Building Confidence & Addressing Blocks While Healing My Skin
Name: Jessica Tillman
Where do you reside?: Minnesota
What is your cultural upbringing and background?: Working class, white, rural Minnesota
Are you currently a Pathway Member?: Yes
What was on your manifestation list?: At the top of my list was clear skin and of course, higher confidence and less worry about skin-related concerns.
What workshops did you use and what blocks did you discover during the DIs & workshops?: I began with How To Manifest, then went into Unblocked Inner Child and sprinkled in the Reinforcing DIs. Most recently, I've been working through the Unblocking Challenge workshop, and my results have been fast-tracked since starting it.
Blocks discovered : I deserve bad things; there's something wrong with me; I can't handle life; it's overwhelming.
What expanders did you find?: The most expansive person, who I am privileged to be working with, has been Christine Preston of Skin Discovery. Christine's approach, along with using skin care to heal the skin's natural function, addresses limiting beliefs and reframing them, which I was able to take right into the Pathway workshops and DIs.
Other expanders include Jillian Cole and Olena Beley's Instagram content and some personal friends and family members.
What tests did you face? Which did you pass? Not pass?: Many tests came up, including discouragement, nonlinear progress, and temptation to revert to old behaviors like tuning into fear-inducing messaging, rabbit-holing on skincare, and letting limiting beliefs take the reins again.
I passed many. Paradoxically, when I began to see skin results, I started behaving in ways that revealed I was assigned a level of self-worth to clear skin. I ignored the behavior/tests, and I encountered rock bottom in the form of a weeklong mental health crisis. While I learned many things in that rock bottom, one of those discoveries was that I hadn't totally opened up to the idea of being worthy of clear skin yet. A lot of shit dropped away during that week, and I came out of it being able to meet the manifestation of clear, healthy skin.
Did you experience a magic dark period? If so, tell us about it.: Yes, there were a few months of feeling stagnant, like I was just bobbing around in terms of both physical and mental/emotional progress.
How did your manifestation come through?: I stuck with Christine's guidance and began the Unblocking Challenge, which I'm still in the middle of. As soon as I started the Challenge, my skin healing fast-tracked. I took a core wound into the Challenge that I knew contributed to blocked skin healing, and I've taken it through the new Unblocked DI several times now. I'm experiencing the clearest, glowiest, most comfortable skin I've had since childhood.
How long did it take for your manifestation to come through after crafting your initial list?: About seven months. Only one month in, I found and connected with Christine Preston, who has been instrumental for me.
How frequently were you using the workshops and DI's when you noticed the biggest shift surrounding your manifestation?: 4 times per week
How do you incorporate this work into your life on a daily basis? Any tips, tricks or recommendations for getting the most out of it, or personalizing it?: I have a family, and it ebbs and flows. I accept the ebb and flow and go for it whenever I get an opportunity. Scheduling the time in is helpful, as is not overanalyzing how perfectly I can accomplish the work in any given session, just doing it. I normally fit it in after my children's bedtime, before I go to bed.
Is there anything else you think we should know? If you made this process your own in any way, this is the perfect spot to share that.: Along with the clear skin manifestation, there have been many mini manifestations as well as emotional and spiritual upleveling.
