Dear ,

I’ve been quiet for a while. Not from lack of care, but from listening—listening deeply… and, in truth, because I had no electricity!

Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica with 185 mph wind speeds, disrupted more than schedules and infrastructure. Some are still without power. Many families remain displaced. Recovery is uneven—and that unevenness itself can be disorienting.

For many of us, the hurricane stirred old fear, fatigue, and that familiar need to “hold things together,” even when the ground felt uncertain.

In times like this, productivity isn’t the first thing to return.

Stability is.

Over the past weeks, I’ve been paying close attention to what trauma actually asks of us after disruption—not urgency, not pushing through, but recalibration.

A settling. A re-orientation toward what still holds.

What I’m clearer about now is this:

Healing doesn’t always mean moving forward. Sometimes it means reframing what survival taught us—and deciding, gently, what no longer needs to be carried alone.

I want to say this honestly: I’m not altogether yet. I’m still a bit discombobulated, truthfully.

But I trust the pace of what’s re-forming.

As I return to this writing and to you, I’m convinced more than ever of the validity of my work and of my purpose—to ensure that people are held safely. I understand this differently now than I did before.

My focus remains on exactly that kind of repair:

rebuilding the soul’s story with beauty—without force, without rush. Healing the heart.

If you’ve felt disoriented, tired in a way rest doesn’t fix, or quietly changed by what you’ve lived through recently, you’re not behind. You’re responding normally to abnormal strain.

In the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing reflections and offerings designed to help steady the center—before asking anything of it.

For now, consider this a reconnection. A reminder that you’re not alone in this moment of re-entry.

I’m here again.

Gently. Intentionally. And ready to continue the work when you are.

With care,

Dr Sandra Hamilton

Cultivating Quiet Power and Lasting Confidence