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My Helpful “Meaning Making” Brings Hope To Us

“Meaning Making” sounds helpful and hopeful for me…

With chronic illness it can be very hard to find meaning in it.

It all seems meaningless and unfair, but I have found that my chronic illnesses are now reversing. I am healing while sharing my new found knowledge with you.

It has been the most meaningful journey of my life!

Let’s make it mean something special for us…what do you think?

Summary from Timothy Weymann, LCSW for “Meaning -Making”

Religion: The Great Mystery

Spirituality: Part of the Great Mystery

Five Themes:

Loss and uncertainty
Learning one’s capacity
Maintaining fellowship and belonging
Having a source of strength
Building anew.

Negative Findings:

Beware of shame
blame and abandonment with chronic illnesses
with religion or spirituality or neither

Neutral Findings:

Intercessory prayer and it’s affect on chronic illness

Positive Findings:

Lack of forgiveness with increased pain problems
With improved mental health with forgiveness

Post-traumatic Growth:

Chronic illness can be traumatic and life threatening leading to PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Perceived Helplessness
Belief matters
Development of self
Internal growth making meaning out of life
What life is all about
Looking back on the post traumatic growth experienced
Benefit Finding through strengthening the individual with increased empathy relating to others
Motivated to help others after experiencing chronic illness themselves

Remember: Romans 8:28 King James Version

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Note: I personally have experienced all of these situations. I empathize with those who suffer from chronic illness, hence this article. I hope it helps you as much as it helped me.

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Do You Need To Find Answers To Your Sleep Deprivation?

Are You Really Getting Enough Sleep?

For me, I was not getting enough sleep.

So I found these tips to be invaluable for me.

The changes I have made are making it possible for me to improve my sleep, by watching and following the tips on the video below.

Check out Brit Lab Video Below:

If you really are getting enough sleep, no matter what your age, you should find yourself ready for the day, if not bouncing out of bed after your restful, rejuvenating sleep!

If you can’t say a loud YES to this, then please watch the video above and take at least one action step towards your long term health and sleep benefits.

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Helpful Tips To Be Sure You Are Sleep Deprived

Can you tell if you’re sleep deprived?

I was diagnosed as a chronic insomnia without me knowing that I couldn’t catch up on sleep just on the weekends.

So I took action to reverse my sleep patterns successfully.

See if this relates to you. Watch now..

What did you learn about yourself from this video?

I learnt a lot from this simple, yet effective information.

Sleep is often something we may not give much attention to.

We simply collapse after a long work day with the main goal of forgetting all, so you can prepare for your next day of work.

But we forget what work our body is doing while we are sleeping and how that body work prepares us for your next day of work.

Without the proper sleep the next day of work will not be the kind of work success you are wishing to accomplish.

So focus now on the symptoms of sleep deprivation.

Be aware so you can awake to both your work day and your sleep way.

Can People Pleasing Be A Hidden Link?

Is your hidden link people pleasing?

It has been for me…what about you?

Try to please yourself before you please people.

Summary of Kaliopi Nikitas on People Pleasing:

People pleasing and chronic illness
Nervous system and stress response
Suppressing your own emotions
Suppressing assertiveness and own needs
Impacts Immune System
Chronic state of stress
Lifetime people pleasing stress

Remember: We all have stress, choose wisely after what you learnt today.

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Fall Asleep Faster With These Six Proven Scientific Tips

Would you like to fall asleep faster?

Check out the science for it with this video:

Let’s have a bit of fun with sleep quiz:

See if you can answer these questions from the video…

Getting out of bed why?

Negative feelings toward your what?

Read a book on where?

Turn off your what?

Tricking your what?

30 minutes before you what?

Try practicing what?

Relaxing what one at a time?

Start with your what?

Why stay awake?

Routine anyone?

Your body recognizes what?

100 in multiples of 3?

Be bored? Why?

Did you find the answers?

It’s good to have a bit of fun with sleep, would you agree?

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Can Wearing A Face Mask Make Me Happy And Safe?

Most people would feel safe and happy using face masks during Covid-19 but are there also any potential dangers involved?

Check out this article by Aalim Elitou

I was curious as to what material is being used for face masks, as it usually is not a one size fits all. Here is the info I collected:

https://theconversation.com/polypropylene-the-material-now-recommended-for-covid-19-mask-filters-what-it-is-where-to-get-it-149613

https://www.headcovers.com/blog/surgical-masks-the-best-types-of-face-masks-for-virus-protection/

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CoVid Era: Focus On Boosting Your Immune System

Follow In His Footprints: Success Will Happily Follow You

Follow in His Footprints: Success Will Happily Follow You

Does Your Body Really Suffer From Lack Of Sleep?

So what actually happens when you don’t get enough sleep?

What a LOT of surprising information for us as humans.

No wonder we have such an ill populace world wide, and to think it is due to lack of sleep.

This video includes:

Reproduction System affecting men

Immune System causes reduction of natural killer cells increases cancer

Night Shift issues acknowledged by WHO

Cardiovascular System and blood pressure medication reboot

Daylight saving time and heart attacks

Recycle rate of the human being?

Brain function

16 hours of wakefulness

Repair the damage of wakefulness

Now that you have seen what lack of sleep causes..

Promise yourself good sleep from now on!

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Gaining enough sleep? This simple test should tell you..

How To Feel Better And Safe With Complex Trauma

What is Complex Trauma while feeling better and safe?

Complex Trauma:

I have been professionally diagnosed with Complex Trauma.

I’m sharing my story hoping you will find relief and safety. But most of all recognizing the change required for your happier life. Check this article out!

By copying and pasting the info of each section into my highlighted word doc, the highlighted words struck me. They revealed themselves as true and insightful, yet also very upsetting. So a trusted Psychological therapist will definitely help. That way you have someone confidentially to talk to another human being face to face in a safe environment.

By presenting this global overview of my life through this extra information, I believe my therapist will gain more insights into my healing.

Hopefully this will speed up my recovery process to live a more normal life as I age. So far it has been a massive relief like a huge part of me is no longer with me. It felt like I had lost a huge weight loss, feeling and looking so much better.

Check out the location nearest to you and view their website photos of the therapists. Scan their photos and see which one you feel comfortable with.

You could even try sharing your deepest secret with the photo you feel comfortable with, envisioning yourself in her therapy room. If you can share it via her photo in private, there is a good chance, with time, you could heal your life with this new found person sharing your life safety and confidentiality.

Check with your GP to set up a safe, recommended space for you. Start living again.

Complex Torture:

Recently my close friend was diagnosed with trauma at the level of torture by a professional Psychiatrist.

That got my attention!

Over the past eight months we both opened up to our traumas. Why did I identify with a diagnosis so grave?

The digging begins. Though it’s terrifying, it’s also relieving. It really isn’t and wasn’t my fault.

If this resonates with you please think about connecting with a clinical psychologist. It has the potential to heal you when you have tried everything else.

Watch this Video:

See if it helps you…

Visionary Victim? Retell Your Story By Changing Your Better History

Visionary Victim was my assessment outcome of my Stuck Story.

I also gained three personal power words: strategic, creative and

determined to add to my bio, personal story and brand. How good is that?

Try it out yourself and see what your assessment tells you here. (https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/assessment)

The very fact that I am in the process of writing my personal memoir makes this information very productive and insightful.

Will I come across as a strong female protagonist?

Who knows…as a spiritual author, both the book and myself are transforming regularly, so the titles and subtitles take a life of their own. They change with the waves splashing on the shore, bringing up new insights, new skills and new recognition of how and why I have come this far and still alive.