My Story
Who I am - Where I came from and
how I have Turned myScars Into Empowerment
I was born in Mexico, had a loving family who provided me with a stable and comfortable lifestyle, at the age of fifteen, I thought I had the world figured out, I was a little frustrated with my life at the time and I was mentally not in a good place either. I left my family and friends shortly after I turned fifteen years old, I traveled around 180 miles away from home, leaving behind everything I had, everyone I ever met to start in a new journey. I exchanged school for a job and a stable and confortable lifestyle for earning a living and an uncertain path.
Two years later I traveled approximately 1,730 miles to immigrate to the USA, I was then seventeen years old, I had no family here either and I didn't speak the language at the time, I did however had the willing disposition of learning and figuring out my way around a new city once again, but this time it really turned to be a whole new world, where I basically grew up, encountered a few additional lessons your ordinary teen wouldn't normally have had at that age. I became a mom for the first time when I was twenty three years old, and around the age of twenty five years old, when my son was about to turn two years old, I decided to reach out to my parents and reconnect with my family, it would be until a few years later when I would see them once again. A couple of years later I discovered personal development, Tony Robbins followed by many others, I started in a path for self development, attended seminars, took a few classes, read some books, helped myself and started helping other people here and there.
Moving forward a few years, I was diagnosed in November 2012 with Breast Cancer, for a few months I was not very certain of how far the cancer had spread nor what staged it was, the first set of doctors I had provided me with little to none information about it, except of an urgency to perform surgery. I moved my treatment to Loma Linda Hospital, it was until after a couple of months later and various types of testing, when I was able to obtain more information and answers in order to make more educated decisions about my treatment that finally started in March 2013 which included a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. By then it felt like my emotions have being riding a long roller coaster ride, specially shortly after my surgery, when my body took the first drastic changed, that I realized I've been an emotional wreck and I remembered I had some tools from myself development learnings, so I started applying them to reintroduce my new self not only to society, but to me, myself and I. I also then realized how some professionals often refer to "feeling normal" or to 'try to be normal" or how those around me tried to protected me because "I had cancer" I didn't feel abnormal and I was able to do task like anyone else, but it was something I kept hearing often around me.
However that was truly a blessing for me, I started to pay attention around me to that, around other survivors and their companions, and around the various environments and started to focus into that part, that bubble that surround the cancer world, I started a good distraction away from what I was going thru, I had found a purpose I thought, after my first chemotherapy everything was about studying others around me, paying attention to me yet trying no to fall much into it, however there's a stage where you just can't help but to go down the rabbit hole, when your body gives in and mind starts to follow, and defeat starts knocking in the door, it was until then that I questioned the reason I was the lucky one among the other blessed 7 that would never know what cancer means... I wanted to stop my treatment, and let life take its course, somehow somewhere, one day while falling as sleep I decided that one day I knew I was going to find something good out of all this, but it wasn't then, one day I would get an answer as to why I was the lucky one of those 8, but until then I was gonna rest and tackle it again the next day. . . I am grateful to my children who were with me during my treatment and the journey. I am thankful for the Survivors that helped me and inspired me, the hugs, blessings and curiosity of the strangers, the friends that reached out to me during my journey and to the limitations, the challenging times, and all the opportunities that helped me find the strength and the courage when the light appeared at the end of the tunnel seemed to had fade away, only then was I able to see and appreciate the lessons and once again I started turning my scars into empowerment that had help me thrive towards today.
Through challenges of a troubled adolescence, starting a new life over a couple of times, language barriers, self doubt, not knowing what tomorrow holds incluting my most recent fight against breast cancer, I have turned my scars into empowerment, a couple of times over in various areas of my life including the almost non-existing one, that I have been sharing with you, perceptions of ourselves, our environment, and those that surround us truly has a power within us, and can take us in many paths. You see life presents itself to you and the outcome is truly determined by the actions you take from the decisions you make. The outcome from the lack of action from each decision we make also dictates our tomorrow's direction, our perception, our regrets and our failures.
Now I have dedicated part of my career to helping people overcome their own challenges and assist them in creating and obtaining a more fulfilled life. I am passionate about my own personal development and about helping others who are ready to take action, and achieve their personal & professional goals. I created Revamping Lives to provide my clients with personal development tools, strategies, techniques, as well as sharing some of the lessons I have learned along my own path and from my own life experiences.
Take action towards the greatness within you and make your troubles push you forward instead of pushing you towards habits or actions that would not serve you towards your life's purpose, the universe has so much of what you are yet to experience to its full potential, give your doubts and insecurities a push aside and start taking action towards a better you, create the life you always wanted or find a new path that fills you in a way you have been pending to experience and live as if all of your needs have been met!
