achievement or big life change, start small by shifting your
10 Ways To Feel Better Right Now
Today, I consider myself an extremely happy person,
but it hasn’t always been that way. The truth is that I’ve
made huge strides to get where I am today. I had to dig deep
inside myself to access authentic joy. I used to cry myself to
sleep every night. I felt lifeless, numb, and bored with life.
I'd obsess over my day and feel tremendous guilt and
anxiety tied to my eating disorders, drug addictions, poor
choices in men, and unfulfilling job.
I did whatever I could to avoid the feeling that I hated
my life and myself — I tried to numb myself with food,
drugs, codependent relationships, etc. It was a vicious cycle.
I felt so much pressure to be happy, which only kept me
more miserable.
I thought I needed to get a new job, a thinner body,
and more money in order to become happier, but this
mentality just kept me unhappy. I was always waiting for the
next thing.
Looking back now, I see that the real transformation
in turning my pain into purpose was learning how to shift
my mindset in each moment. We get what we focus on. If I
wanted a healthier and happier life, I needed to focus on
that. Small, moment by moment mindset shifts helped pull
me out of depression and led me to find my purpose and
passion as an author, life coach, and teacher.
If you're having a bad day, month, or even a bad year,
instead of waiting for your happiness to come in some
perception in this moment.
Here are 10 simple ways to do it:
1. Remind yourself as much as you need to: You get what
you focus on. If you don't like what you see, change your
focus.
2. Instead of asking “How can I get?” , ask What can I give?
The energy of giving rewards your soul.
3. Joy is contagious. When you do what brings you joy, you
uplift the world.
4. Remember what's meant to be will always find a way.
5. Any troubling situation is designed to show you what
needs to be worked on.
6. Maybe you’re exhausted because you’re tired of acting
stronger than you feel. It's okay to be vulnerable.
7. Say what you need to say. There is freedom in self-
expression.
8. Things don’t happen to you, they happen for you.
9. Treat yourself more kindly. When you nourish the inside,
the outside will flourish.
10. Experience is the best way to learn. What you’re going
through is preparing you for what you asked for.
Anxiety - n. a bad feeling of worry, nervousness, or
unease

Guilt – n. a bad feeling of being responsible for a bad

situation

Joy – n. a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Purpose – n. the reason for which something is done or

existed.

Soul – n.

Perception – n.

Comprehension:

1. What do you think was the writer’s feeling before?

2. What were the results of her negative feeling?
3. What did she do to access authentic joy?
4. What does she consider herself now?
5. What did she do to try numb herself from her negative
feeling?