Meet Celeste Roam

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Celeste Roam. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Celeste below.

Hi Celeste , thanks for sitting with us today to chat about topics that are relevant to so many. One of those topics is communication skills, because we live in an age where our ability to communicate effectively can be like a superpower. Can you share how you developed your ability to communicate well?

After many years of communication breakdowns with loved ones I finally discovered NLP. (Neuro-linguistic programming)
Learning the power of words and linguistics and how people process information was just the beginning for me. Understanding the internal representation system and its filters that each individual has, and how it creates their model of the world, completely changed my perspective, and therefore shifted my reality. My life transformed in ways I never could’ve imagined.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

You may wonder what led me to this moment…
Curiosity is a state of being that can lead to wonderful things never considered before.

Being curious is what took me on my journey. Some people once labeled me as being seen as a “victim or survivor”. I did not prefer either term. Instead I felt I was just me. No one special, but alive still because I must have something to offer the world. I saw my experiences as learnings to grow from and become more creative.

Having past stories of dealing with physical, mental, and spiritual abuse, I knew some darker sides of life. I once lived in guilt, shame, fear, anger, and sad feelings that often fostered suicidal thoughts. As many times as I wondered “why live?” I also wondered what new possibilities may happen tomorrow. I had felt pleasure from the warmth of the sun on my face on a sunny day, seen and smelled delectable flowers and food, knew love, and more.

As I became aware of my internal states and how it shaped my perception of life the more determined I was to find a way to create inner peace. I had lived through too many life altering situations to just give up.

(A lot of the personal challenges I had, I used poetry to release some of the pain. You can find my self published poetry book on Amazon, “Mind Clutter”. It shares the emotional roller-coaster I once existed with)

How does a person who has been molested, beaten, raped, stalked, nearly murdered a few times, been homeless and more find inner peace?

When they have the true desire to have it, the answers will easily come to them.

In my early 40’s I realized I was not where I wanted to be in life. I wanted something more fulfilling in life. For many years I was complacent and just went through the motions of survival. I felt numb inside. This internal discovery finally came to a point of no return in 2021. I ended a 17 year codependent relationship, went to Cancun with friends, and came back excited, motivated, and ready to create something new. I figured if I survived the global events at the time then I really needed to dream of a better life and take action to get it.

I had begun my adventure into self-awareness years prior, but now I was ready to go all in. I enrolled in multiple programs focused on mind-set and various healing modalities. The combination of experiences led me to the idea of having a healing retreat that offered a sample package with as many modalities as possible that could assist others in creating a happier life. I wanted to assist others in creating more pleasure in their lives like I was.

It started with purchasing an off-grid property in the Yosemite area to build a healing retreat. I also got certified in NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) while connecting a business network and collaborating with teachers sharing different techniques to assist people in discovering supportive life changing skills. I simultaneously continued working on building the event venue. While the destination retreat process came upon many setbacks I decided to shift my approach a bit. So the idea expanded to become “Soul Growth” expansion retreats that are currently traveling pop-up retreats, online retreats, and in addition, private coaching.

The process has been a journey and so many learnings around what I didn’t know that I didn’t know. I am grateful to have remembered my curiosity, which got me excited, and in turn motivated me to take action on what I want now. Design the life of my dreams into my reality.

Once I stepped into the mindset of abundance and possibility a whole new world opened up to me. My next book that is in the works will offer more insight of what that looked like to me and how I easily attracted what I wanted because I had clarity of what I want now.

For those reading this article and would like more direct answers, please feel free to connect with me. You are here for reason…let’s discover it now.

You can find me on FB, IG, as well as email me @ soulgrowthretreats@gmail.com

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Top 3:
Curiosity
NLP
Taking action

Out of all the modalities I personally tried, I found the most success with nlp and reprogramming my mind.

Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?

I am always looking for more teachers (in the natural healing practice) to connect with, as well as venues to host retreats.
In addition to that, what I am looking for now is retreats interested in bringing me in to teach nlp classes (I am certified) and/or essential oil aromatherapy classes.
Also, if anyone is interested in continuing the development of my Yosemite property or another property with me, I look forward to having more financial support to do so.
I can be contacted through IG, FB, or soulgrowthretreats@gmail.com

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