What happens to a mother who sits for the third time in front of her child, facing the reality of losing them? What happens to a wife who has to raise her children alone? What happens to a teacher who gives up her career to become a caregiver who keeps her head together by composing and writing? What happens to a Finnish woman who lets go of all the roles life gave her? And what happens when the only thing guiding you is the Echo of Purity?
Faced with a rare illness no one else in the world has, and the fear of losing my child, I embarked on a journey full of miracles. Doctors couldn’t save my son’s life, so I did everything I could as his mother. While I couldn’t change the mitochondrial issue he inherited from me, I could change myself. Over ten years, I opened my heart to others, connecting with them deeply through writing and conversation. I allowed their words to cut deep, exploring my own wounds to understand their deeper meaning. Along the way, I met incredible people and discovered new methods. This journey of reflection revealed humanity to me in a whole new light.
I realized that everything I had learned about being human, both through my education and my trust in medicine, was just a small part of the bigger truth. Eventually, I found a philosophical theory (Lauri Rauhala’s holistic conception of the human being) that aligned with my experiences, and I began my dissertation at the University of Lapland. This blog is an invitation to join me on the mysterious journey of what it means to be a holistic human being. It asks questions you’ve never thought to ask and helps you find answers in the most important book you’ll ever read: the book of who you are and why you’re here.
Join the Echo of Purity and let it guide you. Dive into this blog, learn to take charge of your life, and start listening to the Echo of a Child with me. Participate in the conversation and see how your life begins to change as you take ownership of it, placing it in the hands that matter most—your own loving hands.
You are the Echo of Purity, and together, we can change the world through our shared experiences!
Was a prominent Finnish philosopher and psychologist, widely regarded as a forerunner of existential and humanistic psychology in Finland. He is best known for his holistic theory of human existence, which integrates physical embodiment, consciousness (both physical and spiritual), and the situation of being. Rauhala’s philosophical contribution to the world is the concept of the regulative situational circuit: the situation (to which all humans are related), physicality, and consciousness mutually regulate each other. His work has profoundly shaped Finnish psychology, education, and nursing care, showing that helping and supporting others should be multidimensional and holistic.
