We had the good fortune of connecting with Ruben Feliz and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Ruben, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
Risk taking is an essential part of the process of building the foundation for your success. This whole life experience is about stepping into unknown spaces and seeing what the outcome is. The relationships we choose to pursue, the jobs we choose to apply to, the businesses we want to start, or anytime we get into a car… I’m sure you get the picture. They described risk as “uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environment), often focusing on negative, undesirable consequences” and I use to look at a risk as just that a “risk”. Until I learned that in risk there is reward and then my life changed. The risk I have took have led me to great rewards financially, physically, mentally and most importantly spiritually ! I encourage calculated risk to all those seeking a push. A risk worth taking and one where we are not tied to the outcomes.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I’m extremely proud of my personal growth which has allowed me to create in this manner. It’s hard to describe “one” thing I’m proud of when I never imagined myself making it to be doing any of the things. I’m proud of all my work starting with my mental health advocacy (which started as a just a blogging website “The Healing Closet, where I talked about mental health, body positivity & fashion) that then turned into me founding my Non-Profit. I’m also proud of the content I create whether it’s my photography that I take of myself or my videos that spread a lot of love, joy, awareness, inspiration, and spiritual encouragement. But, I am most defiantly proud my spiritual work because the joy & growth it has brought me in all aspects of my life. The exchanges I have with individuals day and day out are one of a kind and through this line of work I’ve been able to get and receive all types of motivation, inspirations, connections, etc. No, none of this was easy. Everything I do is self-taught and learned, a lot of time study, attending Youtube University (they literally have a video for everything) and A LOT of practice and patience. It wasn’t until I dove deeper in my spiritual practices was when I learned how to start overcoming my challenges. Meditation, praying, practicing disciple and patience amongst much more things helped me along the way and all of this was picked up during that time period. I’ve learned a lot of lessons, but the most important one was that WE CAN NEVR RUN AWAY FROM OURSELVES. What I would love the world to know about my story is that Ruben “just did it. I say this because my story probably is just one of many. There are so many of us out in this world who wanna get into all these walks of life but are afraid to step into it because we are afraid of how others will perceive our success. We just have to do it

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
If my best-friend was to come visit me (finally) we would first eat out somewhere because I know a lot of us be HUNGRY! Then it will be nap time cause we gotta rest ! Most likely wake up and get the rest of the day started, we’ll hit up another restaurant, probably take some pictures/create some content, go to some nice scenery to enjoy mother earth real quick. I never really choose the spots to eat so we will spirit deicide. Get into some brunch’s, art exhibitions, museums, and more you know all that fun stuff ! Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I truly want the people who genuinely support me day in and day out. Always in gratitude for anyone who shows an inkling of love to any of the work I do because I put so much of myself on everything !

Website: thehealingcirclefoundation.org

Instagram: www.instagram.com/rubendfeliz

Twitter: www.twitter.com/rubendfeliz

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCImeWyFn-7-YpcDIrNGfBxA

Image Credits
Photo By: Ruben D. Feliz

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