Nov 5, 2019
In this episode, I’m joined by
Sherry Espinosa for an insightful and full-hearted discussion about
how she got more comfortable with her health challenges and started
letting faith guide her journey. I met Sherry through the Shine
Your Light mastermind I hosted earlier this year, where she
conquered her fears and stepped back into the world to build
authentic relationships with others. Over the course of her health
journey, she’s undergone a major shift from searching for all of
the answers to realizing that the answers were inside of her the
entire time — all she had to do was stop fighting and learn to love
her own heart.
Living with Multiple Sclerosis and low vision,
Sherry bravely opens up about the ups and downs of her winding
health journey. She’s had to process multiple rare diagnoses from
an early age, eventually losing most of her sight after years of
medication and surgeries. During the process, she learned that by
denying the pain and anger she was feeling, she was also denying a
part of herself. When she realized she didn’t need to understand
everything, she handed the reins over to faith and started giving
herself permission to feel. Whether it’s pain, sadness, or anger,
she shares a powerful message we all need to hear: Your feelings
aren’t going to kill you.
Sherry embodies pure love as she urges us to be
gentle with ourselves and really listen to what our bodies and
spirit are telling us. She is a shining example of the positive
transformation that can happen when we welcome the fatigue, pain,
and emotions that come with chronic illness. Our chat was a breath
of fresh air and a reminder that the real healing begins when we
stop being so hard on ourselves. During our chat, Sherry and I dig
into our shared MS diagnosis, as well as the deep impacts her
health journey has had on how she views herself. For Sherry, living
with multiple health challenges has allowed her to be more
authentic and shown her she has the inner strength to handle
anything.