Welcome to Anastasia's Advantures!

I bought my dream campervan, Goldie, and I'm heading across the country for a four-month road trip, starting June 1st, 2024! Subscribe for free or $5.00/mo or $30/yr to join and support my travels. 😁

I'm a big believer in the power of human intention.

I first learned this as a member of a support group where people use the word "visions" to describe the inspired aspirations of the human heart-mind-body-soul, and help one another achieve them. For a VERY SERIOUS 😉  look at the magic of such support and how visions can be encouraged in a group, watch this 5:00 video. 

I can laugh now, but I had big problem with money and debt in my 30's (I’m in my 50’s now), and the only way I saw getting free was a detailed fantasy of suicide. Thankfully, I found enduring support to live and eventually thrive, from others who had had similar feelings and overcame them.

If you feel stuck in making your dreams come true, I highly recommend checking out free support groups for those with problems with money and self-love, including debt, underearning/time management, and/or over- or under-working.

I have had the blessing to experience more abundant visions-coming-true than I would have ever thought possible, despite growing up in an environment that programmed me to end in poverty, squalor and a painful death...or worse. I'll share more about my experience healing from a pedophile-snuff porn ring, occult (Satanic) ritual abuse, and trauma-based mind control as inspired. I’ve created an organization called SOAAR Global, (SOAAR stands for Support for Organized Abuse and Addiction Recovery) to help others, so please check out some free resources to learn more about these topics, here.

If you know me and didn't know that I'm a survivor of Organized Extreme Abuse (OEA - nothing seems real until it gets an acronym!) - I don't always choose to bring it up...for very good reasons. I was tortured not to tell as a child, many many times. I was told my family would be tortured or killed if I told, or if I escaped. I was made to watch others being tortured, and eventually forced to hurt others and then blamed, as if I it were all my fault.

It wasn’t.

I’ve come to understand I would have never have become a slave to my then-puppetmasters without the extreme child abuse I suffered, and I’ve worked hard to find ways to forgive myself. One key way has been to work diligently to do no harm, and focus on helping others. Service to others helps make meaning of my suffering, and ease the pain I feel in empathy for victims still being harmed right now. I work with others so together we can abolish organized extreme child abuse, and help other survivors to realize that help and healing ARE possible.

If you are going to follow my adVANtures, buckle up, because I'll be including information about my multidimensional experiences from my past, including light AND dark, along the way. I'll also show you how I am acting on my values to bring about a new reality free of organized extreme abuse. And I'll offer you opportunities to help, too, as you feel moved and able. A $5/month or $30/year paid subscription is a good start, if you feel inspired! I also plan to post pictures of pretty places and share about cool people I meet and magical things that happen. After all, this IS a travel blog!

Here’s one I took recently in the Olympic National Forest…sigh…I will miss my beloved Washington state! This image reminds me of the Creator’s divine love, as if each ray is an arm reaching out to embrace me. ❤️

To wrap up my first blog post, sent from my friend’s spare bedroom where I'm staying through May, I want to offer a BIG thank you to all my dear friends and family who are helping me make this #vanlife dream a reality, which so far has required grieving a break up, home flood repair, remodeling and putting my house up for sale, moving in with a friend, two moving sales, giving up the lease on my therapy office building where I've worked for 13 years, going to an all-video coaching practice, and selling or giving away most of my belongings. Phew!

Decluttering and letting go, as well as exploring a deep dive into the rage I’ve held in reaction to my abuse, has brought up much pain, yet also been a touchtone to spiritual growth, as the saying goes. If you struggle with overwhelming rage and aggression, you can find free support in those areas, too!

As I let go of the life I’ve known, I realize I've turned a corner on "out with the old" and am feeling expansive and lighter as I look ahead. There's more to do, but the hardest part is behind me, I know. Truly, I couldn't have done it without mucho help! 😘

Autumn 2023 - Downstairs Kitchen Flood! 

Special thank you goes to my friend Timothy for his relentless triumph over sudden floodwaters in Nov-Dec 2023, including countless towels and loads of laundry - and then performing most of the kitchen demolition AND repair!

