Ep. 10: Asked & Answered (Part 1)

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Question: How do you find the strength to be who you are now?

In this episode (#10) for the first time, I  answer a listener's question.  I share...

• How I find strength in my everyday tasks.
• Why I believe strength is relative.

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Episode Transcript

Vernae (00:01):
You are tapped into the Listening Ears Podcast with me,
your host Vernae Bezear.
For today's episode, I thought Iwould do things a little
different.
I went to my email and I noticedI had a few messages.

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So I decided for today's episodethat I would answer some of the
questions that were asked.
One of the questions that wasasked was how do you find the
strength to be who you are now?

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That's a tough one to answer forme.
I mean, I am stronger than I wasbefore.
I have an inner strength thatwasn't there months ago, but

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there are definitely, definitelysome days that I have to muster
it up when I'm having thosedays.
And they're not as frequent asthey used to be much, much less.
But when I have those days, I goto my past journal entries and I

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can read them and know theresults of the work that has
been put in.
I can see how living withintentionality really affects
everything around me.
I can ask myself to what end isthis feeling that I'm having, or

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this post I'm writing or thisthought that I'm thinking to
what end is it?

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I remember my why and my purpose and I move on, but let
me say this though.
I'm I'm not saying that I don'tfeel, or that if a negative
thought creeps in, Iautomatically dismiss it and
yell from the rooftops GoodVibes Only! When those thoughts

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or feelings that I have do comein.
I have to ask myself, Why isthis happening?
What's going on around me?
What's been happening?
I do a quick body check, askmyself, is it hormonal?

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Did I eat, go to the gym, getenough sleep.
So, no, I don't dismiss it, butI do make a conscious decision
to see or ask myself why this ishappening.

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And that part takes a lot ofwork.
Some days it's pretty, prettyexhausting.
But for me, I look at it as thisis the life that I wanted.
I know it comes with ups anddowns because that's life.

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I also know that I can onlycontrol me and my feelings and
actions and thoughts.
What is it that I want?
I'm hoping that maybe one day Idon't have to necessarily find
strength and muster it up.
That it's just, it's just there.

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But I also know that that'sunrealistic.
It's unrealistic to think thatevery day I'm going to have this
strength to just push throughand conquer it all.
But I also know that a fewthings that help me are being

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honest with myself, saving room,to give myself grace and taking
care of me first, living withintentionality, understanding
that I can only control me.
I also know that I'm not alone.

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I know that nobody's alone.
Mental health and wellbeing isbecoming the absolute norm.
And that is so comforting andbeing okay with not being okay
is a conversation piece.

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And that's, that's alsocomforting.
Sometimes I also think thatstrength is also relative.
There are some days when I onlyhave enough strength, enough
strength to do my morningmotivation, but then later on in

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the day, someone may say to me,thank you.
I can't tell you how much Ineeded that particular quote
today.
That gives me strength.
So I guess to answer thequestion of how do I find the

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strength to be, who I am now isevery day is not going to be a
strong.
There may not be a day whereeverything is all good, but
strength can be found anywhere.
If anything that I said in thispodcast resonated with you, you

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can send me a message or you canhit me up on any social media
platform.
Thank you for listening.
Strength can be found anywhere.
This is me signing off.
Bye.