Heal My Voice – HEAL MY VOICE

New Book Release

Congratulations to Andrea Hylen, Founder of Heal My Voice on the Release of her new book!

In Andrea’s words, “This book took me ten years to write and sixty years to live. My intention in writing this book was to demonstrate the power of sharing our experiences of adversity as a road map to discovering gifts and strength and fulfillment. In Part I, I share my stories of adversity and triumph. And in Part II, my intention was to share the behind the scenes of Heal My Voice. What have women been talking about and sharing in the Secret Facebook groups and on community calls? What can we learn from women who have gathered to share vulnerability and discover their personal power in the transformation of writing stories in community?”

Heal My Voice:

An Evolutionary Woman’s Guide to Life

Available on Amazon

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Heal-My-Voice-Evolutionary-Journey-ebook/dp/B07FRDXTTN/

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Heal-My-Voice-Evolutionary-Journey/dp/0692155015/

An Evolutionary Woman’s Journey

This book is about a woman’s personal journey written in a community of women called Heal My Voice.

“When I first started Heal My Voice, the following words were shared with me while in meditation. “Hold it lightly. Allow it to evolve and shift and grow. You are the guardian. Be willing to let it go.” ~Andrea Hylen, Founder of Heal My Voice

Part I of this book is the journey of the self. Andrea Hylen, shares fourteen of her personal stories of awakening and evolution. The death of a brother, a son, and a husband. A divorce and a life-threatening illness. Traveling to music concerts with her youngest daughter and moving from Maryland to California where she started Heal My Voice. Stories of self-love, grief, sexuality, music, writing, and adventure. They are stories of triumph over adversity.

In Part II, Andrea shares inspiration and details, from topic discussions, in ten books of women’s stories created during nine-month projects in Heal My Voice and Heal My Voice Sweden. There is an overview of the writing process used in the projects and the back story of things that were learned as a facilitator and participant in the process.

At the end of each chapter, there is a list of reflective questions to use in writing and meditation, with resources and personal growth tools used in her personal healing and in the Heal My Voice on-line community.

Our mission is to support women in healing a story of trauma, loss and grief, reclaim inner authority and step into greater leadership in their homes, businesses, communities and the world.

Write Your Story

Your Voice Matters!

Hope and Love Prevail

My favorite film of all time is, The Field of Dreams. It is a film that is filled with examples of hope, following your heart, listening to your intuition and a belief in the good of humanity. So, when I woke up this morning with the song, “I’m feeling good,” playing in my head and I saw the beautiful sun rise over Mt. Rainier, I felt hope in my heart. And I thought of The Field of Dreams.

There are times in my life when I feel like Ray, in the Field of Dreams. One of those times was when I listened to my inner voice and spoke up about abuse and alcoholism in my marriage and people thought I was crazy. Now, 30 years later, I see a President in the White House who is disrespectful and childish and I am no longer alone in what I see. There were 3.2 million people who marched around the world in the Women’s March the day after the inauguration. They marched for love and basic human rights and care. We stand for #humanity together. The Women’s March has continued to open the voices of women and men. #metoo #timesup . We are in this together.

Hope and Love Prevail.

Each of us is being called into greater service and love and kindness. Each of us is being called to stand up for something and someone; to use our privilege to speak up for each other. Each action, no matter how small, is sending a ripple effect into the world. This is a long game, a marathon. So, take care of yourself. Look for the glimmers and sparks of hope. Take Action and Rest. Take Action and Rest. Take Action and Rest. Find the balance that works for you.

At a community group meeting in Seattle, I witnessed a group of 50 people come together and talk about how they can improve their neighborhood. Improve the systems of education, mapping the needs in the community, creating sanctuaries of safety for all, and increased support for marginalized groups.

One of the conversations was about the low income housing that was just built and how to welcome people into their community. How can they come together and create a supportive, friendly environment for all income groups, for all races, for all genders? They are acting locally and that will ripple into the world. One of my friends is knitting welcome mats out of strips of donated fabric. As refugees come to this country and their new home, there is a welcome mat at the door, handmade with love.

Hope and Love Prevail.

