Hey it’s my first blog post!

The name of this blog is Guided Awakening, as well as my new podcast. Before I started selling my products under the name Templo, I went by the name Guided Awakening because my focus was more on helping people face the internal work that was holding them back from achieving what they want in life. The name really still resonates so much, my goal is to help guide & support individuals on their awakening journey so Guided Awakening is a branch off of Templo.

What is an awakening?

Awakening is coming back to yourself, an awareness of a new reality and who you really are. Healing parts of yourself that feel not good enough, feeling worthy and whole just as you are and loving yourself completely.

I’ve been sharing about my awakening journey on my social media for a few years now, but for the sake of this blog I’ll quickly fill you in.

My biggest obstacle in my life hands down has been my weight and all things associated with struggling with it. Emotional regulation, food, exercise, body image, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self sabotage, you get it. I’ve been trying to “fix this” since I was around 12, nothing stuck until I was about 21/22, when something clicked and everything started to slowly make sense on that deep level that really initiates change.

Here I am, 25, a few months away from turning 26, I feel like I still have so much to learn but feel so much more solid and really proud of the foundation I’ve built for myself which is supporting me and allowing me to react differently and connecting me with the dreams I’ve been working towards which just feels so fucking good. Every day I notice ways in which I’ve grown and evolved into such a strong, determined, passionate, embodied version of myself. I feel like I have as much figured out as I can, all that’s left for me to do everyday is show up as the real person I am and live out my life's purpose.

My purpose by the way, is helping people free themselves, from any and all restraints, limiting them in their life. I have built my ‘brand’ around all things I believe in deeply, which have helped me in some way, and I want to share that and give people the opportunities that helped me change my life.

I think right now, releasing one new blog post a week feels really do-able, along with one podcast a week as well, either elaborating on a concept I cover in a blog post, or conversations/interviews with people in my life that align with my vision for what I want to share here.

I’d love to hear what kinds of things you’d like to know about, I really just have so much I want to share and feel like I need an upgrade from the limitations of instagram. I want to be real, vulnerable, authentically me and sometimes its weird having it all out right there and in your face right on my instagram. This has been on my list of things I’ve wanted to do since i was like 13 discovering blogs but never felt clear on what I wanted to share, it’s so nice to not feel like that anymore! Anyways, that’s all for now, I’m very excited about this and hope you are too!

x Racquel

An introduction to the Guided Awakening blog