A Little Bit About Me
My name is Jody Wheaton, I will be married to my best friend Pat for 12 years on April 4th 2020. Together we have 6 children and 6 grandchildren. We are constantly learning about each other and growing closer every day.
Pat and I just built a house to accommodate hosting holidays for our family. I love to host and I love so much when our family is together! It is very rare for all of our children and grandchildren to be together, but when that happens my heart couldn't be more full! We are also blessed to be able to have my beautiful mom live with us. We just moved into our home in March 2019. So far we are creating some beautiful memories.
With a blended family and 6 kids comes a lot of different personalities, challenges and so much love. I am extremely blessed to be here and to be able to enjoy the life I have.
I do value my relationship with Jesus and will periodically bring Him into my blogs because He is such a big part of me and why I am still here. Why I am here to begin with. I am also open to hearing about anyone's values and beliefs without judgement.
My Story and My "WHY"
I believe I was about 13 years old when I started questioning why I was here in this world. I was very shy and didn't have much of a self-esteem. As I got older my self-esteem got worse and I didn't think I had a purpose here. I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression. I didn't think anyone would miss me if I just disappeared. I would hurt myself to try to ease the psychological pain. When my older brother died of Leukemia I thought for sure that my mom was disgusted that it was him and not me. When my children were younger, I would often think that I was a terrible mother and they would be better off without me. I would look in the mirror and be disgusted at what I saw. (I know now that all of these thoughts, and feelings that were getting into my head were ALL LIES!) I came pretty close a couple times when my kids were younger to ending my life. And about 7 years ago I was a major mess. One day I was in a parking lot ready to end it all. I scared myself so much that I decided that day that I wanted to live. And I wanted to live HAPPY! I started praying more, eating better and exercising. I started learning how to discern the difference between truths and lies. And eventually, learning to NOT listen to the lies for one second!
So starts my journey of learning to live mentally well and to live above the struggle......….(In this world there will always be struggles) and this is "why" I want to help anyone who is struggling somehow to see that they have a purpose and to always know that if you hold on through the storm you will come out on the other side wiser and stronger. and I would love to walk along side you to help you through those storms and while you find your purpose if you are not sure what it is YET, and to help you to be your own GREAT at that purpose!
My Qualifications and My Goal
I am a Certified Life Coach, Certified Peer Specialist and Mentor. I am also certified in QPR, WRAP and Motivational Interviewing.
I worked for over a year with people who were having suicidal ideations and/or have had past attempts and sometimes with their families.
I believe with all of my heart that when someone is struggling with any problem and they hear the words "I understand, I have been there" and then they can see where I am now, it makes such a huge impact and sparks HOPE!
My goal is to reach as many people as I can to help them to find their purpose to help them to see all of the wonderful things about themselves to help them to be the best they can be at whatever they do. And have them reach me right back.
Because WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER!