Renee Reisch - my personal story

Renee Reisch's personal story is honest and vulnerable. Thoughts about care, compassion, and kindness soak through Renee's voice. "Showing kindness, compassion and caring to yourself is not selfish, it's selfless. It is not possible to pour from an empty cup. You need to you fill your own cup for and then pour from the overflow. Sometimes we need to go within, rather than searching outside of ourselves. The journey is not just about the losses, it's the total picture - what we find along the journey of our life." says Renee. " I lost my voice. My voice was a metaphor for what I needed to find in my own life." " I didn't know what the new normal would be for me, with no voice interacting with people. I had learn a new way to communicate from all the years of just speaking my own voice but never speaking my true voice. And then losing it was to be able to find the true voice that was always within." The Wizard of Oz, an American musical fantasy produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is close to Renee's heart. Dorothy is directed to follow a yellow brick road that goes to the Emerald City, The Wizard of Oz's home. "The first was a "Scarecrow" who was looking for a brain. He was the smartest one there. Then they came across a "Tin man" desires a heart. He had the biggest heart of all "The Cowardly Lion" lacks courage, but turns out, has all the courage and more. The Wizard is revealed to be just an ordinary man when Toto (the dog) pulls back a curtain." reminds Renee. The Wizard reminds the three friends that they always had the qualities they sought. Dorothy always had the power to return to Kansas with the help of the ruby slippers, but had to find that out for herself. "There is no place like home" Dorothy gratefully exclaims.