A mama, a wife, a teacher, a meditation teacher for both children & adults, the founder of Emotion Ocean Inc., a personal development company for children, and a BIG believer in you.
I am here to hold space for you.
And I am here to walk beside you as you access rock solid peace, from the inside out.
I believe confidence is a game changer. Self-esteem is critical. Self-love is mandatory. Self-awareness is transformative.
But I didn’t always think this way.
I needed this. I needed to learn how to develop authentic self confidence, trust myself. Growing up I was taught to respect others, however I never learned that respect included myself. Self-respect. I started a new therapy and learned about different goals and one of them was self-respect. Self-respect! That was mind blowing for me. I was used to putting everyone first, pleasing other people, wanting others to like me. That the option of self respect as priority in decision making was never even a thought. This was game changing for me. In a sense learning about self-respect was a major part of the journey to feeling confident, building a healthy self-esteem, and the start of loving myself and taking care of myself in a beautiful new way, and becoming my own best friend.
In my 20’s I was full of anxiety, fear, self-doubt, struggled to make a decision on my own for fear that I would make the wrong choice. I lacked trust in myself. And as I graduated college I began to have major anxiety attacks. Fear is powerful and it would at times paralyze me. It affected every area of my life, my friendships, work, school, and my relationship at the time. I started therapy in my 20’s. My first therapist, God bless her. She was like this cool grandma who wore fabulous shoes, hugged me, and called me honey. And yes, gave me tools. I am grateful that she was my introduction to therapy and for all her love and support.
In my early 30’s life happened, and I felt emotions deeeply. I felt fear of abandonment, lonely, sad, and in turn would feel shame for feeling these feelings. My friends were gettting engaged, married, having babies, and there I was getting older and no ring, no baby, and in a relationship that would bring me to my knees and also make me grow in a way that I never had before. This time I began DBT therapy and it was life changing. I learned skills and tools that cultivated a healthy sense of self, led me to heal my relationships, friendships, and develop the healthiest relationship with myself. Release the judgment, release the shame, acknowledge the fear, acknowledge the feelings and continue on.
Were there labels for who I was? Who I am? Yes. Are the labels anything I am ashamed of. NO. They helped me understand myself more and part of a beautiful journey that led me to me.
A journey where my spiritual and self-care practices delved past the surface. I went all in. I developed my meditation and mindfulness practice, became a student of A Course in Miracles, journaled, prayed, read, wrote my “I Am” affirmations on post-it notes around my home and built the strongest most loving relationship with myself.
A massive shift began to happen within me.
I began to understand myself and the people around me; I developed authentic confidence and self-acceptance, and gained the ability to access inner peace at any moment. Experiencing this transformation and enhanced sense of awareness blew me away.
THIS WAS THE PIECE THAT HAD BEEN MISSING IN MY CHILDHOOD – THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SELF.
It took me 34 years to love myself. My journey from rock bottom to rock solid peace in-spired me to create this brand and begin to help others learn how to access inner peace at any given moment. To believe in themselves completely. That said, there are still times that doubt, fear, creep in. The difference is that I have skills now, I have tools, I have resources, I know what is going on and what I need to do to get me back, get me back in the game, back to present, and return to peace. Present is the name of the game, it’s the sweet spot. And self-care is a non-negotiable for me. It’s part of my journey to peace.
Nancy Torres is a Meditation Teacher, Life Coach, and Education Specialist. She teaches meditation and self-care classes to children and adults all over New York City. Nancy is the founder of Emotion Ocean, a class designed to teach children how to meditate, practice mindfulness, develop positive social communication skills that can transform the way they learn, play, and grow. She loves teaching and inspiring people of all ages. Nancy received a B.A. in Corporate Communications from Baruch College, City University of New York, and received an M.A. in Childhood Education from New York University. She is a New York State Certified General Education and Special Education teacher. Nancy lives in New York with her husband and her adorable son, Sebastian.
