Episode 27: How Gratitude and Resilience Saved My Life

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This didn’t even start as a podcast episode I wanted to do. I woke up yesterday (Tuesday) and went to the park for a walk thinking about what I want to write as the next story in my newsletter, and then I came back and opened my laptop to find a query of a participant inside our ATEPS Facebook Community. I was drawn to the question and wanted to answer it via an audio LIVE. While I spoke, I went on a flow. I couldn’t hold back from telling a story from my life that I had perhaps not spoken about with such clarity and courage ever. And somehow my body knew that the story needs to be told. So much so that the moment I was done telling the story inside the group, my throat started acting up and I started feeling scratchy. Initially I thought if I had spoken something my body didn’t want to. But then I realized, that the universe doesn’t want me to record another episode. It doesn’t want me to speak any further. It simply wants this magical story to go out into the world and change lives. So yeah, listen to it and bloom forth into the glowing sun. Love you all.

What You’ll Learn from This Episode.

  1. How I started as an ambitious young boy.
  2. The trauma of being hyper competitive.
  3. How I hit rock bottom.
  4. What depression really feels like.
  5. How I overcame it.
  6. How my nervous system grew in a small sleepy town.
  7. How I created space and resilience in my nervous system.
  8. How gratitude saved my life.
  9. Why looking at your inner child with compassion is paramount.
  10. Never forget what feels like small success today.

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