My Heart Story is part of my Midlife Style Journey

My best reds from my color palette

It's February, the Heart Month, and here I am wearing my best reds. I don't know if you know that women's heart issues are close to my heart.

Everything started 16 years ago when I joined the club because of an open heart surgery.

I embarked on an incredibly emotional journey - learning how to live with a heart condition, figuring out who the “New Cecilia” was, and refocusing my business.

Let me tell you what happened...

Coming back from the hospital and looking in the mirror all I saw was the zipper. I had to tell myself: tell yourself what you tell your clients - look for your inner beauty. At that moment, I realized how hard it was to see beyond the reflection in the mirror.

This experience helped me see that, to generate change, I needed to connect with my clients through the heart. They needed to allow me in.

The clothes in my closet no longer looked like me. They were boring. My sense of time had changed, so I embarked on a journey of fashion experimentation. I tried a little of everything, from avant-garde to bohemian, read books about style until I found the balance I was looking for. Today, I am still experimenting, but not in a so urgent way.

As my business evolved, after my heart surgery, I decided that I want to work with clients that want to learn to use their personal image to reach an intention. That are willing to put themselves on a vulnerable position and open up so we can grow together. I will walk along their journey until I see they can walk alone. The internet if full of "How tos", if this is what they are looking for, they can do it by themselves.

Understanding what is intrinsic to them, and allowing themselves to think about things differently to reach their intentions takes times and commitment. My goal is to support them on a life changing experience.

Any life-changing experience is transformational. The zipper on my chest is a constant reminder of my heart and style journeys. Sometimes we need to experience life in someone else’s shoes to connect with them, and be able to touch their lives.

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