The Heal & Rise Blog

Taking a deep breath as I settled into our car after packing up my booth, I brought my hands up to massage my sore cheek muscles. Releasing the tension in my masseters, the realization of why they were so sore hit me. They were sore from smiling! Not from the forced kind of smiling, but from four hours of grinning from ear to ear, delighted to be connecting with such warm and kind humans in Cedar Falls, Iowa. From those who took the time to pause and skim my books or bring ho