Posts

Showing posts from April, 2018

Live your best life!

Image
Love your best life!  Trust me, I know how hard it is to live your best life when struggling with depression. I've went through trials testing time's in my life hasn't been easy specially when you struggle with an illness like epilepsy. You got to accept that it is happening and it will pass, I used a few tools like gratitude that a book called The magic from the secret by Rhonda Byrne it is amazing! I hold a rock or a wooden cross say what I grateful for outloud so the universe hears it, that's when I am ready for sleep because I am grateful even for the small things in life. What can you be grateful for today?  Writing in a journal helps the testing time's it might make you grow to be amazing person without knowing, have you even thought that could happen?  You are a strong sensitive soul stand firm in knowing the universe will support you these experiences happen for a reason. Embrace who you are with love it might be hard to love yourself but you can lear

Stop placing conditions on your life!

Image
What we really want to talk about is how we place the idea of placing conditions on our happiness all the time! And that is not good. As humans, we have a tendency to keep joy just of reach, we not even aware we doing it. We are thrown off by other's behavior we allow our lovers, parents, Friend's, and workmates dictate our mood. When they behave in a way that we approve of we tend to think it "okay" been though can over think that of course. When we continue to feel bad it impossible to feel good again! When we are mad, we are punishing ourselves, because as long as we are feeling bad, it impossible to feel good and feeling good is where we are at our best. Feeling good is our natural state of being we supposed to be and it is where we will always be unless we think negative about it. Feeling is when our creativity cones out, our dreams come together manifesting them. When you feel "stuck" or angry, even sorry for yourself that is of course negative behavi

Gratitude why is it important?

Image
Gratitude & why is it important?  https://theawesomeinc.co.nz Overcoming depression is a hard mission I know trust me on that one! I was struggling with epilepsy on top of that my history of depression found me again that is why I made sure the doctors reduced my medication for my seizures as I wasn't motivated to live or do anything felt like a rut on a daily basis. I did whatever I could to keep the positive attitude going for a number of years, here I am today telling you the story of my life. Gratitude played a big roll in my life and why I am the person I became that is important to overcome depression. As you see below gratitude journal from  https://theawesomeinc.co.nz each day I find something to be grateful regardless how big or small it is being grateful is a powerful tool we have. What can you find right now to be grateful for? Can you list 3 things? If you can list 3 things that is a great start to being happy with yourself and your life, why I say that is bec

Contribution

Image
We have something to give wether it through volunteer work or creating content online to help others overcome a negative experience, even through your local church if you are Christian. So what are you contributing to the world? Can be simple as a YouTube video which I started out with. Doing something gives you self-esteem and confidence that is important to feel good about it, it helps us connect with others. Let's do an exercise Identify these things What__________________? How__________________? Why___________________? 1. What do you want to do 2. How you going to do it 3. Why it brings you Joy to contribute to the world Once you have identify that then you can start your journey in this universe. You are helping others by doing something truly amazing that can be appreciated by people who will feel good about it. Listen to my podcast about contribution. Hope this helps you my friend. Lori fr om lifesuccessnz xx

Get organized and get your sh*t together!

Image
Getting your sh*t together is not easy for most of us in today's world. We spend a lot of time of on facebook and it is addictive to be honest! It is a challenge we face daily, so let's create a way to help you overcome this issue. I been reading two time and life management books they have been amazing! I recommend Getting your sh*t together by Sarah Knights it is a really good book to get inspired. I used to struggle with getting my self sorted and motivated but having a routine is important to make those changes as you see below example of my daily routine I have a planner and I tick off the ones I have done. List what you value what matters to you rate them 10 the highest 1 the lowest and look at the high ones see if you can make them apart of your every daily life.  Remember the more you do these daily routines you will do it on auto without noticing it. Here's an exercise for you to do. What's wrong with my life? __________________ Why?___________

One of the easiest way to improve anxiety

Image
How to ... Breathe Did you know diaphragma tic breath ing is one of the eas iest resili ence tool you c an use? It's free and it wor ks! The value of it com es fr om it's impact on the sympat hetic nerv ous sys tem whi ch is known as fight or fli ght mode.  When we are stressed by anxi ety and trauma exp erience that cau se you to feel fear. • Increased heart rate to get blood pump ing to muscl es. • Sweati ng • rele ase of adrenaline • Faster shallow breat hing • Decr ease immune a nd digest ive system function These are a ll gre at thi ngs but they not going to be help ful in modern Life. Our breathe is the only th ing we can control it swit ches everything el se off. How to do it! Start brea thing in throu gh your nose for a count of 4 secon ds hold then rel ease on cou nt of 4 seconds to ma ke sure you are brea thing thr ough stom ach y ou can put hand on chest and oth er on stom ach. Build this up as a daily practice. I kn ow i