Winds of Change How To Live A Life Of Peace, Love, And Happiness Letting Go Of Codependency

By Diane Luvall

This is a true story of how Diane finds her way out of the toxic codependent relationship she has with her son Donny. When Donny becomes a heroin addict, Diane's life is sent into a tailspin. There is hope in despair. Diane shares with you the tools she used to bring herself to living a life of peace, love, and happiness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diane Luvall
• Release date: May 26, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370321513

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WINDS OF CHANGE

How to Live a Life of Peace, Love

And Happiness

Letting Go of Codependency

A True Story

By Diane Luvall

Copyright © 2017 Diane Luvall

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Contents

Introduction

Part One: My Story

Part Two: The Healing begins

Chapter One: Meditation

Chapter Two: FEAR

Chapter Three: Healing Practices

Chapter Four: Gratitude and Higher Learning

Chapter Five: Angels and Guides

Chapter Six: Surrender and Trust

Chapter Seven: What I Have Learned

Epilogue

Suggested Reading

Suggested Podcasts/Radio shows/Apps/Websites

Work Cited

Introduction

Since I can remember, I have wondered why I am a person. Moreover, until recently I felt that it is completely strange to be a person, period. I have always felt out of place. Like I did not belong here. I have always felt that I should be doing something else. I just did not know what. I never could put a finger on it. On the other hand, I have always felt a deep connection to this earth. Who or what decided who or what I was going to be. I think most people like myself, believe in one of three things. Either God made us (the story of Adam and Eve), the Big Bang Theory, or in Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. None of these scenarios addresses the human soul.

Throughout my life, I have had quite a few intuitive or spiritual experiences that made me think or know deep down that there is a much bigger picture in regards to my own existence. When these incidents happened, I was quick to disregard them as coincidence. The main reason I reacted this way was that as a young person through religious teachings I learned that things of this nature did not exist, were not right with God, so I developed fear of intuition, and shut it out. I was also taught that I was born a sinner and I would get what I had coming to me on Judgment Day. Punishment, hell and damnation for sinning along with sparing the rod spoils a child, were often the religious teachings from our church. God loved me so much that he sent his only Son (Jesus) here to die a horrible death for me because I was born a sinner. Because of these fearful ideas, I had great fear of thinking outside the biblical box.

There were a few other times in my life that I started to seek answers to the questions I was having about God, being a person, spirituality and so forth. In the mid nineteen nineties, I began to realize there was a difference between spirituality and religion. I relate spirituality to the spirit or the soul and certain groups of people relate religion to a set of beliefs and practices. This made me curious about MY soul and spirit. What were they? In addition, where were they? I started looking for books on the subject and read all that I could find. I even found a show on television where this man could channel dead people from a place called The Other Side so they could give messages to their loved ones here on earth. Was the other side the same as heaven? It would take me nearly twenty years to find out. My life was very full of living as a wife, a busy mother of two boys, and working a full time job. My goal of finding the answers to these questions got lost along the way.

The reason I am writing this book now is that I believe our lives are a continuum of change with both the good and the bad. Some changes we choose and plan for and other changes just seem to happen. Why is that? As human beings, we often experience significant change through a tragedy or crisis. I feel these types of events seem to have more of an impact on people because the event usually comes about suddenly and in an instant, our carefully planned lives turn upside down. I began to wonder when it was going to get easier. Perhaps we have available to us some form of unseen help such as spirit to guide us along our life path?

I want you to know that you can live a life free from fear. There are many situations and especially during a tragedy or crisis where one of our first feelings is FEAR. This is my story. How I was living in the grip of fear in my life and how I got lost in trying to control every aspect of my life. I now know you can change your reaction to fear and change the way you start every day. You can start living again. After all, every one of these changes or challenges can lead up to one incredible journey. You are not apart from your soul or God. You can discover your true purpose and the road back home. The wind is at your back. Make haste.

Towards the end of twenty thirteen we ( my husband Jim and I), were thrown into a period of tribulation forcing me to look for the answers to those same old questions about God and being a person living on this earth. That year and the few that followed literally turned our lives upside down. A series of unfortunate and fortunate events unfolded. My view of just about everything changed. I found myself questioning relationships, ideals, happiness and God. I visited dark places in my heart and mind that, up until then, I never thought possible. I fell to my knees angry, extremely sad, and unhappy.

I knew something had to change. At the time, I certainly did not think it was me. After all, what did I do to deserve all this? Was God punishing me? About six months into the chaos, I had a moment of realization. I spent so much of my energy trying to control my fish bowl (This is how I refer to my world). I was not living every moment of this precious life in love, peace, and joy. I realized that I needed to let people live out their own stories, and once I knew this, I knew that it WAS ME who had to change. On that day, I embarked on a journey that would profoundly change my life. It took a few more months before I realized that I had entered into my spiritual awakening. I liken it to the legend of Pandora’s Box. Except; my box was not full of demons, it was full of the love, light and grace of the creator or source energy (whom I will call God) along with trust, gratitude, forgiveness, surrender, love, peace, giving, receiving, knowing that I am never alone, and everything else that is encompassed within that source of love and light. All of these gifts led to opportunities that ultimately changed my life from one of despair to one of miracles.

I want to share my story with everyone. We all have different circumstances. We all come from different backgrounds and it does not matter. Healing is a necessary component of growth. I have include the steps I took and the techniques I used that led me to living a life of love, peace, and joy. I decided to keep it simple. I will tell you key points of my background, the crisis, and then short simple chapters of the opportunities that I utilized and the techniques I used that worked for me and continue to work for me now. You can take what you want from it and leave the rest behind. I did not invent any of these techniques or ideas. Most of them have been around for many years, even hundreds of years. All you have to do is apply them or tweak them in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you are reading this book then you are looking for answers. There is no reason to suffer any longer. There is hope in your despair. You have already taken the first step towards healing.