I leave you today with a song by Andy Grammar called Fresh Eyes. It was filmed in Los Angeles at the Union Rescue Mission. It is time for Fresh Eyes and finding ways to work together in love and action. We are in this together!

https://youtu.be/5bgemCaaQkU

In love and gratitude,
Andrea Hylen

Andrea Hylen believes in the power of our voices to usher in a new world. She is the founder of Heal My Voice, an organization that inspires women to heal a story, reclaim personal power and step into greater leadership. Andrea discovered her unique gifts while parenting three daughters and learning to live life fully after the deaths of her brother, son and husband.

She is following her intuition as she collaborates with women and men in organizations and travels around the world speaking, teaching and leading workshops. Her passion is authentically living life and coaching others to do the same. To connect with Andrea and learn about current projects and on-line writing circles go to: www.andreahylen.com and www.healmyvoice.org.

Next Steps: Support the Voices of Women

Heal My Voice was started in 2011 as a way for women to break the silence, share their stories and step into greater leadership in their lives. For seven years, we have been meeting in secret Facebook groups, behind closed doors, healing our voices and writing 200 stories that are now in ten books on Amazon. Each story was written over a 9 month period in a community of women. The women had the courage to go down into the emotional basement of their lives to tell the truth of what happened to them. By shining a light on the shadow, they have emerged ready to step into greater leadership in their families, communities, businesses and the world.

We are entering a time of even more chaos that will allow us to break free from an old broken system and to rebuild together. There is a climate for change and change takes time with an upheaval, a feeling of “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore,” or a quiet, compelling pull from the Universe. “It’s time.” The next steps for change come with a plan and a structure and the willingness and courage to do the inner work, as well as, the outer work. The next steps involve consistent action, rest, perseverance, patience and courage. Now, let’s roll up our sleeves and use the momentum and timing to implement more change.

After seven years of this nine month Heal My Voice program, we are ending that as a program to begin something new. The ending was all beautifully orchestrated with the final book: Innovative Voices: True Stories by Women Awakening a New World. As the next steps for our stories and Heal My Voice as a non-profit organization are being revealed, we are creating Study Guides to encourage women and men to read the stories.

The first Study Guide is Ready! Click here to download the Study Guide for Conscious Choices: An Evolutionary Woman’s Guide to Life. This book is the mother seed for Heal My Voice.

The stories are ready to be shared as inspiration for individual reflection and healing, for inspiration in book circle discussions, as gifts of encouragement and hope. These are the voices of women. Our first goal for the next three years is to shine a light on women’s voices. The stories in the books are filled with hope, next steps and triumph. The stories are here to light the way for others during a time when women are speaking up. #Metoo It is time for the healing of the feminine and masculine aspects in all of us. The stories are a foundation for what the world needs now.

Some ideas on how you can be involved and support the voices of women:

Buy Heal My Voice books.

https://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Hylen/e/B002C1XZCU/

Read the stories and write a review on Amazon

Give the books as gifts.

Donate the books to community centers, schools and religious institutions

Find little free libraries in your neighborhood and place books there. https://littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/

Become a sponsor of Heal My Voice.

Send a donation

List your business

http://www.andreahylen.com/summer-miracles/

Sponsor a woman in the writing programs.

Share the website and radio show link
https://cssitemove.com/
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/healmyvoice

Your Voice Matters!

Thank you for your support!
Andrea Hylen

She is following her intuition as she collaborates with women and men in organizations and travels around the world speaking, teaching and leading workshops. Her passion is authentically living life and coaching others to do the same. To connect with Andrea and learn about current projects go to: www.andreahylen.com and www.healmyvoice.org.

Grief Transformation: Letting Go of Our Identities, Part 1

By Andrea Hylen

“To let go of duality, we must first establish our separateness. We must first learn where we end & the other begins. As a general rule, if we’re too rigid, we’re over-boundaried. Imprisoned behind a wall of armor, there is no way for anything to touch us. But if we’re too malleable, we’re boundary-less. We’re just a vessel for the world to fill. People with healthy boundaries tend to live somewhere in between.”~Jeff Brown author of SoulShaping.

Four years after the death of my husband I spent a year letting go of the physical stuff in our 11 room house on 3 acres in Baltimore, Maryland and put the house on the market for sale. A year later, I moved from Maryland to California to spend another year peeling away a layer of “costumes,” that consisted of identities I had hidden behind throughout my lifetime. Identities that I felt gave me value and defined my existence on the planet. Daughter, wife, mother, entrepreneur, home owner, Girl Scout Leader, community organizer and many more. Without those identities, I wondered, “Who am I?”

