I met Lindsey nearly 10 years ago in a bagel shop in Guatemala (we were both volunteering as teachers in a nearby indigenous community through the same organization). During this year, we were inseparable, working in classrooms next to each other with only a four foot bamboo wall between us, working out nearly every morning together and adventuring together on weekends. It was a year of bliss where a lifelong friendship blossomed.
I believe Lindsey came into this world shining bright. She’s someone who knew, at an early age, she was here to love God’s people and make a difference in the lives of others, especially women and children. In 2011, shortly after our time in Guatemala, she created her own non-profit, Sowing Seeds of Love, to serve women and children in and around Boquete, Panama. Her work in Panama continues today.
Just as the case is in each of our respective journeys, it isn’t always a walk in the park. Challenges occur. Obstacles are encountered. But it’s what we do with those catalysts that matters most. Do we crumble before them or do we we find the strength in ourself to understand what they’re trying to teach us in order to move through them? In this conversation, Lindsey shares the struggles she encountered and opens up about the lessons in self-worth they were ultimately teaching her.
Her ability to move through the cycles of frustration (healing the perceptions that were creating the frustration) and her ability to heal the untrue thoughts she picked up around failure and not being enough are a beautiful demonstration of what it means to move through the things that are dimming our light, in order to come out the other side shining brighter.
Bios…
Lindsey Parry grew up in a Military family with an older and younger sister. She’s a serial social entrepreneur who loves empowering others. She believes creativity, community and education have the power to change to the world. From 2010-2016 she lived in Central America where she started Sowing Seeds of Love, an educational non-profit working with indigenous women, children and orphans as well as a for-profit company. Sowing Seeds of Love's mission is to love people while providing resources that empower women and children through education and job and skills training initiatives. In 2016, she moved back stateside to Washington D.C., and has been there ever since. She currently runs a Creative Community Marketing and Events company as well as a life-style brand. She’s a firm believer “You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” She’s a soul on a journey to constantly deepen in her own inner light, with a mission to love and lift others up, especially women and children. You can follow her on Instagram (@LindseyParryyy).
Shanna Covey is the author of A Call to the Heart, Shifting Out of Ego Into Spirit. She is a life coach who uses a spiritual lens to help people align more deeply with the truth of their nature. When people are aligned with their inner nature, they live confidently from that truth. From this inner knowing, they learn to direct their lives according to their unique soul blueprint. You can follow her on Facebook (@ShannaKayCovey) and Instagram (@ShannaCovey).
