— “I know that life is ever changing and to be the best I can be, I have to accept that change is good. Not one of us ever finishes what we are here for until we leave and so therefore why not make it the best life rather waste each day out of resentment, anger or grief. I have fought life so hard since Dean’s diagnosis. I could not let go of the happiness I had and I did not want to accept the changes from losing a husband and daughter. But there was not foe to battle, and I have been spinning my wheels for years. I got tired of the fight and have made peace with all my choices in life so far and accepted that death is part of life. For me that was most the battle and now I can start to look forward to something new.” — Anitra
Valeria Teles interviews Anitra Marie Simmons — the author of “When Breath Is Stronger Than Tears: A Survivor's Memoir Of Trauma, Grief, Healing and Faith.”
Anitra Simmons writes a raw, open and vulnerable account of her journey through what it’s like to travel through terminal illness, death and a spiritual awakening. She gives vision to her readers of her emotions and heartache and her mission is to bring continued awareness to grief and help others find their way through this painful journey. She shares her path to healing by becoming an artist and writer and how she embraced spirituality to ease her pain, which led her to mediumship.
She currently will be releasing her second memoir When Breath is Stronger than Tears by early 2022 and will follow with an illustrated children’s book based on her daughter that passed away from Melanoma in 2017.
Her art is continuously posted on Instagram and Facebook.
To learn more about Anitra Marie Simmons and her work, please visit: anitrasimmonsartist.com
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.
