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Ms. Shawna Fortin is located in New South Wales, Australia. As a Peace Ambassador she has reached out in service and generously donated her time and expertise to World Citizen Peace by designing our Peace Ambassador Certificates and her unique artwork of a peace dove for our use. She is an example of living in true alignment with our Five Peace Actions and shares with us her perspective here:

For most of my life I lived with a sense of dread; a low grade anxiety that locked me on high alert no matter where I was or what I was doing. It seemed impossible to escape, growing stronger and more pronounced with each year.

Like many, I was raised in a household that was emotionally unsafe and unpredictable. All I wanted was to feel at ease, to know the peace that I was certain lived within me somewhere.

This became ever more important when I became a mother. Would I pass on this unnamed, unseen beast to my child? Would I become the parent who was reactive and unsafe to be around?

Peace in our homes begins with peace in our hearts. Only then are we truly able to radiate this calming essence out into the broader world.

Through practicing Qigong and Tai Chi, I was able to face the unrest within me, becoming a person who was peaceful and safe to be around. This new sense of inner connection so profoundly changed my life that I have made it my personal mission to share what I know and continue to learn with others.

Every one of us holds trauma from our past. It is only in facing this that we are able to release it. Tapping into our own inner peace is absolutely vital if we desire to extend this Grace outwards into society. When we are calm, we are more loving. This inspires us to respond to life with kindness, offering deep, genuine care towards all, including the natural world.

Everything in life begins as an inside job. This includes peace. If we are not equanimous within, how can we be so without? Every single person is far more important than they may realise. Self-love and self-care are paramount to creating peace.

Family, community and connection are inextricably interlinked. Together, they create the rock solid foundation for a strong, healthy and unified world.

We are all in this together. Understanding that even the smallest act of kindness is felt like a ripple of love across the vastness of the Universe can inspire to change how we move through life. This in turn, helps to create peace in the world around us.

World Citizen Peace is proud to join with Shawna Fortin to work for a more just and peaceful world.