Winter 2023-24 - Demolition & Mold!

Winter 2024 - Wet Basement Repair

Spring 2024 - Remodel- I HIGHLY recommend Isaac at Dream Painting & Construction LLC Awesome communication, stellar work, fast and reasonable - truly a Godsend!!! Contact me for a referral.

Before:

During:

After!

Moving...

How to move a baby grand piano?

Very carefully, by paid professionals!

Bye-bye piano! We love you!

Oops, wayyyy too much stuff for a van...so...

Moving Sale! 

My friends and amazing DJ's Jules and Eric of The Cosmic Playground set up their professional rig. My neighbors said we had the best moving sale ever because of their cool music and ET-happy vibe. :)

Space Energy Clearing

https://nicolekincaid.com/services/ 

I was blessed to meet Nicole Kincaid, a professional energy clearer, who led me through a deep dive into signifiant events that happened in each room of our house, while holding loving space. This assisted me to grieve, release density, and ultimately move into deep gratitude for the house and land, for all that was held and transformed there. It became clear to me at the land and house was ready to be a happy home for someone new, and it was time for me to let them go.

Staging and Listing the House for Sale...Happily, it's NOW PENDING buyer financing!!! 🙏🤞

Deepest thanks also to Alandra, without whom buying and selling the house, and much more, would not have been possible. Alandra moved to Mt. Shasta, California, where he's fulfilling his own magical dreams. 💫

MORE BIG GRATITUDES TO...

My cousin Shane who helped me debate what kind of van to get, sold my car for twice what the dealership was offering, lent me his lovely Toyota Sienna, and was an all-around encourager for me to go for it!

My friend Larisa gave me a fabulous place to stay and lots of advice, snuggles and kindness when I got sick from the mold, and moved back in with her to stage and sell the house.

My friend Timothy - key support as mentioned above, as well as excellent landscaping for house care and sale prep, big time moving help, services as a bouncer who had my back in a sticky confrontation, and fire tender. Contact Tim if you need landscaping or moving help!

My friend Victoria, my bright Barbie sister, who kept me positive and held my hand when I was overwhelmed with clutter, listening to me tell stories about objects I cherished so I could let them go and get organized. Call Victoria if you need professional organizational help!

My sister Christi, who went with me to look at my first campervan in Portland, a clunker with a great online ad, and helped kick start my dream.

My friend Becca, who has helped me move more times than I can count in a few short years, always chipper and strong and ready to laugh.

My van life coach Kristen Bor from Bearfoot Theory, who helped me narrow down what kind of campervan I needed (professional build, lots of power) for working on the road. I decided on a Dave and Matt Lifestyle Vehicle (LV5.2), and so far feel ecstatic about my choice!

My real estate agent/friend Aria Rose https://www.choicehomes4sale.com/aria-rose/, who went far and above regular real estate professional tasks. I'm in awe of her skill, spiritual insight, referrals, diligence, and sensitivity in this process!

My friend Dan, a professional contractor who advised me on mold remediation and taught me the about  the blessing of contingency remodels.

My dog Sparky, of course, for never leaving my side voluntarily, his threat assessment and warnings, unflinching good mood, and cuddles galore.

My friend Catherine, who assisted my emotional equilibrium through all the stress with her humility, availability, and humor.

My friend Gary, who performed a very thorough professional housing inspection, and shared a history of the Delridge, West Seattle land that blew me away - Soundway Home Inspections is another gem!

My Power of Four group - you know who you are! Miss you!

My friend Amy, for letting me use her very cool therapy office to see clients until I leave town, always being there to talk me off the ledge, and sharing empathically from her wildly parallel life.

Thank you also to Kathryn, who gave me this beautiful book for my journey and encouraged me to create a travel blog:

I plan to read it on the road, along with a million other books, half of which I actually am bringing, if I can find room. 

And everyone else who has encouraged me along the way to make the dream real - thank you!

I'll end with this, with a caveat that a daring adventure can take many, many forms, and doesn't have to look like mine...but may you take yours each day, in small, medium and large ways!

xx,

Anastasia