Written from a quiet farmhouse in the South of France, Elicia Woodford’s memoir traces her transformational path through heartbreak, spiritual initiation, and profound self-inquiry. Her story moves from her city loft in Atlanta to a healing island in Thailand, directly to the Occupy Oakland protests, into the jungles and coast of Costa Rica, and ultimately to the calming lavender fields of Provence, each location serving as a portal into deeper layers of wisdom.

Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love will quickly find themselves captivated by this unflinchingly honest account of the author’s search for love on a global canvas, with perhaps an even deeper level of self-reflection leading to a profound sense of empowerment and the love of a lifetime.

Indeed, at its core, Free To Be Me is not “a romantic travelogue.” It is about coming home to oneself.

Sensory Detail, Symbolism, and Synchronicity

Throughout this remarkable memoir, readers encounter the signs and symbols that accompanied Elicia Woodford’s inner awakening: hummingbirds, doves, roses, eclipses, caves, dreams, visions, and the unshakable whispers of intuition. (Music lovers will also vibe with Elicia’s suggestions for their playlist – songs from artists ranging from Peter Gabriel to Sinead O’Connor.)

These moments are not presented as fantasy. Instead, they are grounded in the emotional reality of a brilliant woman finding the courage to listen deeply to her body, her inner child, and her soul. And, as they read about these signs, symbols, and lessons, readers will find themselves inspired to engage in their own uniquely personal journey of self-discovery and empowerment.

“Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken; it’s about reclaiming what was always whole,” Elicia Woodford writes, offering both a personal revelation and a guiding principle of her work.

A Love Story Rooted in Destiny, Not Dependence

Amid the author’s journey emerges an unexpected love story, one that unfolds across continents and seems orchestrated by synchronicities too precise to ignore. Yet Elicia Woodford is clear: this love arrived not to rescue her, but to meet her at the level of wholeness she fought so hard to claim.

Following a series of profound insights, often learned through pain and vulnerability, the author ultimately connects finds her Great Love, Olivier, a process mirroring the truth that genuine connection becomes possible only after the inner child is heard, held, and healed.

A Guide for Readers Seeking Emotional Freedom

Offered not as a manual but like a revealing letter written by a longtime friend, Free To Be Me is deeply personal. The author’s intention is clear. Elicia Woodford wrote this extraordinary book for anyone longing to break free from old patterns of self-abandonment, emotional suppression, and inner conflict.

The memoir complements her larger body of work, which includes:

• The Core Emotional Healingâ Self-Study Course, guiding people to heal childhood wounds and build emotional support
• The True Essence Photography Program, where participants reconnect with and express their authentic selves
• The Resource Vibe Podcast, connecting listeners with master-level healers and spiritual resources across all disciplines

Collectively, these offerings reflect Elicia Woodford’s lifelong mission:
to nurture the wounded inner child and help others support themselves with courage, compassion, and emotional clarity.

For Readers Standing at the Threshold of Change

By the time the reader reaches the epilogue, where Elicia Woodford sits on her porch with her completed manuscript, surrounded by roses, doves, and her beloved dog River, the transformation is complete. The external journey across the globe mirrors the internal journey through grief, revelation, and rebirth.

“We must walk this path ourselves,” Elicia Woodford writes, “yet we are never truly alone.” At each step of of the journey, she honors the friends and spiritual advisors (spanning a wide range of disciplines), animals (especially her beloved dogs), and unseen forces (ever-present symbols like hummingbirds) that accompanied her.

Free To Be Me is a testament to what becomes possible when a woman stops silencing her truth and begins listening to the quiet, unshakeable wisdom within. It is also a reassuring message to her readers, that it is possible for all of us to attain the happiness we’ve always dreamed of.

About the Author

Elicia Woodford is a healer, teacher, and founder of Core Emotional Healingâ, with more than two decades of experience guiding others through emotional transformation. Known for her intuitive depth, compassionate presence, and the luminous clarity of her storytelling, she helps people reconnect with their inner child, express their authentic voice, and reclaim the parts of themselves long buried beneath trauma or self-doubt.

Her work spans memoir writing, emotional healing programs, photography-based personal development, and her Resource Vibe podcast, where she introduces listeners to the master-level spiritual resources that can help them transform their lives.

She lives in the South of France with her Great Love, Olivier, and her beloved dog River, wandering lavender fields, beaches, and vineyards, gathering simple moments like treasures.

For more information, visit:

www.eliciawoodford.com

Elicia Woodford is the author of Free To Be Me: A Memoir of Trauma,
Healing and Rebirth, a courageous and deeply personal memoir that
chronicles her journey through unhealthy relationships, deep inner healing,
and profound self-discovery. Through radical honesty, Elicia shares how
she learned to break destructive patterns, protect her inner child, and
recognize the signs life was offering her along the way.
Free To Be Me is both a powerful personal story and an invitation for
readers to reflect on their own lives, trust their inner guidance, and believe
that healing (and happiness) are possible. Please welcome, Elicia
Woodford.

3 KEY THEMES TO EMPHASIZE:
• Healing is possible for everyone. No one has to stay stuck in unhealthy
relationships, situations, or lifelong patterns.
• The importance of self-awareness and inner-child healing. Understanding
and protecting the inner child is essential to breaking destructive cycles.
• Alignment versus force. There is a meaningful difference between trying
to manifest outcomes and paying attention to the signs life offers.
• Learning to trust intuition and timing. Slowing down and listening often
reveals guidance that pushing forward can obscure.
• Openness with discernment. Exploring spiritual and healing modalities
while remaining honest about missteps and lessons learned.<b

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Born in Treme and raised in the 7th Ward, Hunter is most known for his legendary reggae performance and recording history in New Orleans as a regular and ultimately trend-setting performer at Café Brazil on Frenchmen St. for more than a decade before Katrina, he was the creator and bandleader for both, ” Plantation Posse” and “Ben Hunter & Crucial Roots,” producing albums including “Voodoo Reggae,” “Reality Check,” “Soul Avenger Live Intergalactic” and “A Freedom Song.” In the Big Easy, Hunter has headlined at Tipitina’s, House of Blues, Snug Harbor, Essence Music Fest, and performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for eight consecutive years.

Nationally and internationally, he performed as one of the headliners for the Bob Marley Festival Tour for five years, and at Reggae Sun Splash in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

After being diagnosed with epilepsy, Hunter dropped out of music a decade ago. Now fully recovered, seizure-free, and having overcome one of his biggest life challenges, Hunter brings forth a new New Orleans sound and deeper life perspective.

#benehunter #traveler #thenatureofthings #breakoutbold #soulavenger #natureofthings

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Good morning. Have a great weekend. Stay blessed always.

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As you know we have created over 6,000 shows for our www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast and www.goodnewsplanet.TV and www.pausetheworldforpeace.org.

Here are some Good News Stories that we are very proud of that we posted this week, in fact, we are proud of every story that we ever did on Good News. 1. Red Cross and their work with the military, spokesperson from Marine Corps and the Red Cross. 2. Mickey Stevenson, MOTOWN’S A & R Man, great history of Soul Music. 3. Sight – A Movie Premiere of a Good Samaritan.

May is Military Appreciation Month

HOW THE

AMERICAN RED CROSS IS

RECOGNIZING & HELPING OUR

COUNTRY’S MILITARY

MOTOWN’S FIRST A&R MAN,

MICKEY STEVENSON’S BOOK

&

HIS SING IT FROM THE HEART

A New Musical By Mickey

Sight,

is a great important movie,

don’t miss it.

Good News Corporation, a 501 C 3 nonprofit was so fortunate to have the Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine joining our Earth Day efforts in Times Square on April 22.  Thank you Mark.

Along with Mark Mayor Adams and Pastor Monrose share a Iroquois Prayer, and Times Square Alliance and New York City Parks all helped to make this year’s event historic. 

