What do you get when a girl from a Mennonite community grows up and rediscovers her lifetime’s worth of journals that inspire a radical life transformation? You get Jill Drader, Founder of Owlseek, who experienced addiction, trauma, and PTSD and transformed her personal healing journey into a successful business. Jill shares her beliefs around spirit vs soul, seven spiritual principles she extracted from her journals, and how forgiveness, grace and love are key to living a life of joy and peace.
Content warning: This episode contains mention and descriptions of sexual assault, kidnapping, trafficking, and alcohol and drug use. If you are particularly sensitive to these topics, you may consider sitting this episode out.
Jill grew up in what she describes as a doctrine of telling - in a strict religious landscape where the leader got to decide what is told and what individuals were allowed to do. This conflicted with her soul’s belief in the consciousness of love. She reflects on her difficult experiences growing up, including drug and alcohol use, and how her high school art teacher took a risk and introduced her to the world of tarot and past life regression. Through exploration of herself from a lifetime of journals and life-changing events, Jill discovered her unique path to recovery, healing and peace. This episode will help you understand the complexity of PTSD and human experiences while inspiring you to connect with yourself and heal the traumas holding you back.