The Promises You Keep

The less you compare yourself to other people, The more you will love yourself. As you move forward this week, embrace your uniqueness. Stop comparing who you are to those people surrounding you. You are your only competition.

If you woke up this morning, you thought to yourself that today was going to be tough, that everything's going to go wrong, and the people are going to mistreat me. Then you probably right. The more you think that things are going to go wrong. The more things will go wrong. The more you think that life is going to turn out for you in a difficult way, the more it will continue to be difficult. i used to hate Mondays, and the reason why is because i would dread the fact that i would have to face the day and see a brand new week but not see it as a brand new week. i would see it as the same mundane week that I pleased others and chose not to please myself. I wasn't trusting the process. I wasn't trusting that all things would work out if only I allowed them to. And it wasn't even Mondays that i only hated. It was every day. on this Monday. allow yourself today to trust the process. know that everything is going to work out in your favor. permit yourself to believe that all things have a way of working things out. know that it's okay not to be okay, but recognize the fact that the more you allow yourself to open up to gratitude and to grace, you are choosing to believe that all will be okay because, as abraham hicks once said, you're not only trusting the process. you then expect the process. you're tuning into something that you do want. Are you ready to stop resisting and start doing? Sign up for my free newsletter full of tips to help you create the life you want https://mailchi.mp/c92eddd794a9/4-keys-to-gratitude  #trusttheprocess #keeponkeepingon #thepromisesyoukeep

In life, I've learned that happiness is not an external thing. Happiness is found when you promise to see life as it is and be content with it at the moment. Not resisting it, not hiding from it; then life will begin to turn around and change for you. It is then that you will be happy. In this episode, I will talk about happiness and how gratitude plays a big role in choosing it.  Gratitude is a direct response to happiness; by allowing yourself to be grateful for the good, bad, and indifferent in your life, the easier it will be for you to find happiness within yourself. Keeping a daily gratitude journal can help. I have allowed myself to write down three to five things every day for the past eight years and have found this practice so powerful! Many people have asked about my daily practice, so I put together a 7 Day Gratitude Journal that will help you jump-start your practice.  Keep on keeping on. 

Are you affirming who you are? In life I've learned that the more I affirmed myself, the more I healed. I began to love myself, and my life, and all of its messy goodness. Affirm yourself and start healing where you are.

Did you wake up complaining this morning? Why? Because it's Monday? Mondays, just like every other day, are a day to be thankful because you, unlike the millions of people who didn't wake up, took your first breaths and opened your eyes. That's something truly to be grateful for and to embrace. In this podcast, I talk about the power of gratitude and how gratitude will help you create the life you want.  Please like, share, and subscribe.  Keep on keeping on

Martin Luther King, Jr said it best when he said if you can't fly, run if you can't run, walk if you can't walk crawl, but by all means keep moving. Never give up on your hopes, and dreams, regardless of your circumstances. Don't allow your mindset to stop you from moving forward. The world is tough and will try to break you at every chance it gets, you have to remind yourself every day that you are strong, resilient, and can have anything. 

Are you living the life that you want? Are you allowing your current circumstance to stop you from moving forward from having a life of happiness and joy?  A promise is something that allows you to move forward with all of your hopes and dreams, but first, you have to make it. When you promise yourself, you create a bond that cannot be broken. Living with anxiety and depression can sometimes seem complicated, but it will become easier to realize when you set a small, actionable goal and tie a promise to it. What promise will you set for yourself today? And what small actionable goals will you tie to that promise? Embrace each new day as it comes, and embrace every beautiful mess that you are confronted with. I am including a promises worksheet for you to write your promises and goals; you can download it here 

Happy New Year! I wanted to start this year off a bit differently by sharing with you something that I would normally share with my Facebook community. If you are part of my Facebook community click here, it's really awesome, and I post lot's of inspiring stuff!

Living with an uncontrollable circumstance can be very easy to want to give up; that is why it is so important to have Hope. I had a seizure today, and I felt drawn to share this podcast with you because Hope and gratitude are the two things that help keep me centered significantly when I am seizing. Even though I may be scared and feel like giving up, I don't because I know that Hope keeps me safe and resilient.  In life, it is very easy for those living with an uncontrollable chronic illness to want to give up, talk negatively about their life, and cause more pain and heartache than is already present. By allowing yourself permission to surrender, be grateful, and have Hope, you are allowing yourself to live a happier, more stress-free life. And when you are going through something such as a seizure, it becomes less scary because you already know how strong you are.  I have written a free guide that you can download here to help you live a happier, more grateful life while living with a chronic, uncontrollable circumstance. You can sign up for the guide here. 

