Today I Am Alive

We are never really present in our lives because we are lost in mental chatter. Join Margaret as she discusses how to self-heal for real by overcoming past trauma, connecting with nature and being present in our lives rather than living in the past.
KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Trees and human beings are close-knit. They play a vital role in our lives and have been with us throughout our whole life. It's impossible to think about our life and our existence without trees. 
• There's a massive increase in the number of people with traumatic mental health issues and depression. A growing body of research is showing that spending time around trees and nature actually boosts our mental health and reduces depression and anxiety.
• When unresolved wounds and traumas are still manifesting in your mind, your immune system will hit rock bottom. And then a lot of health issues arise such as, anxiety and depression, panic, high blood pressure, and cancer.
• Mental chatter is an endless stream of past memories and future expectations, bringing doubts, self-criticism, and worry. It is caught up in life with an unconscious, conditional repetition dialogue that the mind churns out. 
• We are never really present in our lives because we are lost in the mental chatter of our unconscious thoughts with limiting beliefs that prevent inner healing from our traumas.

BEST MOMENTS
“I see myself as a tree growing through stages of life, storms bearing fruits of infinite awareness to share with others.”
“One of the main reasons for mental health issues is that people are feeling increasingly isolated and lonely.”
“We are becoming a disconnected mechanical world.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Rules of a Mother available from Amazon.
CONTACT METHOD
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ABOUT THE HOST
A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…

Trauma can be a positive life-changing experience. Join Margaret as she discusses the gifts and blessings found in the healing of trauma in this episode of Today I Am Alive! Learn how to deal with past trauma and turn them into an opportunity for post traumatic growth.
KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• We were born into trauma. The world has been in constant trauma for centuries with everyday life filled with mental issues, abuse, violent drugs, alcohol, diseases, bereavement, war, racism and climate change.
• Most people, when they hear the word trauma, they immediately fear the worst. But fear and the fear of pain or suffering do not have to be a life sentence, it can also mean opportunities for growth, which is called post-traumatic growth.
• Trauma-driving survivors must continue to heal, bond, and rise together like the phoenix. Reaping the gifts within us for the purpose of our lives will preserve for collective healing to help those who are stuck and suffering and to help them find the root core of their trauma.

BEST MOMENTS
“Trauma can be a positive life-changing experience.”
“Not too many people are aware of post traumatic growth.”
“If traumas are gifts and blessings, then we are glorifying and welcoming abusers.”
“Don't sweat the small stuff.” 
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Rules of a Mother available from Amazon.
CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretaberdeen/
Email: [email protected]
ABOUT THE HOST
A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…

Why is love our greatest pleasure and deepest pain? In this episode of Today I Am Alive! Margaret dives into the five types of love and why re-programming your mind and harnessing the magical power of self-love will lead to greater happiness and well-being. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• There are five types of love. Number one, sexual love, is based on desires and attractions only. Number two is family love between the mother, father, brothers and sisters. Number three is friendship, kingship and what some might call bloody love. 

• Love type number four is spiritual love, what we might call unconditional love for everyone and love type number five is arguably the most important, it is self-love.

• It's time to harness the power of self-love within and the magic of its existence. Our outside programming conditions have us believe self-love is vain, selfish, self-centred, egotistical and an excess of self-interest.

• There is a clear underlying message, we are conditioned to love, but we haven't been conditioned to love ourselves. Self-love is not selfish, it’s selfless with self-care and self-interest. 

BEST MOMENTS 

“Programmed beliefs are reinforced by our family, society, religion, education and our culture.” 

“We are also conditioned to feel guilty if we don't stick to those patterns of behaviour.”

“Reprogramming your mind begins with self-love.”

“Growing up, I was one of many who thought there was only one kind of love. There was a concept that has been deeply entwined within us to love others.”

“I have learned that the myths and illusions about love aren’t true. The fabrication that was told to us at a young age, that’s programmed in our mind is a lie.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Rules of a Mother available from Amazon.

CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretaberdeen/

Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcome the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she came aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…

People admire and respect you more when you are who you truly are. Join Margaret as she explores how to find yourself, how to overcome past trauma, and why being your authentic self will give yet you the respect of other.

In this episode of Today, I Am Alive! Margaret shares with you the importance of finding your true authentic self.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Nature fulfils by providing human beings with the needs to survive and drive food, soil, water, medicine, and materials for shelter.
• It can often feel impossible to separate who we are from what we do. We live in ignorance of ourselves and our needs, and we get so caught up in our daily activities that we forget the essential things needed to discover who we are and what our role is.
• You spend so much time focusing on your relationship with others that you often neglect the most important person of all, YOU.
• Many of us are strangers to ourselves and have been programmed to believe that we need to be a certain way to be accepted.
• People admire and respect you more when you move the mass on your face and be who you truly are. Honest, authentic and organically real.
• People often have a great awakening when trauma strikes and their previous sense of self or identity is swept away.

BEST MOMENTS

“I’m sure there have been times when you have stopped and asked yourself these questions. Who am I? What is my role in this world? Simple questions, but honestly, quite difficult to answer.”

“We are so preoccupied with judging ourselves and others, trying to be the super perfect image that society envisions for us.”

“No one teaches you the values of who you are.”

CONTACT METHOD
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Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and was almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcome the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she came aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…

In this episode of Today, I Am Alive! Margaret shares with you the importance of focusing on yourself. Discover why you shouldn’t lose your self-worth and value by focusing on others, how to treat yourself as the most important person in your life and why self-awareness and meditation are the keys to a happier and healthier life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Outside attractions and influences, especially today's social media, such as the internet, texting and notifications promote distraction and constantly beg for our focus and attention.
• When you focus too much externally and on others, you tend to lose your value and self-worth, which will create a lot of life turbulence.
• Often people spend far too much time focusing on their relationships with others, that they neglect the most important person of all, you. You are the most important person in your life.
• The key to focusing less on others and more on yourself is self-awareness. The best way to achieve that is with solitude, meditation, mindful walking and by keeping a journal.

