The overwhelming darkness of depression combined with the stranglehold of self-destructive behavior is not something everyone overcomes. To overcome and then embrace a parallel, enlightened version of yourself with a full and shining heart is an experience even less embrace. To overcome, embrace and then become an empathetic, guiding inspiration to others, you enter an even more elite, smaller group. But this is exactly what Emily Maggard has done.
Transformation takes not only work, but acknowledgement that the world is changing, that it must change. You have the power to look at things from a new perspective, and to make a choice to be part of a positive outcome with grit and grace.
Everyone experiences a sense of not belonging at some point in their lives. Imagine being a child with sensory gifts that most other people do not have. How would you express yourself? How frustrating would that be for you? Not only as a child, but as you grow older the repeated heartbreak of not being able to make people understand or believe you must be soul-draining.
Margarita Ivanova (Astro Gita) is not only a phenomenal astrologist, she is one of the most inviting, loving and friendly people you will have the pleasure of meeting. As hopeful as I was about the potential of arriving to a cloth covered table with a crystal ball on amidst the twinkling light of candles about a darkened room, it simply was not meant to be.