Nov 18 2008
More information about Connie.
My name is Connie S. Owens (married name is still Kirkpatrick), my chosen title is Priestess. I received my ordination through the Universal Life Church, currently attending full time studies through Walden University to receive my masters, then my Ph.D.
This has been a wonderful journey, even when I feel the stress from old patterns creep in, I have the tools to change it, if I choose. That is correct, I have freedom of choice, I get to choose how I want to feel and for how long. It is my right and as the Divine Daughter I claim it. I welcome you to join me on this journey now, take that step now, you do have everything to loose in the sense of what has held you back from achieving your greatness.
What about me? Where to start, to begin my years of experience encompasses living in a constant state of influx, not understanding what was going on with me. Hearing time and again that it was my fault, I was the one who was sick, had the problems, was crazy, and just about every phrase you can come up with. Sound familiar? This is not about my getting rich, this is not about going from rags to riches, this is about discovering self, potentials, disabilities, limitations, and overcoming the odds. Learning how to develop a relationship with the Divine and learning from the prophets who have walked this Earth.
I am a living statistic, unwanted teen pregnancy, divorced parents, abusive step-father, oldest of six, raised on welfare, moved several times with step-father chasing the get-rich-quick schemes or just looking for work. Married and pregnant (not in that order) to a boy just like step-father, by the time I was sixteen, divorced/seperated by the time I was seventeen with a second child, living on welfare, lost, afraid and endulged in drugs, alcohol. There are years of bad choices that follow this, not enough information to make better ones, lost my children, got pregnant again and …
From there to here, today I am a woman filled with spiritual love, recovery has included becoming involved with 12-step programs, living those prinicipals, learning to have relationships with others that do not involve getting beaten or thrown away. Not easy when you are still being drawn to the same people that were a major part of your life for so long. Mistakes are the lack of proper information to make an informed decision, living in what I call the Rip Van Winkle syndrome. Learning to wake up and move beyond this state of life is difficult, simple, but fraught with grief, fear and tears. A decision I would make all over again, choosing to live a healthy life, free of pain and terror, no more nightmares and certainly learning to choose healthier people in my life has been terrific.
Where does all this put me today? Ready and able to help those who share my her-story, any part of it. Even if you cannot relate to this perhaps you feel lost, asking if this is all there is or is there something more that you are missing out on. What questions fill you?
20 years of living recovery, developing a deeper spiritual meaning and life. Finding the path that works for me, out side of religious ideas. Discovering that spirit does not mean religious and that god is who I choose to make her/him. I am here to help, working with women in discovering a new way of life has filled these past 20 years and the rewards are greater than I could begin to explain. There is life after disappointment, grief, death, anguish, anxiety and any of the other haunting emotions that feed those negative, self-defeating thoughts.
Questions? Unsure? Contact me, Let’s chat and find the perfect day for you!
