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Athena Brownson

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Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

Something for me that is really critical for my mental health and thus my physical health because they do go so hand in hand. is having my morning and evening routines. And that involves doing breath work and meditation. That involves having time to journal and write out my affirmations and write out my goals. I'm constantly writing out like I am healthy. I am healing my body.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

Something for me that is really critical for my mental health and thus my physical health because they do go so hand in hand. is having my morning and evening routines. And that involves doing breath work and meditation. That involves having time to journal and write out my affirmations and write out my goals. I'm constantly writing out like I am healthy. I am healing my body.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

My body feels great because I want to tell my brain that I am doing OK. I want to convince myself that.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

My body feels great because I want to tell my brain that I am doing OK. I want to convince myself that.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

that my body can get through this because when I can convince my mind and nervous system that I'm going to be okay and that there's an end goal and I keep my eyes on really looking forward instead of downwards into the current state that I'm in, that is where we're able to keep... I really believe that you're able to...

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

that my body can get through this because when I can convince my mind and nervous system that I'm going to be okay and that there's an end goal and I keep my eyes on really looking forward instead of downwards into the current state that I'm in, that is where we're able to keep... I really believe that you're able to...

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

create more healing in the body physically when you're mentally working on strengthening your mentality. And I have many doctors, like my pain doctor, for instance, last week we did a class on breath work and there's been a huge number of studies done that show that when you're in pain and your nervous system is activated and

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

create more healing in the body physically when you're mentally working on strengthening your mentality. And I have many doctors, like my pain doctor, for instance, last week we did a class on breath work and there's been a huge number of studies done that show that when you're in pain and your nervous system is activated and

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

is in fight or flight mode so frequently due to illness or pain, whatever you're going through, it's easy for your brain to get stuck in that pattern. So it's up to us to make sure that we're doing the work to teach our brains and our nervous system that we're okay. And we're going to get through this. And it's a challenge. And like I said, there will be good days, there will be bad days.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

is in fight or flight mode so frequently due to illness or pain, whatever you're going through, it's easy for your brain to get stuck in that pattern. So it's up to us to make sure that we're doing the work to teach our brains and our nervous system that we're okay. And we're going to get through this. And it's a challenge. And like I said, there will be good days, there will be bad days.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

But I believe that having routines and being able to stay goal oriented in any aspect of your life is absolutely critical for overcoming adversity.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

But I believe that having routines and being able to stay goal oriented in any aspect of your life is absolutely critical for overcoming adversity.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

I love this, yes. So I firmly believe that I would not be where I am today in business, in life, in anything without the people that I am surrounded by. And as an only child and a professional skier, I was a one-man sport, a one-person activity all the time. Being an only child, I didn't have siblings to delegate or... really understand how delegation works.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

I love this, yes. So I firmly believe that I would not be where I am today in business, in life, in anything without the people that I am surrounded by. And as an only child and a professional skier, I was a one-man sport, a one-person activity all the time. Being an only child, I didn't have siblings to delegate or... really understand how delegation works.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

So for me, building out the right team was something that I continued to work on was a huge challenge for me because I was a athlete that believed that I could get everything done myself, that it was my job to make sure that I did everything perfectly. The truth of the matter is there is absolutely no way of getting through

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

So for me, building out the right team was something that I continued to work on was a huge challenge for me because I was a athlete that believed that I could get everything done myself, that it was my job to make sure that I did everything perfectly. The truth of the matter is there is absolutely no way of getting through

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

any of anything in life by yourself, let alone a real estate career, which is extremely taxing. I would say there was, you could work 24 hours a day and still have a 24 hour to-do list easily. And then taken me a lot of coaching, a lot of surrounding myself with people that have taught me really the art of delegation and the art of understanding that we are not alone.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

any of anything in life by yourself, let alone a real estate career, which is extremely taxing. I would say there was, you could work 24 hours a day and still have a 24 hour to-do list easily. And then taken me a lot of coaching, a lot of surrounding myself with people that have taught me really the art of delegation and the art of understanding that we are not alone.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

going to always be the best at everything. We need to know what our strengths are and what our weaknesses are because we all have strengths and we should be focusing on those. Our strengths might be someone else's weaknesses or their strengths are weaknesses. So by assessing really who we are, what we're good at, what we're not good at.

Chief Change Officer
#67 Athena Brownson: Shifting Mindpower to Rebuild Life After an 8-Year Battle with Lyme Disease — Part Two

going to always be the best at everything. We need to know what our strengths are and what our weaknesses are because we all have strengths and we should be focusing on those. Our strengths might be someone else's weaknesses or their strengths are weaknesses. So by assessing really who we are, what we're good at, what we're not good at.