Returning to Your Stars – A New Journey for Women Touched by Cancer

There are experiences in life that change us.

A diagnosis.
Supporting someone through treatment.
Living with uncertainty.
Adjusting to life after illness.
Trying to find yourself again.

Cancer can affect more than the body. It can quietly change identity, relationships, confidence and the story we tell ourselves about who we are.

Over recent years, through both my work and my own life accompanying my partner through cancer and ill health, I’ve been reminded again and again that even in the most difficult seasons, meaningful moments continue to exist.

Moments of courage.
Connection.
Unexpected joy.
Beauty.
Strength.
Understanding.

We call these Star Moments.

And often they become lights that help guide us back to ourselves.

That is why I’ve created Returning to Your Stars … a gentle 8-week online group journey for women whose lives have been touched by cancer.

This is not a treatment programme.

It is an invitation to pause, reflect, reconnect with your story and remember that you are more than what has happened to you.

Together, we will explore meaningful memories, reconnect with inner strengths and begin to notice the stars that may still be illuminating the path ahead.

If this speaks to something in you, I’d love to welcome you.

✨ Find out more and reserve your place here:

With love,
Sandra

When Relief Backfires: Supporting the Body Through Botox Side Effects

Botox is often used to help relieve chronic conditions like TMJ pain. But for some people, the reaction can be unexpectedly intense.

Recently, I worked with a client who experienced a strong response after a Botox injection. Her symptoms escalated quickly: pain, inflammation, nausea, and tension spreading into her ribcage for days. Her discomfort was at a 10/10. She felt overwhelmed in her own body.

Instead of fighting the experience, we took a different approach.

Step 1: Ending the Fight With What Already Happened

We began with a simple but powerful shift: allowing the experience to be as it was.

Resistance to pain is natural, but when something has already happened, resisting it often adds another layer of suffering. Gently acknowledging “this is what’s here right now” helped her body start to settle, even slightly.

Step 2: Bringing Gentle Attention to the Body

From that place of allowance, we introduced soft, non-invasive awareness to the body.

Not trying to fix.
Not trying to force change.
Just bringing a quality of calm, attentive presence.

As she stayed with this, her stomach pain began to soften. What was once tightly contracted started to feel more spacious. Her overall discomfort dropped from a 10 to around a 7.

Step 3: Shifting the Relationship With the Body

We then worked on how she was relating to her body.

Instead of seeing it as the source of the problem, she began speaking to it internally with appreciation:

“Thank you for doing your best to handle this. I know you’re working hard. I’m here with you.”

This shift, from frustration to support, reduced internal tension. The body no longer felt like an enemy, but something being supported through a difficult process.

Step 4: Meeting Specific Symptoms With Awareness

We brought focused attention to the nausea and bitterness rising from her stomach.

Rather than resisting it, she acknowledged it as part of the body’s response, possibly a protective or balancing mechanism. She stayed present with it, without panic.

Gradually, the nausea eased.

Finally, we focused on the injection site and jaw pain, applying the same principles of gentle awareness and softening. This too began to soften.

The Result

By the end of the session, her discomfort had reduced from a 10/10 to about a 5/10.

More importantly, her state had changed.
Her face softened. She was able to smile again.
The sense of overwhelm had lifted.

Continuing the Process

Healing didn’t end in that session.

She was encouraged to continue:

  • Bringing gentle attention to areas of discomfort
  • Speaking to her body with support rather than criticism
  • Allowing sensations instead of bracing against them

This becomes a practice, not a one-time fix.

A Note on Botox Reactions

Reactions to Botox can happen. Some people experience side effects like pain, flu-like symptoms, or muscle tension, especially when used for therapeutic purposes like TMJ.

If symptoms are severe or unusual, medical guidance should always be the first step.

A Different Way to Meet Pain

This approach isn’t about denying discomfort or avoiding medical care.

It’s about changing how we meet what’s already happening in the body.

Because sometimes, the shift from resistance to support is where healing begins.

The gentle energy healing method we used here was EMO Energy in Motion.

What Next?

If you’re dealing with ongoing pain, sensitivity, or strong reactions in the body and would like gentle support, you can book a free introductory session with me. We’ll explore what’s happening and whether this approach is right for you. Contact me by email or whatsapp below.

Email: Sandra Hillawi or WhatsApp Me

Her Eye Was So Swollen Even Her Banking App Didn’t Recognise Her 💛

Another beautiful reminder this week of how simple, gentle and powerful energy healing can be.

My friend Stella has a recurring problem with one of her eyes becoming badly inflamed and painful because of a permanent shunt implanted after a previous medical issue. We’ve worked on this before but because the shunt is still there, the irritation can build up again over time.

This time it became really severe.

Her eye was so swollen and inflamed she could barely open it. Her face had changed from the swelling and discomfort.

In fact… her facial recognition banking app literally stopped recognising her 😄

That was the moment we both had to laugh a little despite everything.

So once again we worked with EMO Energy in Motion, bringing healing through love, allowing energy flow with gentle attention and intention.

No fighting the pain.
No panicking.
No battling the body.

