This episode discusses the challenges of difficult life changes and how the outcome can be sweeter than we ever imagined.
This week, Kendra interviews special guest Yadira Ricardez about her life story of change and how she went from childhood trauma, abduction, rape, abuse, depression to fulfilling her dream of bee keeping and finding love and happiness along the way.
Yadira's steps to finding the sweeter side of Change
- Maintained hope through faith in God
- Created friendships for support
- Positive self-talk
- Focused on what she could do to improve her situation like School and Career
- Helped others in worse situations than herself – (taught Bee Keeping to poor villagers)
- Set a boundary and stuck to it even with the great cost of losing everything
- Sought out support – father, brother, church, therapy, support groups
- Practiced mindfulness and meditative techniques – particularly Soft Belly breathing
- Changed mindset and heart to be open to love and happiness
- Be present
- TREAT YOURSELF WITH LOVE AND RESPECT!
Yadira's final advice:
KNOW WHO YOU ARE
LOVE WHAT YOU DO
HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR AND KEEP SMILING!
If you have any questions or comments, contact Yadira at bhoneyb2022@gmail.com or
Kendra at Kmcrompton57@gmail.com, mylifechangesolutions.com or @kendra_crompton
My book, MY LIFE CHANGE SOLUTIONS – A guide to Hope, Health and Happiness is available on Amazon linked below.