Wishing you the best there is in your life and I hope you find what else the universe have to offers you very soon!
See below to learned more about me and other ways I like to contribute to my community.
Two years later I traveled approximately 1,730 miles to immigrate to the USA, I was then seventeen years old, I had no family here either and I didn't speak the language at the time, I did however had the willing disposition of learning and figuring out my way around a new city once again, but this time it really turned to be a whole new world, where I basically grew up, encountered a few additional lessons your ordinary teen wouldn't normally have had at that age. I became a mom for the first time when I was twenty three years old, and around the age of twenty five years old, when my son was about to turn two years old, I decided to reach out to my parents and reconnect with my family, it would be until a few years later when I would see them once again. A couple of years later I discovered personal development, Tony Robbins followed by many others, I started in a path for self development, attended seminars, took a few classes, read some books, helped myself and started helping other people here and there.
Moving forward a few years, I was diagnosed in November 2012 with Breast Cancer, for a few months I was not very certain of how far the cancer had spread nor what staged it was, the first set of doctors I had provided me with little to none information about it, except of an urgency to perform surgery. I moved my treatment to Loma Linda Hospital, it was until after a couple of months later and various types of testing, when I was able to obtain more information and answers in order to make more educated decisions about my treatment that finally started in March 2013 which included a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. By then it felt like my emotions have being riding a long roller coaster ride, specially shortly after my surgery, when my body took the first drastic changed, that I realized I've been an emotional wreck and I remembered I had some tools from myself development learnings, so I started applying them to reintroduce my new self not only to society, but to me, myself and I. I also then realized how some professionals often refer to "feeling normal" or to 'try to be normal" or how those around me tried to protected me because "I had cancer" I didn't feel abnormal and I was able to do task like anyone else, but it was something I kept hearing often around me.
However that was truly a blessing for me, I started to pay attention around me to that, around other survivors and their companions, and around the various environments and started to focus into that part, that bubble that surround the cancer world, I started a good distraction away from what I was going thru, I had found a purpose I thought, after my first chemotherapy everything was about studying others around me, paying attention to me yet trying no to fall much into it, however there's a stage where you just can't help but to go down the rabbit hole, when your body gives in and mind starts to follow, and defeat starts knocking in the door, it was until then that I questioned the reason I was the lucky one among the other blessed 7 that would never know what cancer means... I wanted to stop my treatment, and let life take its course, somehow somewhere, one day while falling as sleep I decided that one day I knew I was going to find something good out of all this, but it wasn't then, one day I would get an answer as to why I was the lucky one of those 8, but until then I was gonna rest and tackle it again the next day. . . I am grateful to my children who were with me during my treatment and the journey. I am thankful for the Survivors that helped me and inspired me, the hugs, blessings and curiosity of the strangers, the friends that reached out to me during my journey and to the limitations, the challenging times, and all the opportunities that helped me find the strength and the courage when the light appeared at the end of the tunnel seemed to had fade away, only then was I able to see and appreciate the lessons and once again I started turning my scars into empowerment that had help me thrive towards today.
Through challenges of a troubled adolescence, starting a new life over a couple of times, language barriers, self doubt, not knowing what tomorrow holds incluting my most recent fight against breast cancer, I have turned my scars into empowerment, a couple of times over in various areas of my life including the almost non-existing one, that I have been sharing with you, perceptions of ourselves, our environment, and those that surround us truly has a power within us, and can take us in many paths. You see life presents itself to you and the outcome is truly determined by the actions you take from the decisions you make. The outcome from the lack of action from each decision we make also dictates our tomorrow's direction, our perception, our regrets and our failures.
Now I have dedicated part of my career to helping people overcome their own challenges and assist them in creating and obtaining a more fulfilled life. I am passionate about my own personal development and about helping others who are ready to take action, and achieve their personal & professional goals. I created Revamping Lives to provide my clients with personal development tools, strategies, techniques, as well as sharing some of the lessons I have learned along my own path and from my own life experiences.
Take action towards the greatness within you and make your troubles push you forward instead of pushing you towards habits or actions that would not serve you towards your life's purpose, the universe has so much of what you are yet to experience to its full potential, give your doubts and insecurities a push aside and start taking action towards a better you, create the life you always wanted or find a new path that fills you in a way you have been pending to experience and live as if all of your needs have been met!
Wishing you the best there is in your life and I hope you find what else the universe have to offers you very soon!
See below to learned more about me and other ways I like to contribute to my community.