Today we’d like to introduce you to Fernanda de la Parra.
Hi Fernanda, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today.
My spiritual journey started about 5 years ago. It was when I was at my lowest point in my life, and I was searching for a way to feel better. I remember laying in my bed and searching for podcasts that I could listen to. I came across a podcast named You Are Luminous, which talked about spirituality and the power of manifestation. This podcast opened my mind in a radical way, which increasingly made me understand the power of energy and our emotions. Basically, that the energy that we put out to the world will attract and create our reality. It lit me up to start to work on the parts of myself and start to think more positively. This drove me to a journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance of myself. I became very interested in self-development and mindfulness. While learning more about this lifestyle, I discovered in a podcast episode of School of Greatness, Marisa Peer, who is a hypnotherapist and talks about how we have limited beliefs that we have carried throughout our life as programming. Which affects how we respond to our circumstances in life. She explains how important it is to train the mind with positive beliefs by repeating them every day because the mind will believe anything you tell it. Most known as positive affirmations, which I started to practice because of her. I decided to write positive affirmations on post-it notes and put them on the wall of my room, that I would recite to myself every morning. This started to make a huge positive impact in my life and became part of my daily routine. I felt more confident in myself and felt that I had a more positive mindset.
This path also led me to do a lot of shadow work by confronting suppressed emotions and trauma that I was holding onto. It made me go into a time of introspection and question a lot of things in my life. Practicing meditation and yoga became a form of having that quiet time with my higher self where I could get some of the answers that I was searching for. This also made me more of an intuitive person than I already was.
I knew that someday I would want to embark on a healing or holistic practice because I was so passionate about it. In 2022, I started to look at options of what I could do with this passion & came across a Holistic health coach certification. I had already been a Chef for almost 10 years and knew that I wanted to expand and embark in something new. The health coach certification was something that caught my attention because we would learn about nutrition, mindfulness, mental health, gut health, immune system, nervous system, and much more. Learning that the connection of mind and body is so important and how connecting the two can make a powerful change in any human being. In 2023 I got certified as an IIN holistic health coach and was already working on my new project Star Sisters.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I have definitely have had many challenges on the way to transitioning to this new path. Learning that I am a multi-dimensional being and accepting that change can be uncomfortable at first. But when it feels authentic and you are passionate about something, any challenges along the way are worth it.
As you know, we’re big fans of Star Sisters. For our readers who might not be as familiar, what can you tell them about the brand?
I started to work on Star Sisters affirmation cards in 2022, which came as an idea of my daily affirmation practice. I knew that I wanted to create a positive impact in the collective by helping people that might deal with issues that I have dealt with in the past like depression & anxiety. I started writing affirmations that I knew could make a positive impact and came up with also adding with every affirmation an exercise that could help calm the nervous system. The best way to practice affirmations is when our brain waves are in a theta state. When we are in the theta state, we can access the subconscious mind, which takes up 90% of our mind and most of our programming. The theta state brain wave is achieved when we are in a meditative state and full relaxation. Which normally happens when we just wake up or start to fall asleep. Since the subconscious takes up to 90% of our mind, it makes it important to reprogram unlimited beliefs that we have been programmed with and replacing them with positive ones. Affirmations practiced when we are in a theta brain wave and as a daily practice can create a huge positive impact in our mood and potential. Theta brain wave can also be achieved by entering into a meditative state. Methods to help you get into the theta state are meditation, breathwork, binaural beats, self-hypnosis, and sound healing. I encourage people to start practicing affirmations in the morning to start your day on a positive note.
When I was developing the idea, I knew that I wanted to create a deck of affirmation cards so that the person could intuitively choose one of the cards each morning as a daily routine. The deck comes with 44 unique affirmations written by me. The illustrations and designs were made by Fernanda Perez, who has a brand named Marfil, where she creates her unique illustrations on silk scarfs, and Marfil studio, where she works with brands to develop their ideas. I knew that I wanted to work with her while developing this project because of her great talent and creative ideas.
This is just the beginning of Star Sisters; I want to start doing workshops and retreats to help people on their spiritual journey. To become their best version themselves.
How do you think about luck?
I say that everything in life is meant to happen like it should. When we experience bad luck in any occasion, it also comes with a lesson that we can learn from. And when we have good luck, we embrace it and know that we are worthy of it. But that is the duality of life: we can have both at the same time and know that it is part of the journey. In my experience, most of it has been good luck because opportunities have opened really fast, and for me, that is a sign that I am on the right path.
Pricing:
- The Star Sisters affirmation deck is $28.00
Contact Info:
- Website: star-sisters.com
- Instagram: @starsisters.affirmations
Image Credits
Gabriela C. Walther
