Your inner voice can change everything, even during difficult times. Affirmations Publishing House.

Finding joy during difficult times might seem impossible, but this episode offers a gentle reminder of our power to choose positivity regardless of external circumstances. Through Nick Vale's beautifully crafted piece from Affirmations Publishing House, we explore practical wisdom for maintaining inner light when the world feels dark.

Even peaceful communities haven't been immune to the stress and uncertainty of recent years. Yet within these challenges lies an opportunity to transform our perspective through simple daily practices. Morning meditation, gratitude reflection, and honest acknowledgment of emotions create a foundation for resilience that goes beyond mere survival to genuine growth.

Expressive writing emerges as a powerful tool for processing difficult emotions and reshaping our personal narratives. Just fifteen minutes of journaling daily can significantly boost overall happiness and wellbeing by allowing us to reveal our emotions, stay mindful of our circumstances, and resolve inner conflicts. When we rewrite our stories with the same compassion we'd offer a friend, we open doorways to healing previously unseen.

Gratitude practice stands at the center of this transformative approach. As Oprah Winfrey wisely noted, "Be thankful for what you have. You'll end up having more." This simple shift in focus—from what's missing to what's present—can completely alter our experience of abundance. Take a moment today to reflect on what brings you gratitude. What small joys might you be overlooking?

Ready to explore more stories that nourish your imagination? Subscribe to Voice Within for exclusive content and consider submitting your own writing for publication. Your voice matters, and your story could be exactly what someone else needs to hear.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Voice Within
• 0:46 About Affirmations Publishing House
• 2:45 Let the Sun Shine In
• 4:23 The Power of Expressive Writing
• 7:33 Subscription and Submission Info

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:02

Voice Within, a collection of short stories, letters and poems narrated to you. Get cosy, warm cup of tea in hand and take your ears and imagination to places a number of authors aspire to take you with their tales. Hello, wherever you may be, I hope you're having a beautiful day or have had a beautiful day Now. This piece here was written by Nick Val from Affirmations Publishing House, so you may have a little bit of a recollection of who they are, but they are born in Burlington and now are based in Coffs Harbour in New South Wales. So they're a publishing house that mainly do your affirmations and your gift cards and your books and everything that inspires you from inside out, meaning all those little you know, tinkerings of the brain that make you doubt who you are. Affirmations publishers things that rewire you in a pretty cute way Beautiful pictures, beautiful illustrations. So I was quite honoured Edition. One have no idea how to get sponsorships, knew at the game sat down with Nick Val for affirmations, gave him a price and he said not too low, I'll give you this amount of money to sponsor your publication, which allowed me to pay the authors, which is one things that we do at Voice Within is pay people for their pieces and the sponsorship helps us do that. So, of course, nick Vail didn't narrate this piece. Nick Vail no longer works for Affirmations, but I am so honoured to write this because not write this, but read this for you today, because it actually is very much the tone and the style of what affirmation prints for you. So please enjoy and thank you for supporting this platform.

Speaker 1: 2:45

Let the sun shine in. Never has there been a more critical or precious moment in time to love, to share, to raise our vibration. The world has been a testing place of late. 2021 has been challenging. Staying positive in the face of what is happening globally has proved complex and stressful. Even Bellingen, the protected cocoon we revolve around, has faced issues well beyond what Chai to choose. With the pandemic causing loneliness and economic volatility and the climate adding to a sense of foreboding, it has been relatively easy to get stuck in the doom and gloom of the world's pessimism. But, as always, we have a choice. Choose a positive life, choose gratefulness, choose a winning attitude, choose to be kind to yourself, choose to be in the present moment, regularly reading and listening to positive, uplifting thoughts and information from books and audio programs, feeding your mind with a steady diet of healthy ideas will keep your mindset positive and light. Great views and knowledge will help you keep a balance and assist you in living a happy life.

Speaker 1: 4:11

Regularly affirm yourself. Appreciating and being grateful for what you do have is a good start. Early morning meditation starts the day in the best possible way. Reading self-transformative books supports us to focus on the good for the well-being of our family members, friends and staff.

Speaker 1: 4:33

Be honest with how you feel. By acknowledging your feelings, owning them and expressing them, they have a way of dissipating and freeing ourselves of their negative impact. Be conscious. The more aware we can be about our feelings, thoughts, words and actions, the more likely we will stay positive and move through the adversity positively. The result is to learn and grow, not just survive. Be grateful Now more than ever, we can regularly take a minute and be thankful for what we have. So take some time to reflect about some of the things that make you grateful your family, friends and your local community. The connection you have with all the natural elements. Happiness is within us. All of us have the power to make small changes in our surroundings and our relationships that can help set us on course for a happier, more positive life.

Speaker 1: 5:40

Start your rebirth by rewriting your story. Use the voice within to express how you feel. Expressive writing is one of the best therapies around. Expressive writing is one of the best therapies around. Rewrite your account from the viewpoint of a neutral observer with the kind of encouragement you would give a friend. Writing in a personal journal for 15 minutes a day can boost overall happiness and well-being, in part because it allows us to reveal our emotions, be mindful of our circumstances and resolve inner conflicts. Everyone has the power to make small changes in our behavior. As Oprah Winfrey said, be thankful for what you have. You'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Speaker 1: 6:39

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