Family, friends, work, and recreation sound like a few areas of our lives that take up most of our time. We go from one to another, filling up our days, weeks, months, and perhaps years. Oftentimes, in the process, we forget about a crucial part: taking care of ourselves! If you were raised in a guilt-ridden conservative environment, this was, and may still be, a foreign concept. However, I began to learn the importance of it from the wise words of my grandmother: “If you are going to hire help when you grow up, you must first learn to how to keep up your own house in perfect order.”
Little did I know that life would present me with more challenges that, at times, I felt I could handle. A chronic disability, moving to another country, pursuing an education while raising a family, lay offs, divorce… and the list goes on.
Through the trials and tribulations of life, I became part of the infamous rat race, the put downs of difficult bosses and people, and the feeling of giving up because the physical pain becoming too much to bear on a daily basis. Consequently, and soon enough, the external noise of “making it” became deafening and began to cover up the beautiful music inside me.
Then, one day, listening to one of my favorite inspirational gurus, Dr. Wayne Dyer, I took note of something he said: “Don’t die with music still left inside you…” Those words stopped me on my tracks! “What do you mean?...I still have something inside to offer in spite all that’s happened?,” I rhetorically and quietly asked him in my mind. And, to my surprise, I heard a loud inner “Yes!” Over the next few weeks, I embarked on a journey to remind myself of the things I used to do to keep that music going, in-tune, and loud enough to frequently inspire others. If this scenario sounds familiar to you, here are a few things I found helpful to turn up my volume again which might assist you as well in the process of reconnecting:
After a few weeks of reconnecting with these practices, not only I started hearing my inner music again, but the magic went beyond to show me that there is hope for maintaining my core philosophy of seeing problems only as challenges. Furthermore, I feel more peaceful and proud of having been able to find my Self again, the one who I like and enjoy being around. After all, we are the only humans we can count on being with for sure 24x7!
For almost 20 years, Eugenia has held several leadership and managerial positions creating and heading training, professional development, and human resources programs as well as has consulted for Fortune 500 corporations and non-profit agencies in the United States and Latin America. Her educational foundation includes a Masters degree in Counseling from Seattle University and a Bachelor’s from California State University, Hayward, with a degree in Human Development. Eugenia's unique creations, including employee and career development resources, workshops on numerous topics, interpersonal communication tools, and innovative training materials, have earned her numerous awards and recognition. Her latest innovative products, "Talk to Me... I'm Human"™ Interpersonal Communication Cards and the Career Journey Toolkit™, are a reflection of her commitment to providing individuals with practical tools for personal and professional growth.
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