Here is the link to see a few versions of the 5.5-hour Earth Day Broadcast.  A 41 Minute version and then the 5.5 hour, 2 hour and our sizzle reel and press release.  Go to: https://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2024/05/15/earth-day-manhattan-goes-green-in-times-square-4-22-24-a-major-5-5-hour-live-worldwide-success-the-international-day-of-peace-ecology-broadcast-times-square-next-9-21-22-12-noon-world-moment-of/

We now focus our efforts, and we need YOU and everyone you know to:

PAUSE THE WORLD FOR PEACE AT NOON ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2024.  WE HOPE TO HAVE 8 BILLION PEOPLE JOIN IN, ALL THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS WOULDN’T HURT.  WE ARE ONE. 

193 UN COUNTRIES ALREAD AGREED.  PEACE MESSENGER RINGO STARR WILL VIRTUALLY REQUEST IT FROM TIMES SQUARE AT NOON AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A MAJOR PEACE DAY PARTY WORLDWIDE BROADCAST FOCUSING ON THE GOOD HAPPENING IN THE WORLD FOR PEACE AND MOTHER EARTH. 

22 YEARS GOOD NEWS CORPORATION (and 75 years on June 9th for Paul) HAS BEEN FOCUSED & DEDICATED TO PEACE, DIGNITY AND EQUALITY ON A HEALTHY PLANET WITH OUR EVENTS…WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR TOTAL LOVE, AND MORE LOVE, AS THAT IS THE ANSWER.

Once again, as a reminder of what we went through, -we are honored to share another video of Tom Foolery that we believe in and feel helps with the recovery of our Covid Times.  Please pass this along as well as there is much wisdom in it, the title is, “The Great Realization” http://goodnewsplanet.com/tom-foolery-the-great-realization/

Enjoy every moment and share with all.  All these videos are on www.goodnewsplanet.TV, www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast  and our movie Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE to be released this year.  www.woodstockforever.com.

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Featuring the personalities and cultural significance of

Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dorthy Dandridge, Lena Horne,

Josephine Baker, Mahalia Jackson, and Eartha Kitt

This tremendous theater piece offers audiences the opportunity to peer into the lives of eight women who gave unselfishly to the world some of the greatest soul-stirring music, regardless of their personal lives. These “Legendary Divas” spent their lives pleasing audiences through their music, while deep inside they were going through hell trying to fit in and be accepted as women with dreams, ambitions, needs, wants and desires.

It is imaginatively packaged in the modern day story of a beautiful 21year old young black woman (Michelle Harris) and her 23 year old Jewish boyfriend Joshua Greene. The year is 2024. Michelle is a talented artist and a graduate of New York University. Josh is in his last year of New York University Law School and is being interviewed by major New York law firms.

They met at a college social gathering. It was “love at first sight”. They are deeply devoted to each other’s lives and involved with their respective careers. Josh is on the road to success as an “A” student in both undergraduate school and law school. Michelle is a very bright young college graduate having great difficulty getting her theatrical career off the ground. She has a callback to audition for one of the great famous black singers in a show.

Joshua wishes he could help but he can’t….until he comes up with an interesting idea.

THE INTERNET!!!

He suggests that she go online and research these famous singers. Look at their videos…listen to their music. It will be a great experience for her. Michelle loves the idea.

As she begins her Internet journey the artists appears. They have discussions with each other about the trials and tribulations, they had to go through, to be recognized with the great gifts God had given them in the world of show business. The show is set to original music written by “Mickey” Stevenson.

The Musical travels back in time to meet these famous black superstars focusing on their trials, tribulations and determination …and yet it all happens in real time as the audience watches.

To enhance the story, projections take us to Paris, London, Hollywood and New York City. The Michelle character actually sends us to Detroit and adds the sounds of Motown music, too.

