Athena Brownson

All of the symptoms that come with Lyme disease are enough to make anyone want to stay in bed and not do anything. And I truly, a lot of people do. And there's no right or wrong way of approaching life and its challenges, and that includes disease. Everyone has their own way to get through things. But what I personally have learned and what I hope to share with others is...

All of the symptoms that come with Lyme disease are enough to make anyone want to stay in bed and not do anything. And I truly, a lot of people do. And there's no right or wrong way of approaching life and its challenges, and that includes disease. Everyone has their own way to get through things. But what I personally have learned and what I hope to share with others is...

We have to really dig deep and understand that when you look back in life, nothing, you don't learn your greatest lessons. You don't grow when everything's going to plan. We make the biggest strides. We have the biggest periods of growth when we're going through difficulties and we figure out how we're going to get through them. And we don't allow ourselves to gets stuck in the mud, so to speak.

We have to really dig deep and understand that when you look back in life, nothing, you don't learn your greatest lessons. You don't grow when everything's going to plan. We make the biggest strides. We have the biggest periods of growth when we're going through difficulties and we figure out how we're going to get through them. And we don't allow ourselves to gets stuck in the mud, so to speak.

And I believe that there is a time and a place for mourning or being very upset and depressed and sad and angry that your life has really been completely changed by a disease. That is is some it's not something that every once in a while you don't feel good. It's 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And you can't escape it. So within that, how do we pivot our mentality forward?

And I believe that there is a time and a place for mourning or being very upset and depressed and sad and angry that your life has really been completely changed by a disease. That is is some it's not something that every once in a while you don't feel good. It's 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And you can't escape it. So within that, how do we pivot our mentality forward?

how do we create our toolkit of things that we know are going to get us through every day even when we don't want to there's never a day that i i want to get out of bed i i feel horrible absolutely horrible but i know that if i put on some of my favorite music or podcast

how do we create our toolkit of things that we know are going to get us through every day even when we don't want to there's never a day that i i want to get out of bed i i feel horrible absolutely horrible but i know that if i put on some of my favorite music or podcast

and just blast it and grab one of my, make myself a great cup of coffee, that those are things that are just gonna get my day started. And every little, I always try and find little hacks for how I can get through each part of my day. I really do believe that having something that you're passionate about

and just blast it and grab one of my, make myself a great cup of coffee, that those are things that are just gonna get my day started. And every little, I always try and find little hacks for how I can get through each part of my day. I really do believe that having something that you're passionate about

That can take your mind off of what you're going through a little bit and keep your eyes motivated looking forward. That's the key because it's so easy to just get stuck in the mud, give up and give up. I believe that when your mentality is in that place of wanting to give up and just stay in bed or maybe stop looking for different solutions, different doctors, different treatments.

That can take your mind off of what you're going through a little bit and keep your eyes motivated looking forward. That's the key because it's so easy to just get stuck in the mud, give up and give up. I believe that when your mentality is in that place of wanting to give up and just stay in bed or maybe stop looking for different solutions, different doctors, different treatments.

There's such a wide variety of treatments all over the world that you have to be your own biggest advocate. I believe that a huge component of that is mental. So understanding how you can pivot your mentality from this disease is taking over, ruining my life, to... How can I use this to become a better, stronger, grittier version of myself? How can I use this to be the best version of me?

There's such a wide variety of treatments all over the world that you have to be your own biggest advocate. I believe that a huge component of that is mental. So understanding how you can pivot your mentality from this disease is taking over, ruining my life, to... How can I use this to become a better, stronger, grittier version of myself? How can I use this to be the best version of me?

And how am I going to do that? And it's usually by the people that you're surrounding yourself with and the coaches that are in your life or your family members or whoever it may be. But you have to find those anchors that keep you grounded to really push forward and not give up because you have to be your own biggest advocate.

And how am I going to do that? And it's usually by the people that you're surrounding yourself with and the coaches that are in your life or your family members or whoever it may be. But you have to find those anchors that keep you grounded to really push forward and not give up because you have to be your own biggest advocate.

And I think that's the case with any adversity or challenge in life is... Nothing ever goes to plan, but you're your own biggest advocate. You are the one that can take the reign and say, even when things are not going right, I'm going to figure out a way to make the best out of it and to be the best version of myself.

And I think that's the case with any adversity or challenge in life is... Nothing ever goes to plan, but you're your own biggest advocate. You are the one that can take the reign and say, even when things are not going right, I'm going to figure out a way to make the best out of it and to be the best version of myself.

Does that feel accurate? You couldn't say it better. I think that is a beautiful way of putting it. I completely agree. I believe that the mental aspect of it is at least 50% of the challenge.

Does that feel accurate? You couldn't say it better. I think that is a beautiful way of putting it. I completely agree. I believe that the mental aspect of it is at least 50% of the challenge.