A Thank You Across Borders
This week, I paused again in awe.
The Embracing Me blog has now reached 84 countries and territories worldwide, with over 97,712 lifetime views. In the last seven days alone, readers from Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama have joined this growing global community.
To each of you: thank you.
As I sit with this moment, just shy of 100,000 views, I find myself reflecting not on numbers, but on movement: internal movement, spiritual movement, human movement across time and seasons.
The Journey From Spirit to Mind to Body
When I began writing nearly 20 years ago, I was a wounded woman trying to survive by naming my pain. My words were raw, searching, and often heavy with questions I didn't yet know how to hold. I leaned deeply into spirit, sometimes over spiritualizing, because faith felt like the safest place to land when life felt unsteady.
Over time, something shifted.
Without realizing it, my writing began to move from spirit to mind. I started examining belief systems, patterns, trauma, leadership, and meaning. I questioned what I had been taught, what I had inherited, and what no longer fit. Writing became a space of unlearning and relearning. Where faith and reason met, and where reflection became a form of healing.
And then, more recently, another shift emerged.
The body entered the conversation.
Rest. Recovery. Breath. Nervous systems. Movement. Boundaries. Wellness.
The truth that healing does not live only in prayer or thought, but in how we inhabit ourselves fully—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Looking back now, I see that this evolution of spirit, mind, and body was never accidental. It mirrors the human journey. It mirrors our journey.
Embracing Me was never meant to be a story about me alone. These words were always about people across cultures, continents, and experiences—finding permission to see themselves fully. To remove the mask. To honor their stories. To reconnect with who God created them to be, not who the world demanded they perform as.
A Space to Belong, Reflect, and Grow
If you are new here, welcome.
If you've been reading quietly for years, thank you for trusting this space.
If something you read helped you name a feeling, shift a perspective, or take one step toward wholeness, then this work is doing what it was always meant to do.
And if a post stirred discomfort, challenged a belief, or touched a tender place, know this: you still belong here. Discomfort is not a sign of exclusion, nor a reason to turn away. Often, it is an invitation to pause, to reflect, and to examine what is being revealed. Growth rarely arrives wrapped in ease, but it does arrive with intention.
As this community continues to grow, I remain grounded in the same intention that guided the first words I ever wrote: truth, compassion, reflection, and faith expressed through a lived, embodied life.
I invite you to stay connected. You can follow the Embracing Me blog and be among the first to receive new posts as they are released.
And if someone comes to mind as you read, consider inviting them to join you here. This work is meant to be shared, not rushed, and not walked alone.
Becoming who we were designed to be is sacred work. And every step toward wholeness creates space for others to do the same. None of us grows alone.
From my heart to yours, across borders and beyond numbers: thank you for being part of the Embracing Me journey.
With love and gratitude,
Stacie J