HERE IS A SONG THAT MICKEY CO-WROTE FOR THE GEORGE FLOYD TRADEDY. it is a very powerful song words, arrangement, visuals and performer who brought it together as though you were the one who couldn’t breathe

https://youtu.be/qf6LPgf1h-A?si=uD-HPk2O4NIVZd16

Mickey Stevenson is a member of the Song Writers Hall of Fame and was the first A&R Executive at Motown. He was intimately involved not only with the development of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas career, but also influential in discovering and developing the careers of The Four Tops, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and The Temptations.

Mickey also started Motown’s in-house band famously known as the “Funk Brothers,” and was always on the look-out for young writers who he brought to Motown including Ron Milner (originally a pizza salesman in Chicago) who went on to write the mega-hit, “For Once In My Life” — which both Stevie Wonder and Tony Bennet made famous.

Mickey Stevenson’s own “Dancing in the Streets” remains a pop classic that not only Martha and the Vandellas recorded but so did The Mamma & the Papas, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Little Richard, The Grateful Dead and The Carpenters.

Without a doubt, Mickey Stevenson’s talent and pioneering impact on the music industry will be felt in spaces and places for many years to come

#mickeystevenson #singitfromtheheart #motown #a&rman #music #soulmusic #BessieSmith #BillieHoliday #DinahWashington #DorthyDandridge #LenaHorne #JosephineBaker #MahaliaJackson #EarthaKitt #motownmusic

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Since 1775, the Army Chaplain Corps has nurtured the soul of the Army Reserve by providing support, motivation, and emotional guidance to Soldiers and their families. Chaplains help families build resilience as they deal with unique challenges while also supporting Army Reserve leaders as they manage difficult decisions that ensure the safety and future of our country.

Army Reserve Chaplains help Soldiers develop a personal spiritual practice – whatever that may look like for them – and provide them with tools for support in times of stress and hardship. A holistically healthy Soldier is better able to use their unique skills and talents to make a real difference in people’s lives.

Some of the ways Chaplains make a difference include:

Providing marriage and family counseling
Serving as a staff chaplain at a medical facility
Becoming an instructor at one of several Officer service schools
Tending to the spiritual needs of every Soldier both at home and while on deployment

Chaplain (CPT) Paul Schlador, Officer in Charge of the 116th Chaplain Detachment in Ft. Lewis, WA to discuss the role of Chaplains in the Army Reserve, the impact they have on Soldiers and their families, and how the Corps has grown over the last 247 years.

Interview is courtesy: U.S. Army Reserve

#armyahaplaincorps #celebrates247years #paulschlador #armyreserve #soldiers #serviceschools #spiritual #nurturesoul #medicalfacility #marriage #family #counseling

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You are gifted human body that is not possible for millions and millions of years even for God’s. Now we have a chance to use our minds, body, soul and spirits for doing right things in the world. And if we have to fight even with god’s to do right things we must fight. It’s not about changing world but healing ourselves and bringing peace in our own lives and in lives of our friends and family. Keep in mind forever family that has dinners together staying together forever and it’s daily celebration of thanksgiving without alcohol and smoke in our own house with our own friends and family that is a beginning of world peace and Olympia is alone striving extremely hard from bottom of his heart daily and I have seen his heart during my face to face physical meeting with him and how he is putting intense hardships in bringing people together for billionaires Miss Ma and I told Miss Ma about Olympia. She doesn’t understand and speak English but I have seen enlightenment in doing something good in her eyes and readiness to contribute to world. If we all do our tiniest part our children can definitely see day lights of peace of mind forever.
His message below-Thank you dear brother for your beautiful message.
We are both on the same Mission & Vsion to bring Unity and Peace back on earth with Art & Culture , You have created a conscious Ecosystem with the government of India , I am very glad to share the Olympia Awards of 15 Arts with you and the people of India.

You are a true Soul send down by God to bless many people.

Prince Dr Olympia Awards

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confusion

of life

keep peace

in your soul

#noisy #confusion #life #keep #peace #soul

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