Oh hi there Jessica, you sparkler!
My heart has been cracked wide open launching my film, Cracked (and hope yours has in some way too)!!!
The San Diego premiere was more shucktacular than I could have ever hoped for. Thank you to everyone who could make it and the ones who were there in spirit. I created this super special video with highlights of the evening and some of my thoughts about why I made Cracked.
The online premiere brought together people I love from all around the world – some I haven’t seen for years. Thank you to all of you who joined that! Thank you too for all of you who have taken time to watch it on your own.
I have been in awe of old friends and new ones sharing their personal stories and asking the most heartfelt questions to help them on their own healing journeys. Wow. Thank you all.
One of the most unexpected messages I have been receiving have been apologies. So many people from my childhood have reached out and said “I am sorry I didn’t know and do anything to help you.” I have tears in my eyes as I write this because it has touched me so deeply.
No one helped because I never told anyone I needed help.
I never shared my worries with anyone because it is not a conversation you had, especially back then. I also didn’t know I needed help. I didn’t know it could be different. I just thought this is how life was. I also thought I was broken in some way. I didn’t want anyone to know that because then I wouldn’t be loved (or so I thought). (HINT: No one is broken. We just have to remember the miracles we are.)
I share this with each of you because if something feels off in your world, follow that feeling. It could be that you are more tired than you think you should be. Follow that to see if it might be related to what you are eating, mold in your house, emotional healing, or something else.
Or, if you see something that seems off with someone you love, get curious with them. It can be hard for us to know things can be different when we are in the heart of it so it is helpful when others offer the possibility in a loving way. I also know it can be hard to say hard things. We think it might wreck our relationships. I am here to tell you – Be courageous enough to risk your relationship in service to helping someone heal.
It is also important to share that many people helped more than realize they did. Coaches taught me to take responsibility or friends allowed me to just be a kid. I share this because it is important to remember even the littlest of things matter in what we do every day for people you might not even know you are helping.
My parents, Mom and JD (my bonus dad), are my real heroes because they built a solid foundation for me grow from. They helped to make my life as magical as it is!!! There have been a gazillion more fantastic moments in my life than trauma. The trauma just happens to be where a lot of my growth has come from – the grit that has made me a sparkly pearl just like YOU!!!
Jessica, my invitation for today is…
- Ask for help. If you don’t know where to start, please start with me.
- Be courageous enough to say the hard things to the ones you love
- The little things you do MATTER!!!
Thank you again for being a part of more hope and healing in our world!!! Please like it and comment on it in YouTube and share Cracked with anyone who would benefit from the messages.
It is together that we heal and rise to new heights!!!
Shuck with love,
Jessica
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