What began as a day to catch up with a friend and decompress from all the insanity that the year 2020 had wrought by exploring a new part of Barbados, turned into an opportunity for me to reconnect with my Inner Child.
Just as Barbados lifted the heavy restrictions of the ‘lockdown’, I was basically bursting at the seams to just get away and have an adventure!
For the past year I had been terrified of the pandemic, while also dealing with the abrupt passing of my Dad and learning how to build a business through it all.
I wanted to go exploring a new environment, I needed a fresh perspective, different company and a break from all the things I was failing at- and that is exactly what my decade long friend was proposing.
We travelled to a wonderful area where the land transformed from grassy to rocky and then sloped into a cliff with the sea raging just below.
It was perfect.
As I stood drinking in the warm, fresh sunshine, surrounded by the relentless rhythm of the sea crashing against the shore, all of my worries just melted away-,but what they left behind was clarity.
This allowed for me to bravely check in with my Inner Child- not because it hurt, or because I was forced to, but because when she finally raised her head and asked to play, I realised I wanted to say yes.
I didn’t want to push her needs and desires down anymore…I wanted to play, I wanted to heal and I wanted to truly live!
So I gave in and I’m never going back.
Find this sun-soaked story in The Ashlee Chronicle’s The One At The Sea Cliffs for a frolicking adventure that will dare you to not only reconnect to your Inner Child, but inspire you to forgive yourself and give permission to enjoy every area of your life more..
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