Is a health challenge a motivator to find excuses or create results? It’s up to you! Whether you think you can conquer or not, you’re right! See, mindset has been my key to conquering my health challenges and thriving during the tough times.
As hard as things were when the doctor told me they had to remove half my bottom jaw and do reconstructive surgery by taking my hip bone out, I still found time to smile and tell the doctor that he couldn’t take my hip bone because I’m a Latina and I like to shake it like shakira! And now we have avoided that horrible surgery….
When I had a smaller preventative
surgery in my mouth and we had to remove my root canals, I still found a way to have fun and asked the doctor to wrap up my root canals in a present and we presented Dave with a root canal Grammy (lol).
See, it’s all in finding gratitude. Gratitude and blessings every minute. Compare your situation to someone’s worse case scenario. Go do something nice for someone who can’t do anything back for you. Go write a list of the top ten challenges in your life you conquered before, and how this new challenge will bring you some gifts. Perhaps you don’t see them yet, but trust me, your Creator has a plan for you!
Every day when you hit a block, remember the true enemy is within yourself, ego. It shows up in your life as anger, entitlement, pride, and other negative emotions. Instead say ten things you’re grateful for, go on a quick five minute walk or breathe and close your eyes for five minutes. Beat the ego because that is what creates chaos in your life. Resist pride. Become humble and serve and you will see…your life will be completely different a year from now!
I challenge you now to find the gift in every challenge, and become an official treasure hunter!!
About Yvette Ulloa
Yvette Ulloa, the fiery Latina was born in NY and currently lives in California. Yvette is passionate about health/fitness, travelling the world full time, and teaching others to achieve success!
Yvette Ulloa has been through a journey of challenges, however they have turned out to be some of the biggest blessings in her life. She has been happily married for 16 years to the love of her life Dave Ulloa, a former professional basketball player in Australia and self-made entrepreneur. Yvette's philosophies are all about contribution, sharing lessons from her journey with others, and she is lucky to travel around the world inspiring people with her story. She has spoken to audiences as big as 12,000 in Vegas, South Africa, Hungary, Greece and many other places, where she is highly acclaimed speaker and coach.
In 2010, Yvette Ulloa and her husband Dave Ulloa achieved one of their life-long dreams to travel the world with Anthony Robbins and become Platinum Partners. They got to experience a whole year of immersion in Scotland, Egypt, Israel, Fiji and get personally mentored by Tony Robbins.
One of Yvette's biggest passions is helping women around the world to believe in themselves and have a voice. She will reach out her hand to you to help you climb up to the top of the mountain! And nothing like enjoying the journey and making many pit stops to smell the roses. The coffee. The challenges. Anything that makes you grow and enjoy life.
Dave & Yvette Ulloa are also professional tourists and ambassadors of fun. Dave Ulloa recently got back from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free standing mountain in the world, at 19,000 altitude, one of the toughests and most rewarding activities of his life.
Dave and Yvette Ulloa are Presidential Advisory Council members for the largest travel social media company one of the top 100 direct sales companies in the globe, WorldVentures. They were honored in front of thousands of people in Las Vegas for achieving the highest rank in the company, International Marketing Directors, being the first Latino couple to achieve this rank, as well as being the first team of both International trainers and speakers.
You are very brave.
Gratitude keeps us grounded, indeed. It connects us to a part of us that brings out the good in us and that positive energy it exudes is just a wonderful thing. This post brought a smile to my face. : )