Life & Work with Dr. Marcia Martin of West Hollywood

Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Marcia Martin.

Hi Dr. Marcia, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
The Heart Healing Foundation was born from my own journey during which I traveled from victim to victorious. When I was searching for answers to help myself in the labyrinth of life, I was unable to find support that I could afford regularly. I needed help to climb out of the darkness, anchor in the new truths I was learning, as well as advice about how to apply this new way of being to my everyday life.

Trauma leaves a lasting impact on our lives. The patterns put in place during the survival phase will continue to influence and dictate our behavior until they are offset with new knowledge and choices. I found myself in a loop of repeated failures that forced me to feel worse and worse until I had learned to expect to fail yet again. It wasn’t until I was able to break free of that pattern that my life began to transform. Now, it is my great joy to help others feel empowered, transform their lives, and live in freedom from the tyranny of abuse and trauma.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
When I began offering services to help people overcome abuse and trauma, I only offered private-pay services. Although I was able to help many, there were many more who were being left behind. After much contemplation and consideration, I realized that the model that would work best for me was to create a nonprofit organization.

I cannot help everyone who needs it without being paid, but I cannot charge those who need help when they don’t have the means to pay. Establishing a nonprofit has been a happy medium, but it has come with a steep learning curve. At the moment, we’re giving more services than we have funds to support, but as we continue to provide life-changing support, we’re certain that we’ll receive the funding we need to continue.

I gain strength not from the hope of a paycheck in the future but from the empowerment and transformation that our recipients experience from our programs. When you give from your heart, good cannot help but find you.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
Mental wellness is a misnomer. The mind is not the problem; it’s the heart that’s generating the emotion that the mind is responding to.

Carl Jung stated, “Until you make the subconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Our thoughts do not generate our feelings; it’s our reaction to or feeling about a situation that creates thoughts which reflect how we feel. This means that trying to control, correct, or corral your thoughts is an impossible task as long as the subconscious mind is continuing to generate negative feelings about a person or situation. The mind is not in charge; the mind is a receptor, the heart is the generator. At The Heart Healing Foundation, we address the problem where it originated. We peel back the layers of your life and discover what limiting beliefs and dysfunctional programs you have running in the background. When an unhealthy program is directing your life, you have no choice but to engage in behavior that’s harmful or painful.

We often meet people who have minimized themselves to fit in, so they won’t be singled out or so they won’t be accused of being the source of the problem. Living your life under a shadow, trying to hide your light or being less than you are so you don’t offend someone else, isn’t living, it’s imprisonment. Every person has a purpose. We want to help you be set free from your limitations so you can step fully into your purpose and feel good about yourself and the life you’re living.

Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
The Heart Healing Foundation is a nonjudgmental organization open to everyone ready to heal. We cannot walk your path for you, but we will walk beside you every step of the way. If you’re ready to break free, break through, and discover all that you are, reach out, you’ll be welcomed with open arms.

Pricing:

• pay what you can

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.thehearthealingfoundation.org
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mmhearthealer
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marciamartinthehearthealer
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmhearthealer
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMHeartHealer
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrMarciaMartintheHeartHealer
• Other: https://www.patreon.com/mmhearthealer

Image Credits
Daniel B. Holeman