Throughout these eight years I have embraced my beautiful mess, and I have made it my promise to help others do the same. Here is more of my story, and my why.

My epilepsy story, and how I choose to live my life with Epilepsy.

Epilepsy and chronic illness can be difficult to live with, but if you allow yourself to think differently about your circumstances moving forward will be much easier. If you are bitter, you are not allowing yourself to be better. Choose to think gratefully and accept each moment.

Your I AM voice is the most powerful critic. Living with Epilepsy choosing the right I AM can sometimes be challenging. In this episode I discuss the benefits of choosing a positive I AM, and how it can help heal you. Would you like more support on your gratitude journey? Join my free Facebook Group Find Your Greatness Through Gratitude 

We all have two voices, positive and negative. The one we choose to listen to will shape our lives. In this episode I talk more about those two voices, and how you can use yours to help move you forward.

It's very easy to forget to stop and show yourself some loving-kindness throughout the day. You wake up in a rush because you have that critical meeting to get to, and you fail to stop to have breakfast first. You forget to pick up that new toy your child has wanted because your mind is thinking about the ten other things you have to do when you get home, and you beat yourself up about it. Or you have a seizure, and you have to cancel on some friends, so you begin to feel that you are not good enough. Stop. Take a breath, realize that nothing, nor you, or anything else in this life is perfect, and show yourself some compassion. Here are a few ways for you to love yourself up today. 1. Be grateful for the moment. Choosing to be grateful for the moment and embracing it will help you move through it. 2. Forgive yourself for the things that didn't go right 3. Change your tone. Choose a more positive voice. Speak with praise instead of with criticism. Your inner critic is the most powerful critic of all. Do you want to learn more about how you can create the positive life you want while living with Epilepsy? Follow me @thepromisesyoukeep for more.

Living with Epilepsy, it is very easy to focus on the seizure, and not the celebration. You have a seizure, or two, and experience some pain, or a headache, and you forgot to focus on the gift of the day. I completely get this, there was a time when I only focused on my symptoms, and not the celebration, but once I began to celebrate my day, even amidst the mess, my life began to change. Take time out today and celebrate yourself, and the good, and even not so good moments. You are only given so many. Feel your emotions, but don't dwell on them. Say thank you, and focus on what you have right now.

Living with Epilepsy can be challenging; it is very easy to find yourself focusing on the pain, frustration, and lack of peace that comes with having the condition rather than the healing, happiness, and gratitude found abundantly in your life live.   You wake up with pain, or you have a seizure, or you're experiencing some gastrointestinal distress; the condition is the first thing that is there, nothing more, nothing less, just pain and discomfort. I am by no means discounting your illness; I have been living with three for my entire life. And eight years ago, after a series of unsuccessful brain surgeries for my seizures, I promised myself to be grateful for the life I live and teach others living through their chronic illness to do the same. Your words are powerful; they can either make you feel healthy or make you feel sick. The words we choose to speak to ourselves every day have the power to move us forward or move back. If you find yourself waking up in the morning telling yourself that your life sucks because you have Epilepsy, or you consistently put yourself down because you are living with the illness, the more of it you will have, and the worst you will feel. bit/ly.com/thepromisesyoukeep

It is very easy to feel alone, especially when we are experiencing chronic illness; and with September being suicide prevention month I wanted let everyone who feels alone right now that you are not alone. That you are seen, and you are heard, and you are loved. There was a time when I felt alone, and there are days when I still do, but then I remember that there are those who love me, and I am thankful for them. Allow yourself today to express your feelings, don't hold them back. Write them down in a journal, talk to a friend, or family member, reach out on social media. It's okay to not have life all worked out, none of us do. Continue to embrace your beautiful mess, and move forward. 💜 #chronicillness #suicidalawareness #gratitude

Living with Epilepsy can be stressful at times, but if you have a way to cope with the stress, life with Epilepsy will be a bit easier.

We have two choices, to either think positive or negative. Epilepsy is one of those disorders that tends to make us focus on the negative most often with the thoughts of when our next seizure will come along. Or what will those people think of me, or I just don't feel well all the time. The great thing is we have a choice to choose what energy we focus on. Will you allow the what-ifs stop you from being happy, or will you make a choice to focus on the positive amidst the chaos, and allow yourself to have a good day? Ultimately the choice is yours.