Cynthia Marisol

After a wonderful conversation with the amazing Norma Darnell,l couldn't help but realize that saying NO to my nonprofit three years ago gave me the greatest YES I could've asked for.

Being PRESENT with my family.

It gave me the YES to homeschool my kids.
It gave me the YES to write The Princess Who Forgot Her Name Book
It gave me the YES to Emerald of the Sea
It gave me the YES to create the Life Beyond Shame Course and publish the workbook/devotional.

It gave me more than I thought I was losing.

So much fruitfulness came when I said NO to something I loved deeply and had poured into and invested my time, money, and energy.

Of course, I didn't know that 3 years ago. So I cried, and I grieved the loss, and I felt like I somehow failed when the truth is that I thrived after that NO.

Sometimes, our inability to let go holds us hostage. We question if we even heard God correctly when we first said YES. How can he now "change HIS mind?"

Trusting him in the NO requires so much surrender.

I encourage you to STOP fighting the NOs you have to say YES to; they may lead you to your most beautiful season.

I had the honor to have been nominated as an Icon for this upcoming issue of REfashioneD magazine!

https://jkstucson.com/blog/b/refashiond-icon--cynthiamagallanes

"Red means boldness to me! I never feel more confident than when I wear my red lipstick and I take on whatever comes my way that day. It is a color that reminds me that I am deeply loved and therefore I can love others deeply." - Cynthia Magallanes

Our next REfashiond Icon is LIVE!!

https://jkstucson.com/blog/b/refashiond-icon--cynthiamagallanes

It is not enough to go from victim to survivor after sexual trauma. It is time to go from surviving to thriving!

There is so much more available to us when we let healing happen in our heart. We don’t have to survive and live in shame.

We can walk in healing and learn to thrive in all the areas of our life.

What most survivors don’t realize is that the vicious cycles we get caught up in can be associated with the trauma.

What we don’t reveal, we cannot heal!

Join me and many other women who have already said YES to deeper healing and transformation!

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TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY, AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE IT WITH THIS LAUNCH!❤🥳

FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF SEXUAL TRAUMA, AND FOR MANY OF THOSE YEARS, I LIVED FULL OF SHAME. 😔🥺

I LIVED BELIEVING THE LIE THAT I WAS DAMAGED GOODS AND THAT I WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED!

I BELIEVED THAT GOD WAS DISAPPOINTED IN ME AND THAT I NEEDED TO CLEAN MYSELF UP BEFORE HE COULD LOVE ME BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS I'D DONE. (NOT REALIZING THAT I'D BEEN ACTING OUT BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA)

I BELIEVED THAT HEALING WAS FOR OTHERS, AND I BELIEVED IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR THE WOMEN I HELPED, BUT I STRUGGLED TO BELIEVE IT WAS FOR ME TOO!

I BELIEVED THAT I HAD TO LIVE WITH THE SHAME OF WHAT WAS DONE TO ME BUT ALSO WHAT I DID BECAUSE OF THIS TRAUMA.

IF YOU RELATE TO ANY OF THESE LIES....

JOIN ME!

I HAVE POURED MY HEART AND MY HEALING JOURNEY INTO THIS COURSE AND MY NEWLY PUBLISHED WORKBOOK & DEVOTIONAL, "LIFE BEYOND SHAME"! ❤

IF YOU ARE A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL TRAUMA, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL COURSE!

SAY YES TO YOUR HEALING TODAY!
www.cynthiamarisol.com/lifebeyondshame

What is justice?

After realizing and acknowledging the effects that sexual trauma had made in my life, I was filled with so much grief.

I lost my innocence, my childhood. I lost my ability to see my own value.

The grief of a loss I’d been suppressing for so many years felt overwhelming and it made me angry!

Angry at the man who started it all. Angry at God because “he left me” (or so I thought). Angry at the world that kept affirming those lies about myself I believed in. Angry that I didn’t feel like justice had been done on my behalf.

