“To Finance An Inauthentic Lifestyle Costs You Your Cell Tissue,” explains Kelsy Timas, CEO of Guiding Wellness and New Project Passport Partner

Interview by Sabriya Dobbins with Kelsy Timas

From a very young age, Kelsy Timas connected with the abundance of human suffering. She needed to understand why people were sick or sad and living in chronic states of imbalance. She knew she had to find a solution that tackled the root cause of this “dis-ease” and the loss of joy she witnessed in people. Project Passport CEO Sabriya Dobbins interviewed Kelsy Timas, business owner of 20+ years, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Yoga instructor, and wellness advocate on a beautiful October afternoon. Kelsy emphatically described her journey and vision of bringing wellness to the world.

Guiding Wellness Institute facility

The space is warm, but not just physically—emotionally. It has this lighting that feels natural yet calming. It is like walking into another universe on earth. A place of serenity, peace, and hope with the large, but gentle reminder to “Be Well.” Guiding Wellness of 143 Skateway Drive Fayetteville, NC is truly the best home you never had. The CEO, Kelsy Timas, is the heart of this home and she has created a paradise that begs the question: “Are you really living your life to the fullest?” 

Project Passport is proud to announce that Guiding Wellness Institute is an official recommended partner to all people seeking wellness on a deeper and more holistic level. All retreat participants have special recommendations to seek this facility. 

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Check out Sabriya’s interview with Kelsy below: 

Why Guiding Wellness? Why wellness? 

“My sincere belief is that holistic wellness and the art of living well is our highest spiritual instinct as a human. It is not something you can buy and it is not denied to anyone. However, it can only be achieved by the individual human will to pursue it. It is the truth behind this powerful life and the potential behind it to be lived. It is a birthright that many people do not know they have. Many people have a lack of a relationship with wellness as an “energy.” It is not an end point. It is a state of being, people living in the moment to moment,” says Kelsy.

Working in hospice care many years ago, Kelsy distinctly remembers one thing. When the people on their death beds talked about their lives, they never talked about the times they “played it safe.” They reminisce about the moments that made them feel alive. They realized that living and being alive were two very different things. “Being brave is being brave enough to pursue that which you really are and not what you are not.” 

Kelsy firmly believes that most people end up living a life that they never designed for themselves. “To finance an inauthentic lifestyle costs you your cell tissue,” says Kelsy. To her core, she strongly believes that we as people cannot afford to live a life that is not our own. Pursuing an inauthentic life that is not our own leads to disconnection coupled with dis-ease—yes, even physical disease.

What is the root cause of mental health issues? 

According to Kelsy, it is the product of humans being confined to the mental dimension of themselves. As complex beings, we are more than our thoughts, our memories or our minds. The lack of connection to our whole self, emotional processing along with our individual woundology, spirals into states of denial, shame and fear that disables our natural responses to healthy personal accountability and engagement. When we live in unclear or shadow thoughts, thoughtforms and beliefs without holistic support, our minds become a dangerous and unsafe terrain to navigate alone. Addressing this mental imbalance without addressing our wholeness leads to mental health deterioration.

“We have this culture of don’t talk don’t tell-- so shame thrives. When shame becomes the voice of reason, you cannot trust your own interior (your own mind),” explains Kelsy.

How do we stop the bleeding? How do we improve mental health?

Kelsy feels that at the end of the day, it’s about connection and motivation. A proper mental health system will address the whole person and focus on connection, change, transformation and growth. People heal when they connect with all of the resources within themselves, the motivation to shift as a spiritual impulse that allows them to be brave with their life and personal action that moves them forward. Fear and pain has never been a sustainable motivator and rarely helps people shift.

Guiding wellness holistic shop

People become “Suicidal” when they identify only with the hopeless and dark places in their minds, without tools or support to handle the negative thoughts and beliefs that are running their lives. We need more access to “truth-sayers” to help people deal with the dark place by connecting with their whole self and cultivating awareness. Many people are unaware that they are making catastrophic decisions for their lives from a place of disconnection.

“They have lost the awareness of the value proposition on life and the human experience,” she explains, “The price being paid for pain is too high”.

Most people have an awareness of their soul’s desire and potential. Yet, for security they invest in a system (like the corporate world) that has little guarantee and often casts them out with no regard for their quality of investment. Kelsy believes we have to challenge our comfort mindsets and revisit how much living safe can cost us. Being brave with our life means maximizing the potential we are given, no matter the circumstances.

Where does Project Passport fit into the world of mental health? 

“The most important part of Project Passport is its accessibility,” exclaims Kelsy. “The fact that it is an accessible point of entry from anytime and anywhere it is the most lateral part. It supports choice for people to come in the right time in their lives to do the work. When people go home having been sparked in a deeper way, they begin to want to grow into a life of purpose.” 

Kelsy states, “If things are not simple, sacred, and relevant with a sustainable and accessible component, it is irrelevant and a waste of time. With Project Passport, it is simple to put yourself in an environment to try something new. It doesn’t feel simple, but it is simple.”

Parting words of Kelsy Timas, CEO of Guiding Wellness:

“We cannot change things from the outside, we transform from the inside out. Living well is a choice.”

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Guiding Wellness offers services that include but are not limited to: yoga classes, massage therapy, meditation therapy, floatation therapy, corporate wellness, food education, veteran wellness, an onsite library space and so much more. Visit guidingwellness.com to learn more. In addition, you can contact them at 910-864-6257. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook @guiding_wellness.

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Project Passport is a mental empowerment retreat and event company created to help women connect with one another and gain the tools to improve their lives in the best way possible. Each retreat experience has a unique theme with carefully designed activities to help participants grow and experience transformation. We are making mental wellness the norm, one retreat at a time. Learn more at project-passport.com.