About
My name is Helena Ritchie and this blog is all about my journey along the path to personal growth. For most of my life I’ve been a writer and musician, and one of those extremely introverted types who is much more comfortable alone than interacting with others.
I originally started this blog as a place to talk about the ebook I wrote by the same name, and as a place to share my “expertise” in the field of personal development. The only problems with that were a) I never actually released the book, and b) it just didn’t feel right to me. This site actually sat empty for the better part of a year while I figured out what to do with it.
In addition to all my other wonderful talents (she says with tongue firmly in cheek) I’m also an intuitive and an empath. I rely a lot on my intuition and the energy I pick up from those around me, and so have learned in the hardest of ways to trust my feelings. When something doesn’t feel right, I pay attention and make whatever changes are needed in order to make things flow smoothly again. Since I made the decision to turn this blog into a more personal account, amazing things have started happening. But more about that later.
For now, I’d like to share with you a little bit about how I ended up on this path.
I’ve been interested in new age topics since the mid 1980s when I was preparing to divorce my first husband. A friend took me to see a psychic and she told me a few things about myself that made me want to explore further. After that I read everything I could get my hands on about discovering my true self and developing my spiritual side. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s when I got online that the whole world of personal growth really opened up for me.
After my second husband left in early 2000, and I discovered just how emotionally abused I had been throughout the marriage, I set about rebuilding myself and making sure I was strong enough to break the cycle of abuse that I had created for myself. Self-empowerment became a passion for me, as I was determined to never have to rely on anyone else for anything ever again. I also wanted to make sure that I was able to teach what I was learning to other women so that they were able to break their own cycles of abuse.
The only problem with that was I was nowhere near ready to put myself out there. My self-confidence and sense of self worth had been totally shattered and I was terrified to write something that someone could criticize. I was so broken that I didn’t even know who I was anymore. What ended up happening was that I went into about as close to a state of isolation as you can get and still function for about eight years.
This page is getting pretty long, so let me fast forward to 2008. I hit my tipping point and couldn’t hold back my desire to start really living again no matter how hard I tried. I got divorced, took up golf again, changed my name, and started to learn about who I am now. I’ve met some awesome people through blogging and twitter that are helping me to open doors and discover my self — both the new pieces and the old ones that I’d thought were lost forever. And I’m discovering that as I grow I become a little more confident and a little more willing to share my story every day. Each step along my path to personal growth brings new experiences, new smiles, and new people into my life. I’m really glad you’re one of them. 
And that’s the story in a nutshell. If what I’ve shared here resonates with you, I’d love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave me a comment on one of my posts. Unless it’s clearly spam, I read and respond to all posts, usually within a few hours. You can also find me on select social networks, and we can connect there if you’re so inclined.
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