Rescue Me
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Connect
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How Connecting Helps Everyone
It can be so easy to get lost in our own world. We can be so focused on our problems and issues that we can feel isolated and alone in a crowded room.
The problem is, even when we aren’t really alone, we get lost in the darkness and can’t find our way out.
We forget that as humans we need connections to survive in the world. We need to be heard, seen, and touched throughout the day, even if we are introverted.
It is part of our DNA and makes us feel whole, loved, appreciated, and a part of something bigger.
We often get into a victim mentality or sink so low that we can’t find our way out of the problems and issues that we are facing that we can bring those around us down as well, and often see people leave us and don’t know why.
So what can be done to remedy this mindset?
CONNECT!!!
I find that when I take the microscope off of me; my life, my setbacks, and my issues and turn them into reaching out and helping others, I forget my problems and find peace, joy and happiness.
I find that making connections with others through texting, calling, video chatting or hanging out places my focus and attention on them which, in turn, gets reciprocated back to me and it becomes a win-win situation. We weren’t meant to go through life alone.
We all need to feel loved and heard, but sometimes we need to be the one who reaches out first.
When we value someone else’s life, we find our value.
As humans we are meant to live in community, not alone and isolated.
So if you are struggling now and feel alone, make a connection with someone. When you do, you will be able to step out of your darkness, become the light for someone else, and find you’re not alone after all.
Mind over matter, because mindset DOES matter.
This week I want you to connect with someone.
Find someone you know is having a rough time, like you. Or someone you haven’t talked with in a while.
Check in on them, and let them know you were thinking of them.
Maybe a neighbor could use a visit.
Or a relative needs to hear your voice over the phone.
Maybe a friend, who appears to have it all together, is struggling but won’t reach out (because they, too, feel alone).
Who ever you choose to connect with, be as close as you can, meaning if you can physically visit them and give them a hug, DO IT!
But if not be engaged in a conversation with them. Be an active listener, drop everything you are doing and be present. Give them all of you for that time you have together.
Everyone wants to feel valued, heard, and loved. That starts with YOU!
When you connect with someone, you will notice a shift in your own mindset and heart. You’ll get out of your own way and begin to see your life through a positive lense.
Life isn’t easy, that’s for sure, but remember, you are not the only one who is struggling right now.
Rise up and be that connection for someone and feel it reverberate back to you.
Get out and connect and have a blessed week!
And as always,
Be Healthy,
Be Happy,
Be YOU!!!
Much love,
Love Is In the Air
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Self-Love for the Win
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”
-Lucille Ball
This Valentine’s Day start with YOU!!
To love oneself isn’t selfish, it’s necessary.
It’s necessary for your mental health.
It’s necessary for your productivity.
It’s necessary for you to be able to love others, fully.
Have you ever truly listened to your inner voice? Pay attention, because what you say to yourself is crucial to your love and success in life.
We can be so critical of ourselves and fall into the trap of negativity that we can’t even realize our true potential. We compare ourselves to others, and we begin to doubt our abilities, our size, our beauty, our intentions, our very existence.
We are constantly bombarded with everyone’s successes and filtered pictures, great vacations and good deeds in the snapshots of social media that we lose sight of our own beauty (inside and out) and our worth in this world.
You are unique!
There is only one ‘you’ and you should be celebrated.
You are worthy, beautiful, a warrior, and special.
You must first find, within yourself, the joy of self-love before you can truly find joy in life. However, this does not come easy and can change and challenge you daily.
Are you listening? What are you saying to yourself? Is your self-talk positive or are you speaking negatively?
As an amputee, and being a part of this unique community, I can see first-hand how I could be negative and self-loathing. The world tells me that my body image is suppose to look a certain way, and I no longer conform to what is “acceptable”. Talk about a hard, internal battle. I stand in a grocery line only to see a size 2 woman on the cover of every magazine, looking gorgeous and happy. I don’t look like them, and I never will again.
I must fight the urge to compare myself, and fight to be positive about who I am, inside and out. This takes practice, perseverance, and fearlessness.
This Valentine’s Day I challenge you to love yourself FIRST! Find joy in who you are, how you were made, and believe that you are enough, JUST the way you are.
Valentine’s Day, this year, start with you….for the win!
Wake up and feel the breathe in your lungs.
You have a purpose!
Today, and this week, figure out what your purpose is and start by loving yourself. Love the good you can do and the good you can put out into this world.
When you love yourself you will find that you can be a light, bringing happiness and hope to those who are lost.
Listen to your inner voice and decide if you hear positivity being spoken. If not, it’s time to switch that up.
Begin with telling yourself:
“I am beautiful/handsome”
“I am strong”
“I am worthy”
“I have value”
“I am smart”
“I am compassionate”
“I am funny”
“I am kind”
“I am fearless”
“I am a Warrior”
“I am ENOUGH!”
Write these words down. Speak these words out loud when you need to hear them.
Find your strength and self-worth from within and not from the world around you.
You ARE enough! Believe it, and begin this Valentine’s Day by loving yourself first and watch how your life changes for the better.
Rise up, Warrior, and know you are loved!
Until next week, and as always,
Be Healthy,
Be Happy,
Be YOU!!
Much love,
Insurance Games
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Playing To Win; Playing For Your Future
Dealing with insurance can be tricky and often frustrating. I speak from experience.
It’s unfortunate that insurance companies make it so hard to understand the ins and outs of their policies as well as getting approvals especially since those who are trying to get covered are often going through really tough emotional times.
As I got myself prepared for my amputation I was doing everything to prepare myself, mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially seeing as this would be a forever life changing surgery.
My experience was not smooth, nor was it kind, but I figured out how to handle my situation, found my voice, and fought for what was right and what I needed.
Join me this week as I take you on my journey with the games that insurance companies play, and how you can play and beat them at their own game.
This is what I fought to get……
So I can do this….
…And this
….And this
…And this.
What are you fighting for? And if you’re not fighting for what you want, then who will???
Randy and David at The Limb Center and also Limbs For Humanity
This week, if you are in the middle of a big decision that takes medical insurance, make sure you do your homework and get confirmation about what is covered.
If you have been told “No” by your insurance company then it’s time to fight for what you want and need.
We must fight for ourselves, because only we know exactly what we need and want to make our lives worth living.
Help yourself by fighting for your future. Don’t give up, and don’t take “No” for an answer!
You are a warrior and you are WORTH IT!!
Have a blessed week and as always,
Be Healthy,
Be Happy,
Be YOU!!!
Much love,