When I arrived in California, I wrote a letter to family and friends to let them know I would not be available by phone. Email and Facebook check-ins, yes. No phone calls. I was going to take time to listen to my own voice and figure out what I wanted to do with the next part of my life. I began to examine all of my past actions with a microscope and a telescope. Focusing in on the little, minute details and stepping back and looking at my life from a big picture perspective, too. I spent more time in solitude patiently waiting, noticing and listening. I learned to sit in the discomfort of not knowing the next steps. I re-connected with myself and my feelings and developed compassion for my process with full approval for crying, feeling angry, sad, and increased joy-filled discoveries of happiness. I began to hear my own voice as separate from the voices of my mother, father, children, siblings and friends. I spent less time reassuring people that I still loved them and defined boundaries that created more space to be myself.

I thought it would take me a month to hear my voice. Instead it took ten months until the separation from my dearest friends and family gave me enough spaciousness to distinguish my inner authority, my voice from the voice of others. I began to learn the difference between the messy ego-based fear and the light-filled wisdom of my higher voice. And in the place of silence in between, I could see more of me and I could see more of you.

One important piece of letting go was to release and grieve. For example, to let myself cry about no longer being a Girl Scout leader. To remember the joy of it, feel the loss of not having that as part of my life and feeling the emptiness without trying to fill it up with anything. Leave it empty and wait for the new to appear.

By letting go and releasing, my step by step soul calling is stronger. The connection to my inner voice is stronger. The need to know all of the answers is lessening. The Self-Love is stronger. I can witness your pain without feeling the need to fix, reassure and change anything in this moment. The witnessing of another without fixing is stronger.

This is the path of living life from inspiration, transforming loss and grief to access the depth of our essence. It is the path to living and experiencing life fully.

Interested in exploring loss and change in a deep 9 month process of writing? Andrea and Beth Terrence are leading a writing program for Transforming Grief: https://cssitemove.com/recovering-voices-healing-grief/

Andrea Hylen believes in the power of our voices to usher in a new world. She is the founder of Heal My Voice, an organization that empowers women and men to heal a story, reclaim personal power and step into greater leadership. Andrea discovered her unique gifts while parenting three daughters and learning to live life fully after the deaths of her brother, son and husband. In addition to serving as Heal My Voice’s Executive Director, Andrea is an Orgasmic Meditation Teacher and Sexuality Coach.

She is currently living out of a suitcase following her intuition as she collaborates with women and men in organizations and travels around the world speaking, teaching and leading workshops. Her passion is authentically living life and supporting others in doing the same. To connect with Andrea and learn about current projects go to: www.andreahylen.com and www.healmyvoice.org.

A Gift: Wisdom I learned from my mother

By Andrea Hylen

As I was clearing my email inbox this week, I found a series of FaceBook posts that were written by my daughter, Elizabeth in 2011. For 7 days leading up to my 55th Birthday, she posted a wisdom each day that she had learned from me during her life. At the time, she was 26 years old.

From Elizabeth:

“In honor of my mamas B’day on (Oct 8), I am going to get on facebook every day this week (this is love we are talking about here), and write one of the many wisdom’s that I have learned from her.

Wisdom #1: Celebrate everything. Winning a game of bingo, the first day of fall, or your favorite song coming on the radio. Celebrate it.

Wisdom #2: If you have, give.

Wisdom #3: Laugh at yourself. You are very funny.

Wisdom #4: We are all artists, and we create our own reality. ….”If you build it…” (I am sorry mom, it is too corny, I can’t say the whole line).

From Andrea: “If you build it, they will come…”

Wisdom #5: Some people are raised with the bible, not me. I was raised with the musical. Know your musicals and be ready to rely on them when times get tough.

Wisdom #6: Community is everything. Create one, contribute to one, and rely on one.

Wisdom # 7: Explore and be amazed. Whether you are traveling in your car, through a book, or to the depths of your heart, explore and be amazed. Happy Day of birth Mom (Andrea Hylen)

(Sorry I posted Wisdom #7 two days late, Mom. I was off exploring and being amazed and my phone died).

Share your “impact” stories in the comments. We love to hear your voice!

Andrea Hylen believes in the power of a woman’s voice to usher in a new world. She is the founder of Heal My Voice, a Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking, a Writing and Transition Coach and Orgasmic Meditation teacher. Andrea has discovered her unique gifts while parenting three daughters and learning to live life fully after the deaths of her brother, son and husband. She is currently living out of a suitcase following her intuition as she collaborates with women and men in organizations and travels around the world speaking, teaching and leading workshops. Her passion is authentically living life and supporting others in doing the same. To connect with Andrea and learn about current projects go to: www.andreahylen.com and www.healmyvoice.org.

