I Am Diosa: A Journey to Healing Deep, Loving Yourself, and Coming Back Home to Soul

by Christine Gutierrez

Overview

This raw and relatable guide to radical self-care and self-love empowers readers to embrace the powerful Diosa within.

In this fiercely inspiring book, psychotherapist Christine Gutierrez welcomes women to join her in healing the wounds from past hurt or trauma to reclaim their worth and come back home to their true self and soul.

Diosa is the Spanish word for Goddess. A diosa is anyone who honors the primal feminine energy in the world and within themselves. According to Gutierrez, diosas face obstacles in their lives but are always ready and willing to go to their core to reclaim their inner worth and self-esteem. They are the ones that rise from the ashes and dare to piece themselves back together bone by bone and soul piece by soul piece. From stories of resilience from both Gutierrez and members of her Diosa Tribe, to mantras, meditations, and guided journaling prompts, this book gives women the tools they need to honor their sacred feminine and become who they were always meant to be.

I Am Diosa will inspire women to give themselves permission to feel, to be seen, to be heard, and to return to their truest selves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593421437
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/08/2022
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	133,803
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Christine Gutierrez, MA, LMHC is a Latina licensed psychotherapist, life coach and expert in love addiction, trauma, abuse, and self- esteem. She has a Bachelor's degree from Fordham University in human behavior and development, and a Master's degree from City College of New York in mental health counseling with a focus on community and prevention. Through her work, Christine offers private coaching, group coaching, and transformational retreats such as her annual Diosa Retreat in Puerto Rico, as well as the Diosa Tribe, a global community where like- hearted women come to heal, rise, and lead. She has been featured in Time Out NY, Latina Magazine, Yahoo Health, Ebony, Cosmo for Latinas, Huffington Post, and others. Christine currently resides in Puerto Rico with her husband Fernando Samalot and their pup Bodhi. For more on her work, visit christineg.tv and follow her on Instagram @CosmicChristine.

Regional interest locations: Miami, Southern California, and Texas.

Read an Excerpt

Learning to connect to your soul voice, to heal your soul wounds, and to come back home to Self and Soul—these are breakthroughs that can make every area of your life healthier, happier, and more aligned. In working with people for more than a decade, I have seen the power of this soulwork and the transformations that occur in people’s lives. The first step is always the hardest, but if you are here, it’s because you are ready.
Wherever you are on your journey—you are welcome to unpack your emotions and stay for the ride. To still yourself enough to hear the rumbling in your belly and daggers in your heart. Place your luggage, your coat, and the weight of the day to the side for just a moment, and come sit with me and chat, pláticas del alma—soul chats.
 
I am here to take you on a journey, to help you to heal the wounded soul and guide you back home to you— to the true you. I will help, alongside spirit, to untangle the webs of your pain, shame, and trauma. By sharing stories from my own life and those of other Diosa clients that I have had the honor of hearing and helping. We will do this by sharing songs, prayers, tools, and inquisitive ques­tions. There is nothing off-limits when it comes to soul healing—let the soul guide the way for this journey. This is your time to heal. You deserve it.
In the book Woman Who Glows in the Dark, Elena Avila says that “Curanderas help to build up a person’s energy system and self- esteem, and teach them how to break the vicious cycle of depression and hopelessness.” This description depicts how I view this process of helping someone to heal their soul wounds. I help you build your energy, remind you of the power and magic that has always been within. Under ruins and fragmented pieces, but always there—the soul and the divine Diosa within awaits.
 
 
Who Is a Diosa?
 
Diosa is the Spanish word for Goddess. The Diosa is a represen­tation of the Soul Self who sees with her spiritual sight and smells with her soul senses. She is deep and raw—broken and whole. She lives in two worlds simultaneously: the world of the day and the mundane, and the world of the night and the mystery of soul. La Diosa lives in between realms. She has access to the gates of the psyche’s temple. She is “resilient”. Born of the ashes, she puts her bones back together piece by piece through it all—she always rises. And she doesn’t just rise, she dances as she rises. Naked, raw, whole, free. She is the music in the beat, the elements of fire, water, air, earth. She is Shakti—primal core energy. She is snake in the spine, activated. She is MA, Mother. She is ready to do the soul­work required because she is satisfied only when living her deepest soul truth. She has always been and will always be. She is you, she is me, she is all.
 
A Diosa is willing to go deep and heal.
A Diosa rises from the ashes time and time again.
A Diosa is fierce and loving.
A Diosa is connected to her shadow and her light.
A Diosa is connected to her soul, and if she isn’t, she won’t stop until she comes home to her soul again.
 