We started by simply allowing what was there.

Breathing. Softening.
Being with the discomfort instead of resisting it.

Then bringing gentle loving attention to the pain and inflammation. Noticing how it actually felt in the body.

This part matters so much.

Because when we stop fighting pain the energy underneath it often starts changing very quickly. We know the saying ‘what we resist persists’, well it is actually true.

Then we introduced intention very gently, wondering whether the pressure could become lighter… whether the pain could soften… whether the stuck energy could begin flowing again.

That’s one of the things I love most about this work.

It’s so simple.

We’re not “forcing” healing.
We’re not trying to overpower the body.

We’re working with energy, and energy responds incredibly fast to attention and intention to soften and to flow. Treat an energy problem with an energy tool. The right tool for the job.

Within less than 20 minutes:

  • the pain disappeared,
  • the swelling reduced,
  • she could open her eye again,
  • the pressure had gone,
  • and yes… she could finally get back into her banking app 😄

Honestly, moments like this still make me smile.

People often think healing has to be complicated, hard, dramatic or forceful.

But sometimes healing is surprisingly simple, gentle …. and incredibly powerful.

Sometimes the body is simply waiting for permission to relax, soften and flow again.

We really do not need to stay trapped in suffering as often as we think we do.

Healing is possible, even when someone has been carrying pain for a long time.

If you’d like to experience this gentle approach of energy healing with EMO Energy in Motion for yourself, feel free to contact me about a free introductory session 

Email: Sandra Hillawi or WhatsApp Me

When Pain Finally Softens With Love

I just had one of those sessions that reminds me why I love energy work.

A lovely lady, let’s call her Mary, came for a free intro session for Healing Pain With Love having attended a recent podcast interview with Althea Finch on the subject. Honestly, she sounded exhausted when we first spoke. Her voice was heavy with pain and grief.

She’s been suffering with chronic sciatica, TMJ, bloating in the abdomen, headaches, back pain, digestion problems, a painful chesty cough… and underneath all of that was huge heartbreak.

She lost her husband 10 months ago, and then recently another family member close to her died too. You could feel how much her whole system was carrying.

Sometimes grief doesn’t just stay emotional. The body carries it too.

We spent about 45 minutes together, gently working with the EMO Energy in Motion approach: allowing what was there instead of fighting it, looking at the pain with love instead of fear, softening with intention, breathing, allowing energy to flow again, helping the nervous system relax enough to let go a little.

I also explained some basic energy principles to her as we worked and she completely resonated with it. You could see things clicking into place for her.

And honestly… the shift was amazing.

By the end of the session:

  • her tummy had visibly softened and the bloating reduced,
  • digestion felt calmer,
  • her head felt clearer,
  • the sciatica had eased,
  • TMJ relaxed,
  • the cough loosened,
  • emotionally she felt so much lighter.

But what really got me was HER.

Her face had softened. She was smiling. Her voice sounded lighter and more alive. The whole energy around her had changed.

Later she told me she’d had the best day she’d had in 3 weeks and her son couldn’t believe the difference in her, telling her, she had to carry on with this approach.

Then a couple of days later she said “I had the most beautiful day, walked to the shops by myself for the first time in 6 months” 🙏 I’m so thankful and blessed to have assisted in this.

And this was just the intro session.

She’s now booked 5 more sessions so we can continue gently working through both the physical pain and the bereavement journey underneath it all.

I finished the session feeling emotional too, actually. Grateful. Happy. Moved.

Sometimes people just need a compassionate space of acceptance to soften safely.

To stop fighting themselves.

To be met with love while their body finally exhales.

That’s when healing can begin.

“Healing is possible, even when someone has been carrying pain for a long time.”

If you’d like to experience this gentle approach of energy healing with EMO Energy in Motion for yourself, feel free to contact me about a free introductory session 💛

Email: Sandra Hillawi or WhatsApp Me

The Sanctuary of The Heart – Album

Over recent days I have been quietly bringing together a collection of poems and prayers that have arisen across different moments of my inner journey.

These pieces, now set to music, form The Sanctuary of the Heart, a 12-track listening experience created as a gentle space for healing, reflection and renewal.

Each track reflects a different stage of the heart’s healing journey.

From moments of tenderness and woundedness, through allowing and deep emotional healing… into compassion, awareness, surrender… and finally into a quiet sense of peace and reconnection with the deeper self.

It was not originally planned as an “album”, but as the pieces came together, a natural sequence revealed itself. It’s almost like a small inner retreat that can be entered at any time.

You are welcome to listen in whatever way feels right for you:

– following the full journey from beginning to end as a mini retreat
– or simply choosing a track that calls to you in the moment

If you would like to experience the full sequence, you can listen here:

The Sanctuary Of The Heart – Play List

Here on my youtube channel @sandrahillawiartfortheheart you will find all the lyric videos from many hours burning the midnight oil!!

Thank you to those who have already taken the time to listen, like and subscribe. Your presence and support to the channel helps this work quietly reach others who may be on their own path of healing.

With love,
Sandra