There was a time in my life when I was suicidal every day.
Yet on the outside, I had everything….a perfect family, a great business, two beautiful children. (pic of them below).
And why did I feel suicidal every single day…..because of something you have probably heard of before…..GRIEF/DEPRESSION.
And Why Did I Have Grief/Depression….?
I was born in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. I do not know who my biological mother or father is but all I know is I am AmeriAsian. In 1985, my adoptive mother and I left all the hardships and difficulties in Vietnam and came to the United States to pursue a new chapter and an identity we always yearned for. Growing up in America, I was fortunate to have many wonderful friends and received an education that opened many doors for me.
In 2000, I married my wonderful husband and we had two beautiful children and four absolutely spoiled rotten fur babies(four dogs). Life was very good until 2012, I lost my mother and my world turned upside down.
All the sorrow just about made me lose my mind, even as I continued to manage my daily tasks. I lost myself. I lost all direction, and my life felt completely out of control. I felt helpless like a scared child. My mind and actions were in “default mode.” I seemed to accomplish nothing; life and family were hard for four years. I did not want to lose my family. For four years, I accomplished nothing. The trauma of loss and grief overtaken me, so I became angry, resentful, silent and secretive. I did not have anyone to talk to about my suppressed emotions. I thought of committing suicide to join my beloved mother. But I couldn’t! I was afraid of losing my two beautiful children behind with no one to care for.
My grief tore my husband and I apart. There were times I thought of getting a divorce and going to a Buddhist Monastery, shaving my head and becoming a nun. Divorce would have traumatized my kids, so I asked myself, “Is that how I loved my kids—by bringing more pain to them?” “What would happen to them if we separated. That’s when I realized I needed help.
I reached out to a coach and mentors for help. My coach had helped me awaken my new mindset so I could achieve new results, kept me in line, and be accountable so I could achieve my goals. After that, I began reading more self-help books, I learned different healing modalities like Reiki, acupressure, pressure point tapping, and more. I also learned about affirmations and meditation. I soon noticed I could manage my stress level and ease life’s difficulties in a very profound way. That’s when my healing journey was beginning.
I discovered changing my awareness, shifting my thoughts from negative to positive, and creating new emotions when repeating affirmations, truly turned my life around and helped me lead a happier life. I was suffering, and I didn’t know there are people around me, I mean a lot of people who were in my shoes and suffered like me and didn’t know how to get out of it or knew where to look for help.
So, I learned in order to characterize our life as meaningful, we must take the first step by making small and definite changes in our way of thinking. We must take action and have goals to lead us down a new positive path in life. As our inner self becomes stronger, we can achieve more.
Therefore, my personal experience of healing from the devastation of grief and improving my physical and mental health inspired me to share my success with others. I decided to write a self-help book called The ACTIONS – 7 Steps To Powerful Change.
Furthermore, in order to help more people, I joined up with a friend to create a podcast called The Mindset Bitches. This podcast has been a long time coming and we’ve been dreaming of this podcast for years.
The two women from different backgrounds with the same mindsets had met, became friends and now start pod-casting together. Our inner healing process had given us the opportunity to look into our inner self, aware of our consciousness, emotions and actions and how to use that pain as a source of fuel to love more, to give more, to feel more of the greatness that is also in life. Since then we have been addicted to self-help, personal growth, and mastering our mindsets.
Our goal with this podcast to bring and have important conversations with like-minded people from all walks of life to inspire people throughout the world and provide ideas and resources to enable people to take action at home, at work or in their community. To Become more of who you really are in business and in life. Only you can determine what success is for yourself.
Our deepest desire is that each of us becomes full of love and happiness in our own life. When we do, we pass it on, creating more love and happiness all around us. After all, all of us are on this journey to joy together.
It would mean the world to us if you can join us by listening to our show. Plus it’s important that you can leave reviews, and the more reviews the podcast has the easier it will be to get the podcast in front of more people, which is our ultimate goal.