I wanted justice! I demanded justice for all I had lost. Most of this loss was revealed to me when I became a mother and I realized how far the damage done to me had stolen from my childhood. Was justice too much to ask for?

When will he pay for what he did?! That was my biggest question until I had this beautiful revelation of what Father’s justice actually is. You see, his justice goes beyond judicial justice. (which I firmly believe abusers should experience). Gods justice was about me!!

Going to jail to pay for his crimes, would not remove my shame and trauma, how does that justice serve me? However God’s justice is redemptive justice meaning his heart is to redeem and restore all that was taken from me so that I can live life as HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN!!

That beloved, is true justice! The ability to heal and be who you were always meant to be, his perfect MASTERPIECE!

There is so much more to unpack from day three and I invite you to join me and so many other survivors for this 3 day transformational challenge!

REGISTER TODAY!

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Are you tired of believing the lies you've been telling yourself? It's time to break free from those limiting beliefs and start living the life you deserve!

Remember, your thoughts create your reality, so choose to believe in your true identity.

What is the truth about your identity? That you are a Masterpiece! Yes, you read that right. You were made with purpose for a purpose.

Take that first step today and start rewriting your story. Sign up today for a 3-day journey with other women ready to overcome the lies they believe about themselves and start walking out their true identity, purpose, and destiny.

It’s your time now.

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“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So many times we read this scripture so lightly. Like so many others, we wear it on shirts or have cute pictures with it quoted without really internalizing the truth it holds.

For survivors of sexual trauma, many times this truth seems foreign or not applicable to us. This is because abuse hijacked our thinking to be on survival mode rather than identity mode.

THE TRUTH IS THAT YOU ARE GOD’S MASTERPIECE! Abuse may have distorted this reality and you may not feel like a masterpiece, but the truth that we will dive into in this challenge will give you the confidence to walk in freedom.

This is why I am launching this challenge…

To help you identify the truth about who you really are, not based on what happened to you but going deep into our original design.

Join me for three transformational days!

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The girl on the left is 17 and doesn't know her worth.
She settled for relationships that would leave her broken and feeling used and affirmed her internal belief that she was damaged goods and not good enough.

She was severely depressed, but no one knew. No one saw through the facade and mask she wore to cope with life.
Her daily prayer was, "God, if you're truly real and you really love me, please kill me."

The depression was like a black cloak of despair, and she longed for relief. She felt her only hope was to die. She'd made too many mistakes; she wasn't a good enough daughter, person, Christian...

The woman on the right is 34, and you would never believe that just a year before this picture, she desired the same relief her 17-year-old self experienced. Mom of 3, wife, pastor, community leader, and entrepreneur, and she believed the same lie that she was falling short, that no matter how much she worked and sacrificed for God, it was still not enough. She lived on her own self-righteousness, performance, and self-reliance (survival). She believed she was free but was bound by religion and performance.

She, too, was trying hard to please God and everyone around her. She, too, struggled to feel worthy...

Why am I opening up to you about these dark times in my life? Because I have realized that the "performance," "people pleasing," "shame," "self-sabotage," and many more traits are way too common among survivors of sexual trauma.

There are lies we have believed to the core of our identity, and we have lived our lives into adulthood feeling unworthy.
Well, beloved, I have a passion and a mission to share the truth that has set me free: I AM GOD'S MASTERPIECE, AND SO ARE YOU!!!

Father doesn't need nor want your sacrifice and self-righteousness; HE WANTS TO HEAL YOU AND MAKE YOU WHOLE AND REMIND YOU WHO YOU REALLY ARE!

If this resonates with you, Join me April 3-5 for the 2:10 Masterpiece Challenge, where we will grow together, heal together, be reminded of our identity, and be equipped with the tools to live out that truth with freedom!

REGISTER TODAY!👇

www.cynthiamarisol.com/210masterpiece