Flor Toraya is a traveler, photographer and psychologist. She, like many of us, has experienced significant loss. Her loss propelled her to travel, and along the way rebuild herself and change her story. Join me as Flor and I examine how we each can live change in our lives through feeling our fear, and asking for help.
- Is being who you are still serving you, or is it time for a change?
- Why change is not something you can learn, you have to live it.
- Why it is important to turn fear into courage
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Show Highlights:
03:19 Easeful Living Practice
05:05 Introduction
07:25 Flor shares about the unplanned changes in her life and their impact on her family
25:17 Change, how to love yourself
31:30 The meaning behindFlor discusses tTraveling with POwer
37:30 Flor’s advice for women
49:04 Courageous Self-Care Tip
Favorite Quotes:
“We all have a story we tell. We can choose whether we tell it through the lens of feeling weak and not being able to be strong, or we can choose a new direction.” -Andrea Catherine
“We have to go through loss and grieving in order to get to a place that is more powerful.” -Flor Toraya
“It is through moments of loss that we examine ourselves and realise this isn’t me being who I want to be anymore.” -Andrea Catherine
“We need to learn to love ourselves and realize we are not perfect. Our body is not perfect, our face is not perfect. We are what we are and we have to accept that.” -Flor Toraya
“Don’t worry about learning in books. Change is not something you can learn, you have to live it.” -Flor Toraya
“You have to learn to feel every emotion including fear.” -Flor Toraya
“Let the fear be with you and pause with it, say hello to it.” -Andrea Catherine
“Sometimes we close our eyes to our problems. Go in front of it, face it and learn how to live with it.” -Flor Toraya
“Comparison is the thief of joy” -Theodore Roosevelt
“Just as we need help to move a sofa, sometimes we need help with in changing our lives.” -Flor Toraya
Meet Flor:
Flor Toraya studied psychology and earned her masters in Education. She worked more than 20 years with children, youth, teachers and parents. After several losses in her life she finally overcomes a time of sadness and depression. She continued wor
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