Heidi Rae Coaching: October 2022

Monday, October 10, 2022

Heidi Rae Coaching - World Mental Health Day

It is World Mental Health Day!

Today is a great reminder that you are enough. You are worthy. You are seen. You are heard. You are needed. 

Steve Harvey talks about how there is only one of you. Of the billions of people who have lived, are currently living, and will someday live - no one will have the same finger print as anyone else. Not one other person will have your finger print. He says, "God is a bad dude!" He's not wrong. 

Today, tell yourself out loud that you are enough. You love yourself unconditionally. You are the best at being you. You are strong. You forgive yourself for not being perfect. You deserve to have joy! You trust yourself. Your life is a gift. YOU ARE A GIFT!!

I'm an addict.

My name is Heidi. I am an addict. I discovered this at 42. I am a single mom of four incredible boys/men/young men. I am just the luckiest. In the midst of discovering I was an addict, I almost lost my boys - not just physically, but emotionally.

My addiction is not one of the "normal" addictions - the ones you hear about everywhere. But, it has been all-consuming, damaging, hurtful, confusing, scary and life-altering... the way all addictions are. I have a process addiction. I consider process addictions "silent killers." Why? Because most people with process addictions simply believe there is something wrong with them! NO! You are an addict and there is hope!! I have been in treatment for two years - counseling, coaching and a 12-step program. I will be in recovery for the rest of my life on this gigantic planet. And, that's okay. Now, I get to coach those who are struggling as well!

Here, I share (in the most raw form possible) my journey.