Celebrating Good Times

By Paula C Lamb

As HANNA Magazine and its founders, Hanna Olivas and Adriana Luna Carlos celebrate the one-year anniversary of this remarkable magazine, I cannot help but take this opportunity to send my heartfelt congratulations to the team at HANNA Magazine and its founders, what a magical feat. 

Every HANNA issue is filled with articles that provide entertainment, nourishment, encouragement, guidance, and food for thought. I feel so honoured to be on this journey with you all. 

The importance of celebrating our wins big or small is powerful. I’ve come to realize that acknowledging how far you've come — the hurdles you've pushed through and the things you've achieved — is deeply significant to your life. I share more about this in my article from the April issue titled “Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner.” I invite you to check it out. 

What I’ve discovered for myself is that when we move beyond the roadblocks that hold us back — our emotions, self-doubt, fear, uncertainty, imposter syndrome, people’s opinions, the excess noise that fills our minds and lives, (or as I like to say, the peace stealers — which could very possibly be ourselves) — we step into freedom and become an unstoppable force. 

Hi, my name is Paula Lamb. I wanted to reintroduce myself in case you’re new here. I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to be a co-author in the She Rises Studios anthologies titled She Stands Strong: 30 Personal Stories of Strength and Resilience and She Glows: Empowering Women Through Wellness and Self-Care. 

I’m a regular contributor to HANNA Magazine, and if you’ve been following my journey, you’ll have come across tips and insights on how to move beyond what holds you back, along with The Art of Being Unstoppable, which is also the theme of Season Two of my podcast. 

You’ll also find me behind the mic on the podcast Beyond to Freedom, and Knowing Me, Knowing You with Paula where we aim to entertain, empower, and ignite transformation. While my health and personal growth coaching is currently on the back burner, my passion for caring for self — our mental, physical, and spiritual well-being — has been with me since the age of 16. I share more of this passion in my chapter in the anthology She Glows. 

Each anthology chapter and HANNA article has been a building block, a stepping stone, a puzzle piece — 

all crafted to support and guide you, the reader, toward your greatness. This isn’t just about reading – it’s about making a choice, a change and rising. So, I invite you to be bold. Embody strength and choose persistence. Take the leap and remember this: you have a purpose. And where you choose to align your life is where you end up. 

So, be sure to anchor yourself to the right place because your anchor will provide stability, strength and peace amongst the chaos. Align with the right purpose — that builds consistent character, a rooted identity which influences how you operate, and an unshakeable peace from within. You were never meant to just survive. You were made to thrive. 

Break the chains that are holding you back by making today the day you choose to rise up. This critical step begins in your mind. Pause – Reset – Realign. Move beyond what holds you back — and become unstoppable. 

It has been a pleasure meeting you. May you be guided in your footsteps and your path be illuminated. Until next time, join me on my podcast Beyond to Freedom — and remember no matter what #yougotthis.

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