Blogs by Heal My Voice Authors: October 26, 2014

During the month of October, we are shining a light on the Heal My Voice Authors. Every Sunday, the Heal My Voice blog will have a list of blog posts from some of the authors.

So…it’s Sunday, October 26 and week 4 of sharing powerful voices of women! Check out the blogs and leave comments. We want to hear your voice, too.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!

Fearless Voices: True Stories by Courageous Women

Empowered Voices: True Stories by Awakened Women

Inspired Voices: True Stories by Visionary Women

Harmonic Voices: True Stories by Women on the Path to Peace

Feminine Voices: True Stories by Women Transforming Leadership

Authors:

Kathleen Nelson Troyer

Sofia Wren

Blogs this week:

Sharing About…when prayer is hard.

By Ellen Marie Dumer

http://69.89.31.108/~deepinyo/2014/02/03/sharing-about-when-prayer-is-hard/

The Busy Person’s Secret to Meditation

By Cassandra Herbert

http://www.justbeewellness.com/the-busy-persons-secret-to-meditation/#more

Consciously Choosing: The Opportunity to Heal

By Andrea Hylen

http://www.andreahylen.com/consciously-choosing-the-opportunity-to-heal/

On My Mind: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

By Ann Quasman

http://womantalklive.com/2014/10/23/my-mind-breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/

Poem of the Week: Halloween Night

By Beth Terrence

http://theheartofawakening.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/poem-of-the-week-halloween-night-by-beth-terrence/

Join Me Over at Journey into Being!

By Kathleen Nelson Troyer

http://gentlymovingforward.net/2014/09/18/join-me-over-at-journey-into-being/

Raffael~Angel of Healing

By Sofia Wren

http://silentvoicesmagazine.com/articles/raffael-angel-of-healing

Blogs by Heal My Voice Authors: October 19, 2014

During the month of October, we are shining a light on the Heal My Voice Authors. Every Sunday, the Heal My Voice blog will have a list of blog posts from some of the authors.

So…it’s Sunday, October 19 and week 3 of sharing powerful voices of women! Check out the blogs and leave comments. We want to hear your voice, too.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!

Fearless Voices: True Stories by Courageous Women

Empowered Voices: True Stories by Awakened Women

Inspired Voices: True Stories by Visionary Women

Harmonic Voices: True Stories by Women on the Path to Peace

Authors:

Kathleen Nelson Troyer

Blogs this week:

Tell Me A Secret…

By Andrea Hylen

http://www.andreahylen.com/tell-me-a-secret/

Rocket Science

By Sandy McDougall

http://www.themaverickedge.com/rocket-science/

Taking Responsibility

By Karen Porter

http://www.mamaporter.com/2014/08/taking-responsibility-2/

On My Mind: Falling Into Winter

By Ann Quasman, Woman Talk Live

http://womantalklive.com/2014/10/16/on-my-mind-falling-into-winter/

My Fibromyalgia Recovery Story: An Interview on CFS Unravelled

By Beth Terrence

http://theheartofawakening.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/my-fibromyalgia-recovery-story-an-inteview-on-cfs-unravelled/

The Top 13 Things I Would Share with My Younger Self

By Kathleen Nelson Troyer

http://gentlymovingforward.net/2014/03/06/the-top-13-things-i-would-share-with-my-younger-self/

Blogs by Heal My Voice Authors: October 12, 2014

During the month of October, we are shining a light on the Heal My Voice Authors. Every Sunday, the Heal My Voice blog will have a list of blog posts from some of the authors.

So…it’s Sunday, October 12 and week 2 of sharing powerful voices of women! Check out the blogs and leave comments. We want to hear your voice, too.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!

