Meet Tamela – The Short Story

Welcome!  My name is Tamela and I am 57 and loving it!  As a matter of fact, I am more confident now in my life than I’ve ever been. 

When I was heading into my 50th birthday, it was a different story. I was leaving my long term relationship, and suddenly I had to fend for myself and my teenage children.  To say that I was scared,  would be an understatement.  I was terrified. 

The words going through my head were: 

Am I  loveable? How am I going to support myself and my kids? Am I going to be alone for the rest of my life? And,  I don’t want to get old. 

But, my reslient nature forced me to get it together. I hustled for work, set up a new home, sought out a good therapist and spent many a night crying in my bathtub, purging myself of self-defeating thoughts.  

My self worth was in the tank! I had no idea how low I’d gone because my life was so chaotic it didn’t leave anytime for self-reflection. And truthfully, it would have been too painful and embarrassing to go there.  

Fast forward from Hundreds of hours of meditation, talks with women friends,  10 day mediation retreats and writing , I am in a completely new place. 

Knowing my core values and doing a few key practices every day slowly brought me here. 

I want to show women who, like me, who are afraid of aging,  that this time right now can not just be ok but AMAZING. 

X Tamela

 

LOVE FOR TAMELA: 

“I love how you are committed to creating a life you imagine, being strong and determined to find a way to build what you want to create.”  (Helen)

“You have an ability to motivate and inspire others to care for their bodies”  (Nancy)

“You are insightful, outgoing, charismatic – you’re so good with people. You are engaging, knowledgable.” (Becky) 

“Your 4 top qualities – Amazing listener/Approachable/give Applicable insight and advice/you are a role model. You are awesome!” (Catherine)

3 thoughts on “Meet Tamela – The Short Story

  1. Tamela, I don’t have facebook etc. but you brought me to tear up…thank you for loving yourself and giving hardworking, menopausal, fit women permission to back off and love ourselves!

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