About
Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I want to be a doctor and heal people. But just before entering medical school I stopped myself short with the story that I wasn’t good enough for that because I had made a mistake as a veterinarian assistant. This mistake was the most vivid one that showed how lost, sad and scared of living I was. It deepened the sense of shame and that I didn’t belong, that I was somehow “a mistake.”
Instead of becoming a medical doctor, I started looking for solutions in psychology and theology. I got some answers, but they didn’t loosen the grip of the stories as much as I had hoped.
The breakthrough happened later with learning that what was actually happening was living and coping with chronic trauma. And like for so many with PTSD, that meant struggling with shame, disempowering beliefs, beating myself up, lack of energy and motivation, sense of being lost as well as dealing with addictions, that were part of my life as a way of coping and soothing persistent stress and survival fears with short term benefits and long term health and relational consequences.
Rev. Dr. Aiva Rozenberga-Drummond, PhD, BCC
Healing did not happen overnight.
Rather it has been a journey celebrating one important layer at a time. Early on one of my go-to refuges became nature. It was the one place I felt truly joyful and free to be myself. In my twenties I encountered silent retreats and spiritual practices that still are at the core of my life. Thirties came with a major shift while learning about addictions, co-dependence and inner-child work. And then a significant turning point was learning new approaches to trauma, that provided important framework and tools that allowed to see previous layers in a new light and to see how all these layers fit together in a beautiful fabric of healing and reconnection.
This transformational journey of external and inner companionship and ongoing practices sustained me as I lived through several miscarriages. It also gave the patience to be a stepparent and raise two children into adulthood. And it helped to care for my parents and be there for them when they were dying. No matter what life brings, self-parenting, compassion, and reconnecting with inner guidance gives that space I need to face, hold, live and love this life as it is.
So I did not become a medical doctor, but one that helps to heal, nonetheless. I have condensed my personal experience and ongoing learning into a unique way of working with people that integrates nature, research, spirituality, embodiment and daily practices. That is consistently helping women from different parts of the world, from different walks of life and at different ages experience life giving transformation of this process.
Women light up as they learn to reconnect with themselves and create more fulfilling lives from the place of empowerment. They are surprised and delighted to experience what it means to trust their bodies and their inner wisdom, and how freeing it is to gain clarity and begin to fulfill their dreams, to live free from shame, loneliness, fear, self-doubt, and self-criticism.
I would love it if you, too, were part of my community of healthy wise women. So why not begin this liberating journey yourself? Why not step into nature, into your body, and reconnect and live from within the joy, creativity and wisdom of your being? A world of love, compassion, strength and spaciousness awaits you!
If you would like to know more, lets talk!
Little known fact: I am also an avid forager, and I offer foraging experiences for those willing to adventure out into the woods, then return to taste some of the wild goodness we have gathered. Wild strawberry sauce, anyone? Or perhaps some nettle soup? Or Spanish needle pesto? The possibilities are endless! 🙂
Sasha, Florida/California
Velga, Latvia
Sandra, Latvia
Aiva has been my greatest support in time when I needed it the most and I would have not been where I am now without this healing support. I feel alive again! I am dreaming and making my dreams come true! I bought my first car! I love it!
Ilze, Denmark
Are you feeling drained from all the overwhelm and not feeling at home within yourself?
Is your head spinning from all of your family responsibilities and household chores?
Are you dealing with increased stress in your relationships?
If so, you’re not alone! But take heart. There IS a way through it. And unlike many methods, this one has no delay start time!
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