This is an email out of the blue to say thank you for being the wonderful healer that you are. Coming to see you back in 2002 was one of the best decisions I have ever made – and I will forever be thankful to you for helping me to put myself back on track.
If you’ll remember I came to see you at a very low ebb – out of work for many months and feeling close to despair. I felt helpless and trapped and devoid of confidence - and I honestly feared I would never be happy again. I realised I needed to see someone and I searched for counsellers on the web – and your name immediately appealed to me. Eve Dolphin sounded like such a wonderful, friendly name!
The first time I met you I was feeling very low – but your smile made me feel much better. I remember how you emanated such a warm, soul nourishing vibe and I felt good that I had someone to confide in. You mentioned in our first meeting that you sensed I had positive energy and all I needed was to find a way to channel it and I would be fine – and I rember feeling hugely re-assured by that. Sitting in the chair next to your lovely garden, with the sun shining through, and I felt like maybe there was hope after all. You encouraged me to talk about the things that I love to do – and to think outside the box, making me realise that I do not need to be constrained by tradition or the expectations of others (or myself!) in creating the life I want for myself. That I am free to do what I dream, that I don’t need to chain myself to a mundane existence just because that is normal and expected of me.
It was thanks to you that I phoned up all those outdoor adventure companies, to find out if they were looking for a tour leader for the summer. I wouldn’t have dreamed to do this – save for the sense of freedom and possibility that you instilled in me. And when unexpected an opportunity came up, I was wracked with indecision and stress and pain, not knowing what to do – and again it was your support that helped me to summon the courage to go.
And of course, you know the rest. It was the most fantastic, wonderful, awe inspiring brilliant time – 6 months in the middle east, leading young people on 5 week trips from Cairo to Istanbul - a time of tremedous healing and I felt myself grow in confidence and spontaneity and gradually the scared me became confident and refreshed and exhilerated. I felt free to let the real me out – a zany, funny, cheerful me – who I loved. By the time I came back to the UK 6 months later, I felt like a different person. And it was largely thanks to you. If it hadn’t been for you I would never, never have gone…
Of course, it was tough coming back. But I was married and Ally needed me with her. She had been very accepting of me going ( I couldn’t ask for someone more supportive than her) – but understandably she needed her loved one to be present. When I’d been back for a month or so, of course the Volvo opportunity came through – and again I was wracked with pain and indecision. My confidence fell back – and I feared going back into a corporate world of responsibility and burden and stress.
And again, you were a saviour. You reminded me that life was for exploring – and that by trying it out, I was not a captive - just an adventurer exploring something new. And you opened up my intuition too and courage through access to amazing spiritual experiences that unblocked fear and doubt and pain deep inside me.
So yet again, it was thanks to you and the sense of possibility that you instilled that I decided to give it a go. And again, I have been blessed. For although Volvo is not the company I will work for for life, it was another example of the perfect thing at the right time. Last year, I got to travel all over the world with Volvo – helping people to launch sites all through Europe, the US and South America. I felt encouraged to be myself – zany, and positive and slightly alternative, and I grew enormously in confidence and for the first time (inconceivable), I actually enjoyed a conventional job.
This year, Ally and I have moved to Cambridge and I’m still working for Volvo, as their e-commerce manger for europe. In the meantime, Ally and I have been accepted into Australia (we applied two years ago), We plan to work for the rest of the year, then backpack round South America for 6 months (one of my biggest dreams) – and then settle down in australia. All in all, things are going great – I’m keeping balanced, re-awakening old passions like movies and bird watching and travel, and growing tremendously spiritually too though meditation.
The tough times; the pain, the anguish - I can see now - were all a catalyst to new life and healing. For it was thanks to those tough times that I got to meet you and try something different and get out out of my comfort zone. And now I honestly feel like anything is possible.
So thank you Eve – you are an angel. I often said I thought you were a true healer – and time has proved that to be so, so true for me. Whovever comes into your life is truly blessed.
Wishing you all life’s happiness…
Graeme Myburgh
PS – I really like your site, that’s how I found your email address! I’ve just started blogging so if you want an update on what we’re up to, it’s all at http://graemex.blogspot.com/
Cheerio / G
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