Vlog: All You Can Do Is Your Life

You can:

• Wake up feeling every ache and pain but determined to help others.
• Put others first.
• Ignore the voice inside; your gut that says you've done enough. You are enough.
• Be angry, sad, lonely, tired, frustrated, hurt, insulted, fearful, ashamed due to your health issues and the reactions of others toward those issues.
• Try to be everything to everyone.
• Sit alone, staring at the wall feeling sorry for yourself.
• Stay in an unhealthy relationship because you think no one else will want you.

OR

You can:

• Wake up and decide to tackle the day with determination, enthusiasm, grace, patience, positivity, getting real, productivity, doing, being, putting one foot in front of the other.
• Try, fail, take the breaks you need, try again, maybe succeed next time, thrive, live life to the fullest.
• Help yourself so you can help others.
• Live a life you can smile and be happy about.

Which option sounds the healthiest to you?

Which life do you want to lead?

Which life have you led up to now?

What changes do you need to make to live your best life?  

You can, you know . . . live your best life.  The best that you know is inside you.

Whatever that is.  You find that within you.

Are you ready?  Get started.

• Little by little
• Bit by bit
• Step by step

What does it mean to you to live your life?

How can you make changes to live a fulfilling life?

Have you already made them?  How did it go?

Email me at amy@acnlifecoach.com or comment below.  

I may or may not have a post next week.  I'm taking next week off and plan to unplug as much as possible.  So, let's just plan on meeting again back here in a couple weeks.  

Take care!  Tomorrow is June already!  Wow!  I hope you have so fun summer plans.  

Vlog: Medication Advertisements: Helpful...Or Not?

Hi there, all!  I hope you're having a good weekend so far.  

Medication advertisements with every symptom and side effect known to man.  Do you find this helpful or frightening, or unnecessary?

Let's look at the topic more closely:

The positives:  They give you lots of information about the medication, so you then can decide from there whether or not you want to contact your doctor about it.

The negatives:  They tell you all this stuff that may turn you off from even asking your doctor about it, or considering taking it for something it could really people alleviate.

What would be better?:  

• Talk to your doctor or pharmacist to get information on the advertised medication.
• Leave out the side effects and such from the advertisement and leave it to your doctor to tell you that information specific to your situation.
• Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about any medication you have questions about before taking it.
• Consider natural medicine:  Combine it with modern medicine, massage, herbs, acupressure, acupuncture, energy medicine/therapy, hypnosis, meditation, and more.

Please don't:

• take any new medication without first consulting a qualified healthcare professional.  
• take others' medication that was not prescribed to you.
• take medication in the amount other than the recommended dosage.
• keep taking a medication if you experience troubling side effects.  Call your doctor or pharmacist, call 9-1-1, or go to the nearest emergency room immediately.
• take medications you are unsure of.  You know your body better than anyone else.  Listen to it.  Work with your doctors to find the best treatment for your health issues.

What do you think of medication advertisements?  Have you ever asked your doctor about a medication you found out about through an advertisement?  

Interviewed on A Healing Spirit.org! Thank you Carol!

I had the honor and pleasure of being interviewed by Carol Cassara, Hypnotherapist and Healing Arts Advocate, for her blog on A Healing Spirit.org.  Please check it out.  I'd love your thoughts on the interview and encourage you to check out Carol's other posts and services to see if they are a good fit for you.  I'm a big fan of Carol's and enjoy her blog immensely.   She offers lots of insight into many different topics relating to friendship, spirituality, politics, health, lifestyle, wellness, family, and more. This is not a paid post. I'm not affiliated with Carol Cassara in any professional or commercial way other than as a fellow coach who admires her work.    

https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2018/05/17/permanent-disability/

What Happens When You Try and Fail Repeatedly?

Happy Wednesday, all!  I hope you're having a great week.  Today I'm talking about what happens when you try and fail, over and over again.

Try and fail

Say, you try to get a job.  You send out resumes but you don't hear anything back.  Or you do get an interview and you think it went great, but you don't get the job.  Over and over again this happens.

Or maybe you don't have any energy and you try all sorts of things to boost it.  You may try exercise, tips and tricks you found on the Internet or heard about from friends or family.  And, you may try some of these things and find out you're allergic to that specific vitamin, or food, or herb.  Whatever you tried. You had no idea you were even allergic to it, but you are. 

