who is Heike?
When I started the original "Goddess in the Groove" website, I was 28, enjoying a metamorphosis in life. There was no Twitter or Facebook then, and I wanted to create a forum for women with opinions, like me. After I hit 30, I changed, both in mind and in spirit. I became an advocate of women, a warrior.
Now I am closer to 50 than 40. I am a gypsy in spirit, an artist, a student. I make Kitchen Witches and Goddess Pendants "for a living" :), and gratefully accept the opportunity to do women's workshops (schedules are posted on Facebook and via the newsletter). I am an earth child, I ferment & bake, home school my kids, love my MAC, like hiking with my overgrown dog, like camping with my family in our big blue van (which was recently painted by my husband and now looks like an oversize version of Herbie), am studying the magic & healing of herbs, and am constantly experimenting with them. I have a long history in sales. I love KFC Rootbeer Floats. I love thrift stores & estate sales (and do lots of saging :)...), it is practically the only place I shop. You will find stories of my "past life", in my next life, I would like to be me, but also a a dog trainer , and owner of a large piece of land to get creative on. I have added some pictures from my every day chaos below.
Now I am finding my way, and I see that I need support, comfort, and inspiration from other women like me to help keep me on the path. For this reason, I created "Goddess In The Groove", to be a forum for ALL women, no matter what ethnicity, preference, age, marital or family status. There are too many websites out there that separate us women into little subcategories; this is a place to unite. I also value your opinion on the site and and the features, please email me at heike (at) goddessinthegroove.com.. The internet is making it so much easier to connect nowadays, and we can do so via my blogs (that you can access via the menu), or Instgram. I will dablle in Twitter, and Facebook , but honestly, I am too long winded for restricted forums :). For now, as this website is being reformatted, and all the archived stories are being made accessible again, you will have to wait a little while to read the past "SPiRiT Stories.
A little more history: I am European, a Momma to a girl & boy, one German Shepard, and soul mate to my husband, who always backs my "projects" 100%. 2 days after my 21st birthday, I was thrown from my beautiful, vintage Mini Cooper onto the Autobahn. I obviously survived (by the grace of ???), but I shattered my 5 bottom vertebra. I went from free, life loving jet setter to bed ridden vertebrae. Literally, for 9 months, I was nothing but the 5 vertebrae in my back, being watched daily by a slough of (fabulous) doctors, to see if their experimental surgeries would save me. For 9 months, I did not know if I would ever walk again. My life changed in the blink of an eye. I changed in a blink of an eye. During my stay in the hospital, I learned humility, I was grateful for the staff that became my "other" family, I reconnected with a long lost friend, I was introduced to positive thinking, and I learned that I could endure much more than I gave mysefl credit for. The recovery was long, and where I once was aghast at a pimple, I carried my mile long scars with pride. I survived.
That is me..and it has made me who I am today..it is part of my story.
Life happens, I married my boyfriend of 8 years, got pregnant almost immediately (unplanned), and my path changed. I had two miracle babies. I gave up a single women's dream job where I was making a lot of money, traveling to the Caribbean constantly, training others....to stay home and raise my daughter. I ran two businesses out of my home for over 10 years, and I recently sold/closed them to shift my energy to the Goddess in the Groove and my projects that are close to my heart. In 2008, I published "Goddess in the Groove ~ Musings From the Goddess Within", which is an extension of the original website in print. My dream is to build an interactive, coop style Women's Center, a place to EMPOWER :). Until then, I will be offering workshops and women's get-togethers locally. Sign up for the newsletter, and you will be sure to get information as it is available.
My mission is to speak up, kindle my Spirit, and unite with my soul sisters on the way.
Blessings,
Heike
Now I am closer to 50 than 40. I am a gypsy in spirit, an artist, a student. I make Kitchen Witches and Goddess Pendants "for a living" :), and gratefully accept the opportunity to do women's workshops (schedules are posted on Facebook and via the newsletter). I am an earth child, I ferment & bake, home school my kids, love my MAC, like hiking with my overgrown dog, like camping with my family in our big blue van (which was recently painted by my husband and now looks like an oversize version of Herbie), am studying the magic & healing of herbs, and am constantly experimenting with them. I have a long history in sales. I love KFC Rootbeer Floats. I love thrift stores & estate sales (and do lots of saging :)...), it is practically the only place I shop. You will find stories of my "past life", in my next life, I would like to be me, but also a a dog trainer , and owner of a large piece of land to get creative on. I have added some pictures from my every day chaos below.
Now I am finding my way, and I see that I need support, comfort, and inspiration from other women like me to help keep me on the path. For this reason, I created "Goddess In The Groove", to be a forum for ALL women, no matter what ethnicity, preference, age, marital or family status. There are too many websites out there that separate us women into little subcategories; this is a place to unite. I also value your opinion on the site and and the features, please email me at heike (at) goddessinthegroove.com.. The internet is making it so much easier to connect nowadays, and we can do so via my blogs (that you can access via the menu), or Instgram. I will dablle in Twitter, and Facebook , but honestly, I am too long winded for restricted forums :). For now, as this website is being reformatted, and all the archived stories are being made accessible again, you will have to wait a little while to read the past "SPiRiT Stories.
A little more history: I am European, a Momma to a girl & boy, one German Shepard, and soul mate to my husband, who always backs my "projects" 100%. 2 days after my 21st birthday, I was thrown from my beautiful, vintage Mini Cooper onto the Autobahn. I obviously survived (by the grace of ???), but I shattered my 5 bottom vertebra. I went from free, life loving jet setter to bed ridden vertebrae. Literally, for 9 months, I was nothing but the 5 vertebrae in my back, being watched daily by a slough of (fabulous) doctors, to see if their experimental surgeries would save me. For 9 months, I did not know if I would ever walk again. My life changed in the blink of an eye. I changed in a blink of an eye. During my stay in the hospital, I learned humility, I was grateful for the staff that became my "other" family, I reconnected with a long lost friend, I was introduced to positive thinking, and I learned that I could endure much more than I gave mysefl credit for. The recovery was long, and where I once was aghast at a pimple, I carried my mile long scars with pride. I survived.
That is me..and it has made me who I am today..it is part of my story.
Life happens, I married my boyfriend of 8 years, got pregnant almost immediately (unplanned), and my path changed. I had two miracle babies. I gave up a single women's dream job where I was making a lot of money, traveling to the Caribbean constantly, training others....to stay home and raise my daughter. I ran two businesses out of my home for over 10 years, and I recently sold/closed them to shift my energy to the Goddess in the Groove and my projects that are close to my heart. In 2008, I published "Goddess in the Groove ~ Musings From the Goddess Within", which is an extension of the original website in print. My dream is to build an interactive, coop style Women's Center, a place to EMPOWER :). Until then, I will be offering workshops and women's get-togethers locally. Sign up for the newsletter, and you will be sure to get information as it is available.
My mission is to speak up, kindle my Spirit, and unite with my soul sisters on the way.
Blessings,
Heike
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