Artist, writer, intrepid traveler, facilitator of interesting activities, a bit of a nomad, kind of a hippie, explorer of living in the moment creatively
Above all else, a lover of LIFE!
Hey there! I’m Pam, the face behind Sojourn by the Sea
Today…
As the birds began to sing this morning, and the sun peeked through the blinds, I woke up with a deeper sense of clarity. You see, I’ve always struggled to tell the world EXACTLY who I am, because there is sooo much to me! I’ve always wondered, how can a person narrow down their identity into just a few lines in a bio?
I’ll bet you can relate!
This morning, however, something changed. I heard a voice inside of myself reminding me of how far I’ve come in this life. I’d like to share this with you, a little snapshot of my story, and a few things that not many people know about me:
In school, I was the girl who rarely spoke, so shy that meeting new people made my stomach flip flop so much that I would feel sick to my stomach and would often start to cry
When I graduated from high school and met my husband-to-be, who was very much a social being, I resorted to drinking alcohol just so that I could relax, fit in, and be more of “me”
Later on in life, as a wife, and then a mother, a business owner, daughter, friend, etc… you get the picture, I was a perfectionist in ALL of these roles I played. Every day I was trying to get it “right” until one day that insatiable need for perfection (the one that I could never quite meet no matter how hard I tried) had me down on my knees, crying in the darkness to be shown what was actually TRUE, what was actually REAL
Up until that moment, like most people, I had the habit of taking on other’s fears, and dreams, expectations, values and beliefs, letting them dictate how I lived my life, what I allowed myself to experience, and who I “allowed” myself to BE. But something snapped in the darkness that night, and right there and then I swore to myself that it was time to change. I knew that my life depended on it.
At that point, everything started to transform, as some things unraveled and fell away, while others began. At first, I started to explore things that up until then had been taboo in my life, things like spirituality, holistic healing, energy therapy, deep down-to-the-bones writing, the workings of the subconscious mind, the meaning of true creativity, and expressing myself artistically to the WORLD and not just to a few who were closest to me. Thanks to all of this, my REAL life began to OPEN up to ME! As a result I began to LIVE for the very first time while I…
TRAVELED THE WORLD INDEPENDENTLY
FACED FEARS THAT HAD BEEN GRIPPING ME
WROTE BOOKS, CREATED COURSES, AND TAUGHT EXTENSIVELY
Don’t get me wrong, not every moment was glorious and not every lesson was easy, but I am grateful beyond words for everything. For more than 25 years I have studied and learned and experienced so much, earned multiple certifications and three degrees, not only for myself (though initially that’s how it began) but also so that I could share what I’ve learned with other people who might need to hear what I have to say.
So there you go, that’s a little bit about me. As for Sojourn by the Sea, which, by the way, I built with my own two hands (literally), this has been a dream that I’ve held for even longer than I dared to dream it into being. If that sounds a little bizarre, you might want to come on retreat with me or take one of my courses to really “get” the whole meaning. For now, however, I can say that both Sojourn by the Sea, Nova Scotia, and Sojourn Abroad Creative Adventure retreats, are not just places for one to go to, they are an OPPORTUNITY to gather with others like yourself who are ready to EXPERIENCE a LIFE TO LOVE and a way to BE, AUTHENTICALLY.
