“I think authenticity can be a really interesting journey,
because you’re really talking about stripping away these beliefs that we all have that define our lives…
Ultimately, it’s such an adventure of self discovery. It’s wonderful. It’s sublime.”
-Cristina Ramirez
Bump In The Road
Cristina Ramirez and The Power of Belief
The Power of Belief
Where do our beliefs come from? And why should we believe them?
Christina Ramirez came from a very traditional Cuban background. Part of her family’s belief system was that happiness equals marriage equals kids. But as the years went on and Christina failed to find “the man of her dreams” she became convinced that she’d never be happy.
In her thirties, this bright, attractive, capable investment banker who spoke five languages hit a point of utter depression and turned to alcohol and drugs for relief. An attempted suicide landed her in a mental institution.
“What I’ve come to understand over the years is that I didn’t want to die.
But I wanted to stop feeling the way that I was feeling.”
Christina came to the conclusion that she had two choices:
“The options were, being successful in my suicide attempt, which thank goodness I wasn’t,
or taking responsibility and saying alright, let me see what I can do to change the way I feel.”
That decision to change her beliefs turned Christina’s life around. She met the man of her dreams and had children. But life was about to serve up another bump in the road.
Cristina Ramirez and The Power of Belief
“I was just on this path of self destruction.”
“I hit bottom in a mental institution.”
“I’m not a religious person, I prayed to a god that I didn’t believe in.”
“I stopped fighting.”
“I just I never understood that what it would take to get to the happiness was for me to be clean, sober, take responsibility for myself and do the hard work of reconnecting with who I am.”
“I think it can be a really interesting journey, because you’re really talking about stripping away these beliefs that we all have that define our lives…ultimately, it’s such an adventure of self discovery. It’s wonderful. It’s sublime.”
“Discomfort is showing you a path to growth.”
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