The word that keeps echoing in my heart lately is resilience. This past year has brought so muchâloss, big life changes, and moments when I truly thought I wouldnât make it through. But somehow, here I am⌠finding myself on the other side, beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel again.
And it reminds me: resilience isnât just mine, itâs yours too. Youâve faced storms, heartbreaks, and struggles of your ownâand yet youâre still here, still growing, still becoming. Look how far youâve come. Never forget the strength it took to get here.
⨠We are resilient. We rise.
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If somethingâs costing you your peace, set it down.
If itâs stealing your joy, walk away from it.
If itâs messing with the flow of ease in your life, let it go.
No more settling just because you feel like you have toâyou really donât.
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PTSD is such a strange phenomenon, friends. Itâs not what most people imagineâitâs not about hallucinations or âseeingâ the past replay. For me, itâs about feeling the same waves of panic and fear that I felt during those old traumatic moments. And the wild thing? Anything can trigger it. A sound, a song, a photo scrolling by⌠and suddenly, emotionally, Iâm right back there.
Iâve been living with this for decades, though it wasnât even diagnosed until about four years ago. With somatic therapy, some medication, and the support of my Al-Anon recovery, Iâd say 90% of the time Iâm able to handle it pretty well. But every now and thenâboomâit sneaks up, and Iâm in full panic mode for hours, sometimes a day.
Itâs not easy. But hereâs the truth: itâs possible to live with PTSD and still grow, heal, and find joy. My last couple of years have been some of my best, because I keep doing the work. And if youâre living with it too, please knowâthis is not the end of your story. Healing is possible. Your life can become gentler, lighter, and more beautiful with time and support.
I love you, friends. Thank you for being with me on this journey of spiritual growth and emotional well-being. Youâre not alone. đ
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You know, friends, Iâve been thinking⌠so much of life gets easier when we remember weâre here to get it right, not to be right. Weâre all students in this big, beautiful, messy classroom called Earth. Mistakes? Oh, weâll make them. Disagreements? Absolutely. But the goal isnât to win every argumentâitâs to grow, to learn, to heal, and to keep showing up with an open heart. When we focus on getting it right, we give ourselves (and each other) permission to evolve. đąâ¨ One Love â¤ď¸
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Enough is enough! Let's get 1 billion people to chant to spell three times!!!
By fire and stone, by wind and sea,
Your grasp is broken â you touch not me.
No chain shall bind, no will shall bend,
Your draining hand meets its own end.
From heart to heart the power flows,
Beyond your reach, the people grow.
By sun, by moon, by starâs command,
We cast you out, we take our stand.
The light is ours, the will is free,
Your reign is ended â so mote it be!
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Hey friends, Iâve been reminding myself lately not to take things personally. What people say or do is rarely about meâitâs their own inner world, their own story. When I can remember that and keep my heart steady, I feel so much lighter and free from unnecessary hurt. My worth isnât defined by anyone elseâs words or actionsâand neither is yours. â¤ď¸
#InnerPeace #HeartSteady #SelfWorthJourney #BernardAlvarez
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There comes a momentâafter the unimaginable, after the pain that gutted you, when your spirit whispers⌠youâre still here.
Not the same, no. Youâve been split wide open. But something sacred begins to stir in the cracks.
Thatâs the start of healing.
Not a return to who you were, but the becoming of someone even more resilient, wise, and whole.
Thereâs a strength that grows when youâve faced the worst and your heart still chooses to love, to trust, to rise.
And if youâre in that quiet, aching space right nowâŚ
Hold on.
The healing is coming.
#HealingIsSacred
#StillHereStillRising
#StrongerAfterTheStorm
#BernardAlvarez
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Blessed Lammas, dear ones. đžâ¨
Today we honor the first harvestâthe turning point where summer begins its slow bow to autumn. It's a sacred time to pause, reflect, and give thanks for the fruits of our labor, both seen and unseen. Just as the grain is gathered, so too can we gather the wisdom, growth, and blessings we've cultivated this year.
May this season remind you of your power to create, to nourish, and to transform. May your heart overflow with gratitude, and may the seeds you've plantedâspiritually, emotionally, and physicallyâripen into abundance.
You are the magic. You are the harvest.
Lammas blessings to you and yours. đťđĽ
#LammasBlessings #BernardAlvarez #SacredHarvest #MysticRhythms
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What does it mean when we say love is the solution, meditation is the solution, forgiveness is the solutionâand all the rest? It means that healing, growth, and transformation donât always come from something âout there.â They come from within. Each of these thingsâlove, kindness, awareness, even the smallest intentional actâis a doorway to peace, to change, to a better world.
Why does it work? Because everything is energy. And when we shift our energyâwhen we choose love over fear, stillness over chaos, forgiveness over resentmentâwe ripple that out into the world. It creates real change.
You donât need to wait for someone else to fix it. You are the solution. You always have been. đ¤ I love friends! đ
#BernardAlvarez #YouAreTheSolution
#ConsciousLiving #HealingThroughLove
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Sometimes we have to rememberâit's okay to plan, to dream, and to focus our energy on where we want to go. But once we do, weâve got to loosen our grip just a little. Let the moment unfold, let the magic surprise us. Life often knows how to get us there in ways we never imagined. đâ¨
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Hey there, my beautiful friends! đ Welcome to our cozy little corner of the internet here on the Bernard Alvarez Channel. Iâm so excited to share my brand new podcast with you â Through The Eyes Of A Mystic: Sacred, Wild, and Unfiltered Echoes. Itâs raw, itâs real, and itâs filled with the sacred stories, spiritual insights, and messy truths from my life as a queer mystic, healer, and human doing their best in this wild world.
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With love,
Bernard