By: Helen Heinmiller

SIMPLE TRUTHS
about everyday life—
a new conversation about creating a beautiful life

Like so many women, I have spent years of my life chasing after the dream of being beautiful. Always my own worst enemy, I could never fill the empty ache inside that said “you’re not good enough, you’re not talented or smart enough, and you’re not beautiful.” No matter what I was able to achieve, the reflection in the mirror showed only failure. No one around me, except for a very few unbelievably gracious confidants, knew of my insecurities.

Many of us dread getting older. Our health, weight, or energy begins to wane or change, yet we continue to drive ourselves crazy trying to keep up with the outer world. It seemed to me, the more I tried to stay young, the more I grew sick and frustrated and hormonal. There was no one epiphany that led me out of my funk. It seemed to take many epiphanies over many years that would bring me closer to realizing the gifts of life, but they would fade, as I would become swallowed up again in the unending frenzy of American life.

Luckily for me, time and wisdom and near exhaustion brought me back to myself, where I stopped running and became still, and only then did I discover the beauty that I was searching for. I discovered that the SIMPLE TRUTH is that beauty is a way of being, and life’s goals are not really about obtaining the epitome of success or of physical beauty, but about obtaining inner and outer peace. Underneath all of our lofty goals is a search for self-confidence, security, and a sense of belonging in the world.

This new way of thinking changes how I look at everything in my life and how I experience it, whether it is my physical appearance, my career, or my relationships. When founder, Jodi Hutchinson of Darshän Beauty LLC asked me to be the host blogger for Darshän, I was more than happy to offer a new conversation on the SIMPLE TRUTHS about everyday life.

SIMPLE TRUTHS will cover a wide range of topics that impact many areas in our lives and ask all of us to take a look at life from a fresh new perspective. Whether we talk about managing time, creating a sacred space for ourselves, experiencing real abundance, dealing with our aging bodies or expanding waistlines, finding peace in troubled times, or improving our relationships, we can create an open dialogue and help each other reach our goal of living a beautiful life that surpasses our wildest expectations. I hope you will join us on the Darshän blog in this dialogue about creating a world for all of us that is filled with beauty….beyond appearance.

Helen Heinmiller is an author, speaker, and founder of STEP Up btc: Be The Change Motivational Program, and the Kids’ Voices Count Creative Writing Program. For more information visit www.helenheinmiller.com.
Darshän Beauty LLC is a fair trade policy company and the exclusive distributor of handcrafted skin care from the exotic Far East that nourishes your skin at the cellular level for beauty…beyond appearance.

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Jodi Hutchinson, founder of Darshän LLC, has her B.S. degree in Physician Assistant and worked at Christiana Hospital on the Cardiac Surgery team. In 2001, she left her 18 year career to walk the world.