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I’m Amber Leigh
HELPING SPREAD SUNSHINE & HAPPINESS THROUGH LIFE EXPERIENCES.
My entire life, I’ve had this pull toward needing to help people. Always ignoring that feeling, I was going through life constantly hitting walls and feeling that hole in my heart growing bigger. After a lot of mistakes, heartache, depression, and anxiety, I started listening to my head and my heart. I became confident for the first time in my life, personally and professionally. Learning to “Let Go” and Let Be.” Of course, still need daily reminders!
This is when I started Sunshine In Your Pocket. It was my way of spreading happiness into the hearts of the people who have been where I have been and felt what I have felt. When you see my logo, I want you to feel the same joy and warmth that I feel when making and sharing these products.
Sunshine In Your Pocket was named after Amber, the fossilized tree resin. Amber brings warmth, healing and purifies negative energy. If you’re here reading this, then maybe you need a little Amber in your life!
“It was perfect!” I thought to myself, “This is how I can spread happiness!”
So I started a greeting card company, to share special and personalized thank you and thinking of you cards in hopes to spread some sunshine. Especially in these days of fear and loss and the unknown.
Sunshine In Your Pocket is more than just physical items. It’s an idea, a feeling, of hope, inner beauty, love, warmth, an energy force that cannot be contained and healing when you need it most. I hope that when you see Sunshine In Your Pocket, you too feel all of these emotions!
“Fall In Love With Taking Care Of Yourself.”
-Unknown
My life had changed forever when I received the devastating news,
“Amber, your father is gone.”
What did that mean gone? Where did he go? Although, deep down, I knew exactly what my mother was trying to tell me…
My father had taken his own life and left all of us behind, broken into pieces. I was so confused, hurt, and depressed. I had never felt pain like that before and I allowed that pain to take the driver’s seat…
I was living a boundaryless life.
I grew up in a home where screaming was normal. As a young adolescent, I found myself in relationships that were just another attempt to fill this empty void inside me. I screamed and threw things, I thought this was normal in a relationship. I became what you would call,
“A Verbal Abuser.”
I was stuck in this hamster wheel of darkness & depression. I felt like I was never going to escape, I was never going to grasp the concept of “happiness.” The anger raged inside, leaving me feeling crazy, broken & alone.
Learning Boundaries…
It came to me at a desperate time in life. I was willing to do anything to escape where I was. That’s when I discovered the book that saved my life. Of course, not overnight, but over time I started working on myself, seeing that my actions were hurting other people and I was letting other people disrespect me. It was an endless game of hatred.
Growing boundaries helped me make decisions more clearly, decisions that would move me in the right direction.
It wasn’t a magical journey
Learning & understanding boundaries wasn’t easy. I still made mistakes, lost hope, and fell into an abusive relationship where I wasn’t sure if I was going to wake the next morning.
Determined, I fought everything life threw at me, and eventually, I escaped that toxic lifestyle. Looking to my future, I knew I was going to be dealt with hard decisions, but I realized it was how I dealt with them.
Living With Boundaries
I can now say I am happily married to an amazing, caring, hard-working & thoughtful man. He’s my biggest supporter and my daily reminder that everything is going to be okay. The best part, he accepts all of me, the good, the bad, and everything in-between.
Every day is still a lesson to be learned, taking it with a grain of salt. My journey is still young, and I am still making improvements in boundaries and toxic situations. At least now I have the knowledge & emotional maturity to move forward without sabotaging everything I’ve worked so hard for.