Maybe you want to lose weight.  You go to the gym and find out that you can't use most of the equipment that you were hoping to, either because it's not adjustable or adaptable, or the gym is too busy at the time you can get there, so the machines are occupied.

It could be that you try to think of things that will improve your friendship or marriage and you're met with resistance, or what you do try just doesn't work.

It doesn't have to break you

When you try and fail, over and over, it can bring you down, frustrate you.  But you can choose to learn from each experience and grow from it.  It doesn't have to break you.

Try something else.

Exercise

Go to a different gym, work out at home, use dumbbells, exercise bands, or your own body weight instead of machines.

Job

Get a temp job, look online for work at home opportunities, ask a neighbor if you could do odd jobs them, or start your own business online or off.

Energy

Check with your doctor to see if something is up.  You can also keep trying those tips and tricks from the Internet and your friends.  Maybe you'd like to try meditation.  And, take a look inside yourself to see what you need.  Go with your gut.  

Relationships

Talk things out with friends, family, your spouse, a coworker.  If that doesn't work, you may consider seeking guidance from a counselor or coach.  

Time management

Look at how you manage your time.  Can some things be shortened or cut out so you can spend more time on the things and people who mean the most to you?


Have you tried and failed and just don't know what else to do?  Or have you tried and failed repeatedly only to try one more time and have things work out?  Let me know.  I'd love to hear from you.  

Take care, and I'll see you back here next Wednesday.

Vlog: Tired of Competing? Tired of Fighting?

Do you have chronic health issues?  Are you tired of competing?  Tired of fighting?

• For jobs
• For attention from your spouse, kids, relatives, friends, coworkers
• For love, dates
• Job promotions
• Spots on a team or committee
• For grades
• For college acceptance
• For rights
• For adaptations

Are you competing with other people in your spouse's life?

• Are you jealous of the attention given to friends?
• Do you feel like you're not enough?
• That they like others more than you?
• That they regret committing to you now that they have found others they prefer to hang out with?  That they click with others better?

Also, are you trying to please?

Stop!

You're in the wrong relationship, friendship, or job if you're trying to please, perhaps.  Only you can decide that.

You're putting yourself last.

It's hard work to compete.  To fight.

You feel insecure.

Get out.

You need to be you!

Live your life the way you see fit.

Do the things you love to do.

Go where you want to go.

Say what needs to be said.

Walking or wheeling on eggshells isn't worth it.

You've got a lot to give.

Give it to the people, activities, jobs...that mean the most to you.

If your friend, partner, spouse, doesn't appreciate you, or has become tired of you, distant, or seems to be replacing you, let them.  If you have tried everything and still the relationships or friendships seems to be dying, let it die naturally.  No fits, or arguments, or scenes.  Just let it play out naturally.

If your employer is constantly setting up roadblocks and treating you unfairly.  Fight them or leave them, but do what is best for you.

You can only do so much.  You have to concentrate on you, your health, what brings you joy.  That is your choice.  And it's their choice whether to take that ride with you or not.

Vlog: Being Told You're An Inspiration

Have you been told you're an inspiration?  What was the reason?  Did they give you any specifics as to why they thought you were inspirational?  

And, how did you feel about it?  How did you respond?  Did it inspire you to do more for others?  More for yourself?  Did it help you break out of your comfort zone and try something new?  Did it inspire you to become a speaker, letting other people know about your chronic health issues; to become an advocate for others?

Or, did you feel like a fraud?  They were inspired by you but you may feel as if you really haven't lived up to it.  You are unsure of yourself, you're self-conscious, perhaps.  Insecure.

What do you do with this?  How can being called an inspiration change that negativity in you to positivity?  How can it energize you?

When someone calls you an inspiration, what should you say?  Well, here are some ideas:

• Simply say "Thank You."
• Ask the person how you inspire them
• Tell the person how they inspire you.

How can you use your inspiration?

• Speak about it at local organizations, schools, hospitals, health fairs
• Do volunteer work at hospitals, schools, shelters, community events, health fairs
• Help others with similar health issues to cope, improve their situation, and be inspired.
• Write about it in a blog or book
• Write a column for your local newspaper on coping with health issues
• Contact the association connected to your chronic health issues to see if you could write articles for their newsletter or magazine.

Any other ideas?  I'd love to hear from you!  And, please share your experiences with this topic.  Have you been told you're an inspiration?  How did you react?  Positively?  Negatively?  Let's talk about this.