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Living With Heart By Finding Your Yes

Mar 11, 2022
2 min read

Written by: Jill Hollander, Executive Contributor

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

Living with heart requires authenticity. A big part of being authentic is recognizing our situations for what they are, while also acknowledging that we are in control and can choose how we respond and react to the challenges presented to us.

When we are experiencing a pivotal moment or facing a difficult situation, it is important to recognize that feeling scared or nervous is totally normal. When these moments of challenge are presented, how do we react, and work through them? One way that I have learned to work through challenges is by finding my YES!


What finding your YES means is looking for and finding ways to make the effort that it will take to rise up to the challenge worth it by doing things that motivate and inspire you to keep going. While everyone’s YES may look different, it is important to have a way of being, thinking, feeling, acting or doing that helps you to persevere through any given situation or challenge.


If not in the midst of a challenge, finding our individual YES can motivate us towards a goal while helping us to stay committed, focused, and accountable. Our individual YES acts as a beacon, drawing us toward the end goal, and empowers us to continue onward.


What is one thing you can do today that would feel like a YES?


To find out more about how to integrate these principles into your life, contact me at jill@jillhollander.com. And follow me on Instagram or visit my website!


Jill Hollander, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine

Certified Health & Life Coach Jill Hollander helps people to FIND THEIR YES! even IN A SEA OF NOs. Through individual, group coaching, workshops, and motivational speaking, she empowers, motivates, and inspires her clients and audiences to find opportunities in their obstacles. She offers a variety of tools and strategies that foster mindset shifts, create self-advocacy, and build resiliency. Jill created her YES! Filled Life amongst extreme medical diagnoses, surgeries, and life events. Her mission is now to help others do the same. Jill has been helping others communicate and be their own advocates for 10 years after earning her Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Jill has been featured in Entrepreneur, American Heart Association, The Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report, and more. She is a Survivor Ambassador for The American Heart Association. Jill received the Gift of Life Pillar of Strength Award at the national Marrow Match Gala.

 
 

This article is published in collaboration with Brainz Magazine’s network of global experts, carefully selected to share real, valuable insights.

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