From Loss to Healing

I lost my dad twice. The first time was to a stroke that left him hemiplegic, unable to speak, read, write, or even understand language. He was trapped in his own paralysed body and mind.

The second time, 12 years later, to his brain shutting down.

I was only 24 years old when I learned just how powerful the brain is, and the devastating effects it can have on our physical and mental well-being. I used to believe that "the mind is what the brain does" — that our mind is at the total mercy of the brain. Medical professionals corroborated this, saying that if my dad did not show any signs of recovery within the first six months, he would not recover at all.

Today, thanks to studies in neuroplasticity, I know that to be false. Today, I know the brain can heal itself.

Many stroke patients have recovered even years after their initial stroke. Much of that healing can be stimulated by teaching the brain to rewire itself with the power of the mind — adjusting the initial belief to "the brain is also what the mind does."

Years after my dad's passing, I found solace in Marisa Peer's method. Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) is rooted in the belief of the power of our thoughts over our body, and in the neuroplasticity of the brain. RTT truly works.

RTT helps us reconnect with our subconscious mind to retrieve and understand the limiting beliefs that hold us back. This technique allows us to understand what caused us pain, and triggers the start of our healing journey.

Four years into my practice, I thought I had found the answer. Then I heard about Family Constellation.

Skeptical is an understatement. I watched "Another Self" on Netflix and rolled my eyes through most of it. It felt too far-fetched, too unexplainable. But something kept pulling me toward it, so I joined my first constellation.

I walked in as Maya. I left as someone else.

The moment I stepped into the field, emotions I didn't know I was carrying flooded through me. Grief that wasn't mine. Pain passed down like a family heirloom. I was floored by what I experienced that day, by the undeniable truth that we carry more than just our own stories.

That day, I realized how little I knew about this world — and how much healing happens in the places we can't always explain.

Family Constellation showed me that sometimes, the patterns we're trying to break weren't ours to begin with. Sometimes, healing requires us to see the invisible threads connecting us to the generations before us — and to finally release what was never ours to carry.

"The power of the mind is real. It can create all the illnesses in the world, and can reverse them just the same. No drug is more powerful."

Though I could not help my dad all those years ago, today I want to help you tap into the power of your mind to heal yourself — whether that's rewiring your subconscious through RTT, or untangling the generational pain you've inherited through Family Constellation.