <li>You can also say a prayer and ask the Universe for forgiveness </li> <li>Even if it’s intense in the beginning, by the end there is a sense of freedom</li> <li>The Law of Attraction will only bring to you what resonates with your vibration</li> <li>If you hold on to resentment &amp; anger, that’s what you’ll attract back </li> <li>It’s become an important part of my daily practice to recognize when I make mistakes and do a forgiveness practice </li> </ul> Q:   <ul><li>How are you helping women through your Elevate Program?  I love your description of “Purging the Past” Can you tell us a bit more about the program? </li> </ul> A:  <ul><li>13 week program </li> <li>I’m a certified emotional coach </li> <li>I use applied kinesiology (muscle testing) &amp; channeling </li> <li>We look at entities and past lives </li> <li>We’ll start to look through your fields, emotion codes </li> <li>We’ll release the heart wall - a protective wall that can restrict your flow of abundance </li> <li>I like to test to see where your self-esteem sits on the scale of consciousness </li> <li>If your vibration is low, we’ll start to release blockages</li> <li>Workable content: Self compassion, acceptance, forgiveness letters </li> <li>Worksheets to look/reflect on yourself </li> <li>You have everything you need within you, this is a practice to cut away what’s blocking you from your own power</li> </ul> <ul><li>Compassion, acceptance, forgiveness</li> <li>We’ll break down fears &amp; start to make them rational </li> <li>I connect with source and give soul guidance </li> <li>Start being able to look at things from a different perspective</li> <li>Practicing gratitude</li> <li>Transforming old negative messages into positive messages</li> <li>Teaching people how to be aware of what’s going on in their internal world </li> <li>Checking abundance levels &amp; blocks </li> <li>It’s a process from the past, to reset the mind, and check your magnetism to what’s you’re attracting </li> <li>Learn exactly where you’re at, so you know exactly what you need to do </li> </ul> LINKS:  Free Breakthrough Calls - Learn more about working with Kyla - <a href="https://awakenher.as.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://awakenher.as.me/</a> Instagram - <a href="http://www.instagram.com/awaken_her_with_love" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/awaken_her_with_love</a>

ACCEPTANCE & FORGIVENESS with Kyla Edwards 