SuziBear Designs
With you beside me, I can feel both gentle and strong
Blessings beautiful people,
I'm not sure if anybody will visit this site now as I have been awol for so long, but just in case there is even a solitary person popping on here, I'd like to apologise for suddenly leaving everything bare (bare of bears!) without explanation. And I'd like to thank my son, Bron, for helping set this page up.
Initially I had to stop sewing as I developed too much pain in my hands to be able to hold even a needle. I had initially thought this was due to creating bears on a daily basis for many decades, and that a few months rest would rectify it. But it was actually the beginning of a very long journey into a deep dark hole, where my body eventually decided to stop functioning altogether, and currently continues to be quite obstinate. Strangely (and frustratingly) my brain has continued working (and no comments from anybody who knows me well enough to know that is questionable at the best of times!), so I can still design bears in my head, but in reality I can't do much, except be a grumpy, miserable, mad Bear lady! On a positive, these dis-eases are teaching me many Spiritual lessons (though I'd have preferred easier ways to learn!!).
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Not being able to create has been driving me even more bonkers than I ever was before, but I have spent the last few years researching the link between dis-ease and the effects of abuse, trauma and grief on the body, and how it all can take root, bringing about dis-ease.
I am currently working towards hopefully helping to bring more awareness to the importance of listening to the wisdom of our bodies, and truly following the calling of our hearts. And I now believe even more deeply, and am even more obsessed with, the healing power of crystals, plants, trees, Mother Earth. Our bodies are nature and they know how to heal. Hugs from bears go a long way to healing too (not the grizzly variety, of course!).
Through this healing journey I have also experienced how difficult it can be when we can't be who we were before. When we lose a version of ourselves, we begin asking "who am I now?", and need to find a way to step into a different way of being. But having said that, I'm still hoping I'll be able to return to the bear world at some point in the future, and that hope helps keep me going along this lengthy healing journey. But in the meantime, if anybody would like to reach out, I'd be absolutely delighted to hear from you, or any of your bears.
My email address is: suzi@suzibeardesigns.com
Sending so much love and an abundance of Bear hugs to anybody who may read this...thank you from the depths of my heart for remembering me and my bears, and for popping by.
Suzi xx