#304 A five-minute morning routine to improve your mental health and how to find hope&healing, with Linda Bjork. - a podcast by Agi Keramidas

Linda Bjork is a personal development expert, advocate for hope and healing, best-selling author, speaker, podcast host, and founder of Hope for Healing non-profit charity. Her personal mission is to empower people to become their best selves.

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* Empowering People to Become Their Best Selves and Finding Hope and Healing

* Trapped in a Dark Place, Masking Depression, and Finding Hope

* Avoiding Rock Bottom and Taking Action Steps to Change

* Five Minute Morning Routine: Music, Movement, Words, and Water

* The Power of Music: How Music Can Help Reduce Stress and Increase Motivation

* The Benefits of Singing, Gratitude, and Water for Mental Health

* Morning Routine for Improved Mental Health

* How to Create Lasting Happiness and Success

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0:07:55 - Healing Through Choice and Empowerment

0:13:46 - Sharing and Helping

0:16:23 - Power of Music, Movement

0:20:24 - Movement and Singing for Health

0:26:22 - Harnessing the Power of Well-Being

0:29:00 - Gratitude and Morning Routines

0:35:24 - The Power of Self Change

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𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗘

“You matter, you have value, and you are loveable. You have the power to create your life - you are not just a victim of circumstance.”

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Linda’s website: https://hopeforhealingfoundation.org/

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𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧

I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is simple - to inspire you to take action towards a purposeful and fulfilling life. Visit my website: AgiKeramidas.com⁣

 

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Agi Keramidas and Linda Bjork discuss Linda's journey of discovering hope and healing. Linda explains the key defining moment in her life's journey that led her to become a personal development expert. Growing up, Linda experienced an emotional trauma from her mother which made her feel guilt, worthlessness, and unlovable. This brokenness carried through her life and caused her to feel like she wasn't good enough. Linda's mission is to empower people to become their best selves and to help them understand their own self worth which can bring happiness. She suggests that singing, music, and even a gratitude journal can help people who are struggling with depression and feeling down. By reiterating the power of hope and healing, Linda hopes to move people towards a happier and healthier life.

 

Linda Bjork experienced a traumatic childhood which had an impact on her self-esteem. As an adult, she faced further difficult circumstances which led her to slip into depression. She was able to mask her depression and no one knew the depths of her despair. After five years in this dark place, her sister offered her a chance to attend a women’s retreat focused on happiness and fulfillment. Despite her reservations, Linda decided to attend the retreat which began a journey of healing.

 

Linda Bjork was struggling with social anxiety and depression and was trapped in a dark hole with no way out. Her sister offered her an invitation to a retreat, but Linda was scared and wasn't sure if she should go. Her sister's understanding and non-judgemental attitude allowed Linda to feel safe and empowered. She realized that healing was not a switch, but rather a ladder that takes effort. Now it is her passion to provide ladders and hope to those who are struggling with depression. She believes that the journey to healing begins with H.O.P.E: hunger, openness, positive expectancy, and empowerment.

 

The conversation focuses on the importance of learning and doing when it comes to self-help, as well as the idea that knowledge is useless without action. Agi Keramidas brings up the importance of sharing one's inner struggles with someone else, in order to open the possibility for help and to get rid of the burden of keeping it all inside. They also discuss the acronym HOPE (Have the Desire, Open Up to Possibilities, Put in the Effort) and the idea that someone needs to have a greater desire to change than to stay the same in order to tip the scales and make a change. Overall, the message is that knowledge and action must be combined to make a real difference.

 

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