A PERFECT TIME FOR RENEWAL
- Tell us about your journey of success
Every journey starts with a resolution. You decide to leave the harbor and head towards the unexpected. Your harbor in this case is your comfort zone.
Not an easy task, though. Where to find the strength to venture out in the open ocean? Follow the strength of your convictions and, above all, follow your instinct. It never lies.
With this in mind, I must say that my latest journey of success has started with a loss. My husband left me for a much younger woman. My world of material and spiritual comfort would be gone in no time. I took the loss, dried up the tears, took what really mattered and still matters to me: my dignity and my safe mind.
I cannot say it was easy: in fact, it was one of the hardest decisions in my life. I changed the country, language, climate. I picked Tenerife, Spain, and I started to reconstruct myself. My new journey of success has begun again. I have found my best self, I have regained my capability of loving and I have met someone who has attracted all my attention and my heart…
2. What advice would you give to those who want to follow in your footsteps?
A renewal, as I have previously stated, is a process that requires a high degree of strength. You have to make sure to be ready to take calculated risks and to face the unexpected. It is also a natural process when the pain you suffer becomes unbearable and then you decide to rejuvenate yourself through a consistent change.
Having said that, I believe that for anyone who decides to embark on a trip of success, renewal is the first step.
Analyze what isn’t efficiently working in your life and change it. This means to be able to carry out a sincere and intelligent portrait of yourself.
Then start analyzing the pros and cons. Never lose sight of your goals.
During the journey towards renewal you may frequently lose your balance: be ready to put yourself together more than once. It will all come back to you in the form of success.
Be also consistent with yourself and the environment around you. Adopt a daily routine that suits you and appears to be healthy. You would need all your integrity and self-esteem to overcome the inevitable obstacles.
Define what success means to you and in what field you want to achieve results, work, or love. Or both! It’s scientifically proved that a healthy loving relationship provides the necessary strength to climb the hardest mountain. I would say that in love you take more risks because you have to expose more of yourself and consequent less self-defense. The point is only one: when fighting your defenses becomes too painful, then you find the courage to fall in love. And another type of renewal journey begins because inevitably you have to make room in your heart for your partner.
Finally, as general guidelines, to successfully complete a journey to the destination you have set as a goal, maintain a state of mind constantly ready to take and to give back. A good exchange of thoughts and feelings is a balancing factor.
Luck is of course another important factor, but this cannot be foreseen!.
3. What I do for my well-being?
For my well-being, I surround myself with all the possible love I can get from my loving friends and sweet my partner. This is the foundation of a healthy life.
I have adopted a lifestyle that nurtures my brain and my persona.
My body is in shape cause I regularly workout and eat healthy food. This makes me strong and balanced. Once again, if you don’t change what makes you suffer in your life, you would find yourself weak and unbalanced. As a final consideration, I believe that your instinct knows better, even when may appear the exact opposite. A human brain is able to rightly evaluate signals and situations in a bunch of seconds. So trust it: it is the best part of yourself.
BIO
Dr. Patty Durath Cooper is graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, owns a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and a master's in Neuropharmacology, the latest from MIT.
She has lived in Italy, Los Angeles, Sydney Australia and she has recently moved to Tenerife, Spain. She is a widely recognized professional expert in the Neurochemistry of feelings and emotions and an accredited journalist. For more information, visit http://www.pattydurathcooper.com/
