Where Did the Happy Girl Go?

Nikita Wilson

Description

Overcome Depression using this self-transformation guide to understand your emotions, heal from childhood trauma's and live the life your soul came here to live.
There has been much talk about Depression from people who haven’t been there. Having experience it first-hand, Nikita Wilson felt it was her purpose to share an inside look into living with Depression for anyone struggling with mental illness. This is also designed to provide comfort to those wanting to help someone through it. Knowledge is power. Having written this book about healing, during her Depression – Nikita has developed her self-transformative guide on overcoming negative self-talk, as well as turning vulnerability into strength and overcoming fear of not being good enough. Come on a journey, to connect to your inner guide, identify who you were always meant to be and discover how Depression can be your biggest teacher. Reconnect to your inner – beauty, heal from childhood trauma and live the life your soul came here to live.

Sujets

• Mindfulness
• Mindfulness (Buddhism)
• Self-awareness
• Self-help
• Depression
• Spirituality
• Meditation

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press AU
• Date de parution: 09 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781982297046
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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WHERE DID THE HAPPY GIRL GO?

A self transformative guide through Depression, finding the answers within





NIKITA WILSON











Copyright © 2023 Nikita Wilson.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-9703-9 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-9822-9704-6 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 03/31/2023



CONTENTS
Introduction
Admitting I Had Depression

Chapter 1 Depression As Your Greatest Teacher
Chapter 2 Choose To Be Alive
Chapter 3 Acknowledge Your Need For Healing
Chapter 4 Living With Depression As A Constant Reminder To Do The Work
Chapter 5 A Journey Inward
Chapter 6 Authentic Living
Chapter 7 The Fear Of Not Being Enough
Chapter 8 Visiting Your Shadow
Chapter 9 Allowing Depression To Exist
Chapter 10 Don’t Look For Validation Somewhere You Are Misunderstood
Chapter 11 Forgiving Your Past
Chapter 12 Celebrate Your Own Successes

Acknowledgements



INTRODUCTION
Chances are you will have no idea who I am. Before I introduce myself, I’d firstly like to thank you for bringing the rad beauty that you do to the world. Secondly, I’m super grateful to the Universe for calling me to write and for guiding you to pick up my book. In allowing yourself to get lost in the words of my book, it is my hope that you begin to discover more about yourself than you ever have. To understand yourself and your journey, to reveal your inner child wounds and ultimately to rediscover your self-worth. And if you are indeed Depressed, then you have come to the right place.
My name is Nikita Wilson, founder of Fire Spirit Collective – a community committed to creating self-awareness through healing your energy and inner child wounds. I have been on one super adventure of self-discovery, riding through the ups and downs of life. Having recovered from spending many years in a state of Depression, I can finally say that have come through the toughest part of my journey happier than I’ve ever been. Throughout my toughest times, I would keep a journal and write down everything that was happening and how I got myself through it. The joy and peace I now experience is a gift that I wish to share with you. My intention is that you too can experience a happiness far great that you’ve ever imagined.
Through every step, I had this unshakeable guidance that led me to recovery from depression. I will share each step with you, in the belief that this will shine a light for the way through whatever you are facing at this very point in time. There is a voice that is showing you the way and I will guide you to build your awareness of the power that you have in your own life, even if you have forgotten it.
I am always reminded that having the fearlessness to never give up, takes such inner strength that even if that’s all you have to offer today; your willingness is all The Universe needs to create miracles in your life.
“Sometimes courage doesn’t roar, sometimes it’s that little voice saying I will try again tomorrow.” Mary Anne Radmacher
As you move through each chapter, the steps bring you closer to hearing your authentic voice that will lead you closer to your own healing. How do you know when you have heard your authentic voice? It comes from a truth that is bigger than what our minds have created through beliefs and interpretations. Truth is waiting to be recognized beyond all illusions and with this truth exists the reason you are still breathing. Our purpose is to be the light amongst the darkness, to be the truth above the lies, to be an example of genuine compassion that can heal others. You were created for a purpose that asks us to look beyond outer success and figure out how we can be truly ourselves. Jim Carrey said it so beautifully: “The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is. Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.”
My true calling started in my younger life when I had dreams to be a song writer or a TV News Anchor. For myself, I’ve always wanted to make a difference and I believed that telling stories with words was always important. I have an ability to feel things at a deeper level than most with an intuition that is on fire most of the time. I pick up vibes of other people which is known to be an empath. With many qualities I possess, it hasn’t always been easy to navigate life when I felt misunderstood. It’s taken me all this time to really understand that everything I was created to be, had a purpose in this life. I wanted to share my experiences and my stories, in the hopes that someone could follow along and be inspired in some way, if not come out stronger and in a better place.
From an early age, I appeared to be a happy, confident, free-spirited child. I certainly had fleeting moments of feeling that way. This unfortunately made me a target for bullying. At 13 years old, we moved to New Zealand. It was my first year of High School and I bet you can imagine how that went. Moving to a new country was exciting and terrifying. It felt like a fresh start, a new adventure – yet nothing prepared me for how unsettling it was. It was a tough transition, but I had learnt to hide how I was truly feeling. I was always taught to “act confident” because this was meant to discourage being a target, when in fact it did the opposite.
The truth was, I took the bullying personally. I remember thinking that it was so tough to deal with, but I just needed to keep smiling and try make myself happy. I didn’t think anyone could help me or change the situation I was in. From a young age, I learnt to deal with my anxieties and insecurities by myself because I believed no one had time to care. I didn’t think my mom and dad would “get it”, so I just hid all of this that was going on.
After High School, I worked part time at a Real Estate company creating their marketing materials and started studying to gain my Bachelor in Media Arts, with a major in Graphic Design. I also travelled any chance that I could get and I always had dreams of living overseas. I managed to land myself an internship in Melbourne as part of my degree and as soon as I graduated, I knew I needed to leave. I didn’t understand it at the time, but I was on a journey to discover who I was. I had allowed what others said of me, to become my own thoughts about myself. As Gabby Bernstein quoted from a Course in Miracles “We must not seek the meaning of love but instead remove all the barriers to welcoming love’s presence.”
I knew I believed that I had so much more to offer by exploring the world and figuring myself out. I needed to find out who I was, away from my parents, away from everything that was comfortable. I had this need to control every step of my journey and everything needed to fall apart (more on that later) for me to realise, being in flow with life was the only way. Through meeting different people, travelling, exploring, spending time alone and making tonnes and tonnes of wrong choices – I was starting to understand myself differently. Travel allowed me this freedom, that I never felt anywhere else. I’ve travelled to over 20 countries and I’ve met some of my best friends (even to this day) around the world.
I had only lived in Melbourne for 2 years when I decided to pack everything up and go travelling around Canada and the U.S for about 4 months. I had moved back to New Zealand briefly, before another work opportunity came up and I took that as my sign that my time in Melbourne wasn’t done. I have always wanted to live life on my terms which has led me to some beautiful places, has stolen joy amidst wonderful memories and has led me to right now. As I look back on these times, I am filled with gratitude that I had the courage to follow my dreams. My life has been so full of adventure because I never really thought twice about anything. I always had this mad trust that The Universe would look after me, even if things felt confusing and didn’t always make sense.
Living in Melbourne was one of the most difficult and most beautiful experiences of my life. It was the perfe