Diosa goes beyond male or female. Diosa is about invoking the feminine energy that we all have. Cis male, cis female, transgender, gay, straight, nonbinary—all are welcome to use the word. For all can activate the Diosa energy within. Diosa is the primal core en­ergy of the universe and is open to all. I will be writing and using words like women and she, but this is for all. Feel free to make this book your own and cross out pronouns as needed to make it yours! If you are here, you were guided here. Your soul brought you here. And so you too, are Diosa.

Table of Contents

Prayer xi

Invocation xv

Preface xix

Introduction 1

Who Is a Diosa? 4

About This Work 5

How to Flow Through This Book 9

Key Resources 11

Part I The Darkness: Exploring Trauma & the Original Wound

Chapter 1 A Return to Soul 17

The Departure Through the Return 19

Starting the Journey 23

The Soul Call 25

Chapter 2 Getting to the Root of It 37

Your Tikkun 41

Wound Exploration 42

Working with Difficult Emotions 47

Chapter 3 How the Past Affects You Now 59

Exploring Your Emotional Triggers 62

Proactive Formula 69

Becoming the Divine Parent to Your Inner Child 75

Chapter 4 Recognizing the Soul Traps 83

Seven Common Soul Traps 84

Navigating the Traps 97

Chapter 5 The Body as a Map: Rewiring Our System 103

Somatic Guided Journey in Three Parts 108

Embodying Safety, Love, and Joy 118

Tools for Trauma 121

Chapter 6 Wounds to Wisdom 129

The Journey Home 132

Your Wound as Spiritual Wisdom 137

Part II The Light: Living in Alignment wi the Soul

Chapter 7 Soul Alignment 147

Fear vs. Gut 148

Let Your Soul Voice Communicate with You 153

Chapter 8 Intimacy with Self 163

Soul Skin 164

Getting to Know the Fragmented Self and the Whole Self 165

Chapter 9 Dust Yourself Off and Try Again 173

Activate Your Healing Process 178

The Get-Back-on-Track Formula 183

Your Emotional Safety Plan 186

Part III The Integration: Living the Diosa Vibes and Light in Action

Chapter 10 Setting High Standards (aka Not Settling Anymore) 195

Match Your Diosa Divinity 196

Fix Self-Sabotaging Habits 200

Commit to Self-Love 204

Expand Your Vessel 207

Honor Your New High Standards 209

Chapter 11 Cultivating Healthy Love 215

Healthy Attachments 217

Codependency and Boundaries 221

Let Yourself Be Vulnerable 226

Scripts for Setting Healthy Boundaries 230

Chapter 12 Coming Back Home to Self: Diosa Rituals 241

Let Yourself Thrive 243

Prayers for Peace and Ease 246

Sacred Shakti Sensuality 249

Rituals for Continued Growth 251

Chapter 13 You Are Diosa 261

Seeing with Soul 262

Soul Dream Life Meditation 264

Align with Your Soul Destiny 267

Keep the Faith 270

Diosa Blessings 279

Poem 282

Acknowledgments 283

Editorial Reviews

Gutierrez's words are at the same time raw and elegant, ancient and modern. It’s exactly what’s needed for the future we need to create. I Am Diosa is for every modern woman who craves a wisdom that's been denied to us for too long. Read and USE this magical book.”
—Rebekah Borucki, mother, author, and advocate
 
 
“Christine Gutiérrez is a brilliant and powerful force who embodies everything she teaches. I Am Diosa walks you through the inner process of understanding your past and healing your wounds so that you can live a vibrant, authentic and empowered life. I Am Diosa is for those who are ready for serious transformation.
—Yung Pueblo, author of Inward
 
 
“Finally, a book that beautifully and effectively combines a psychologically grounded perspective with ancient wisdom for cultivating self-love, self-care and deep healing. I Am Diosa is a step-by-step guide to true transformation and authentic empowerment.”
—Terri Cole, licensed psychotherapist
 
 
“I Am Diosa is the book we all need right now. Christine masterfully weaves psychology, soul, and her compelling personal story as an offering to come back home to our true, unbroken, and Diosa selves. I Am Diosa is raw and real, and though Christine is an “expert” and therapist, she speaks in the language of an hermana. She is a welcome and much-needed voice in the all-too-white world of “self-help.” Christine’s gift is that she speaks from the wholeness of her truth leaving nothing out—shadow, trauma, or addiction. She has worked hard to heal, she has earned her scars, and her journey is our initiation.” 
—Robyn Moreno, author & Curandera

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