Fearless Voices: True Stories by Courageous Women

Empowered Voices: True Stories by Awakened Women

Inspired Voices: True Stories by Visionary Women

Harmonic Voices: True Stories by Women on the Path to Peace

Authors:

Kathleen Nelson Troyer

Blogs this week

A Little Dream Comes True

By Andrea Hylen

http://www.andreahylen.com/a-little-dream-comes-true/

Embracing the Problem You Solve It

By Monisha Mittal

http://www.yourinnerease.com/1/post/2013/08/embracing-the-problem-you-solve-it.html

Keep Breathing

By Karen Porter

http://www.mamaporter.com/2014/05/keep-breathing/

On My Mind: The Scaredy-Cat

By Ann Quasman

http://womantalklive.com/2014/10/09/on-my-mind-the-scaredy-cat/

WTL 5: Meet Beth Terrence

By Beth Terrence

http://womantalklive.com/2014/10/09/wtl-5-meet-beth-terrence/

Whales of Tonga: Part 2. Trust. Prepare. Surrender

By Kathleen Nelson Troyer

http://gentlymovingforward.net/2014/10/02/whales-of-tonga-part-2-trust-prepare-surrender/

Baltimore After France: A Mama Porter Adventure!

By Karen A. Porter

President of Heal My Voice

This was the view from our terrace in Caramany, France. We rented a house for two weeks and it was heaven. The weather was great, the food was incredible, the wine superb and the company magnificent. I must have been exposed to some bad bug on the flight to France because I started with post-nasal drip and a sore throat the third night there. If there is a place to be sick, I would choose France. The codeine cough syrup I needed was available without a prescription. My brother insisted that I was sick because I was not drinking enough to kill the germs. Taking mega doses of vitamin C and homeopathic cold stoppers, I managed to feel up to half day adventures. I read four books and we had several movie nights (I learned that the recordings one makes can be played on all DVD zones while commercial DVD’s are zone specific).

I wrote a chapter about anticipating travel in the book Live Your Life With Attitude (Chapter inserted at the bottom of this blog called Anticipation) Interestingly enough, I need to follow my own advice AFTER the trip. Re-entry has been slow. The flight home worsened my cough and the remnants of whatever it was have settled in my throat, giving me a croaky cracking voice. Yes, I realize the irony that as President of the Board of Heal My Voice, I am needing to heal my voice.

So this first week back has been low key. No car- older son has been given my car since he now has a full time job that he did not have when we left. Not a big deal since I needed to stay inside to recuperate. I redid the e-book version of ‘Attitude’ so there is a table of contents that links to each section. I cooked and did some binge watching to catch up on TV series.

One of the joys of travel is bringing things home. I used a bouquet garni in a bean soup, opened the ‘black gold’ coffee and have shared a couple olive oil soaps. I will keep and use at least one of the soaps and we will eventually enjoy some very fine wine. Savor, not save. Enjoy where I am, right?

There will be more trips, other destinations. The adventure, however, is in the moment.

Anticipation

Vacations can be fabulous, amazing, and rejuvenating. They can also be stress-filled, over planned and exhausting. Sometimes the anticipation of a getaway is enough to get you through a rough patch. Maybe the trick is to always have something you are happily awaiting. Having a coffee exactly the way you love it, taking a cool shower during a hot day or using the lemon verbena soap you have been saving can feel delightfully luxurious. Stop SAVING and begin SAVORING. Think of how many things you could look forward to and how many ways you can treat yourself to that restorative feeling of a getaway.

Things I have saved for the future…….

Things I have saved that I would enjoy using now…..

Things I can do differently to make them feel special……

Live Your Life With Attitude is an e-book available on Amazon

Karen A Porter is the author of Live Your Life With Attitude and Live Your Life With Attitude Workbook/Journal, available on Amazon in print and e-book version. Currently the President of the Board of the non-profit organization Heal My Voice, Karen is a contributing author to all the US HMV books. Karen co-authored Conscious Choices: An Evolutionary Woman’s Guide to Life. Karen is an ordained Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking for the Beloved Community. She practices Sound Massage and leads healing meditations using Tibetan Singing Bowls. Karen is a certified Level 1 Qi Gong Instructor and a Certified Sounds Methods Therapist through the American Institute SMT.

To learn more about Karen’s work or to contact her, visit www.mamaporter.com

Anticipation

Things I have saved for the future…….

Things I have saved that I would enjoy using now…..

Things I can do differently to make them feel special……

Blogs by Heal My Voice Authors: October 5, 2014

During the month of October, we are shining a light on the Heal My Voice Authors. Every Sunday, the Heal My Voice blog will have a list of blog posts from some of the authors.

So…it’s Sunday, October 5 and week 1 of sharing powerful voices of women! Check out the blogs and leave comments. We want to hear your voice, too.