BEST MOMENTS

“For most people focusing on yourself is vain or arrogant but it’s nonsense.”

“Focusing on others needs to be balanced with yourself, just as you instructed to put your oxygen mask on before putting it on your child.”

CONTACT METHOD
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Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and was almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcome the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she came aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it was her last…

We are the creator, the ruler, the master, and the leader of our thoughts and yet most of us are victims of our thoughts. Join Margaret as she dives into the awareness of becoming conscious of our thoughts and improving our health and wellbeing.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Our thoughts are like clouds in the sky, drifting in our minds. Thoughts come and go but If you allow yourself, you will react to them.
• Become the observer of your thoughts. Simply allowing our thoughts to flow like clouds in the sky can expand our awareness of the vastness and beauty of nature and in a world which will improve our health and wellbeing.
• Everything you are aware of is, happening only in your mind, your subconscious mind, your thoughts appear only to you and are not being heard by anyone else whatsoever.
• Our thoughts do not exist outside of our awareness. There is nowhere else where the thought that is appearing to you at this moment is actually occurring. You and you alone are responsible for your thoughts.

BEST MOMENTS

“The power of now is to be the watcher of our thoughts but without getting caught up in them.”

“Internet sites create a lot of physical and mental health issues.”

“There are tons of books and topics about how to let go of our thoughts and how to control our thoughts.”

CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen

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Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcome the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she came aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…

“We are the embodiment of everything that occurred in our life.” Join Margaret as she explains why your past matters, how you can learn from it and why it’s your past experiences and traumas that actually form the foundations of you. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Rather than forgetting your past, you can choose to learn and grow from it. Your past matters because it’s the foundation for a new and exciting journey and it brought you to where you are today.

• No matter how beautiful or traumatic our past is, it has helped us form who we are today. Your past is a collection of memories and the only way for you to truly be in the present is by drawing on your memories. They form our consciousness and make us who we are.

• Our past doesn't define us but shapes us into the people we were always meant to be. If you ignore or suppress your past you cannot heal or grow. 

• You need to face limiting beliefs and traumatic memories head-on and find the root cause of the pain so that you can create a healthy and meaningful life.

BEST MOMENTS 

“You need to forget your past and move on with your life. You need to learn and grow from it.”

“We are the embodiment of everything that occurred in our life.” 

“Researchers have found the leading cause of mental health issues and physical diseases is the suppression and avoidance of past emotional pain.” 

CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretaberdeen/

Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and chose to live each day like it's her last…

Why are we harder on ourselves than we are on anyone else? Discover how to overcome the traumas in your life to discover your passionate purpose, learn how to move through the darkness and into the light and understand that the external pressures of society should not define the expectations of your future.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• We have been through darkness and we’ve all been hurt, but we cannot, we cannot let them imprison us and we cannot let them consume our joy of life in the present light.

• Most of the time, our minds are caught up in an unconscious conditional dialogue of repetitious, painful past events, the external society and future expectations of others.

• We cannot control certain circumstances. No human being is guaranteed a perfect, positive, happy life because we are all uniquely flawed. 

• Sometimes you have to go through traumatic experiences to find your strengths, and weaknesses and to fulfill your purpose with passion.

BEST MOMENTS 

“Why are we harder on ourselves than we are on anyone else?”

“As humans, we have an idea in our mind of how things are supposed to be and it often messes up our lives and our relationships.”

“We exhaust ourselves by setting too high expectations.”

“I am healing myself by selfishly flipping the mirror and going within with courage, choices and commitment to change my life from the inside out.”

CONTACT METHOD

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretaberdeen/

Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and chose to live each day like it's her last…

There is true soulmate love out there for us all. In this episode of Today I Am Alive! Margaret explains how to find your soulmate, how to align your desires with your soulmate to become the best version of yourself you can be and why you do not have to be perfectly healed from past traumas to find true love.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Real and safe love is possible for us all. You don’t have to be perfectly healed to be able to meet, align, and maintain a healthy relationship with a soulmate you love.

• There is a true loving individual for everyone who is seeking love and they’re seeking you as much as you are them. This is an individual who will share your desires, support your missions and walk forward with you into your shared true life together.

• With a soulmate, you can grow spiritually, personally and support each other to be the best version of yourself that you can be.

• True soulmate love has nothing to do with your age, looks, culture, religion or education. It’s about your conscious decision to adapt and work with the nature of your mind, to deliver you the soul experience you deserve.

BEST MOMENTS 

“Dare to believe and dream of a healthy, fulfilling and soul-satisfying love.” 

“I am here to safely calmly, gently, and lovingly open you up to a whole new way of thinking and to activate your mind to create true soulmate love.”

CONTACT METHOD

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretaberdeen/

Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and chose to live each day like it's her last…

Living life is about you. Join Margaret Aberdeen in another episode of Today I Am Alive and discover the power of healthy selfishness, how to free yourself from toxic relationships and being selfish can be the catalyst for positive action and a happier life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Being selfish is wrong because it has been programmed into us by family, society, education, culture, and religions. It’s seen as wicked, egotistical and self-centered but in actual fact, selfishness can heal your trauma and help you master your own life. 

• Living life is about you. Repaying karma, facing your fears, accepting your mistakes, taking ownership of your thoughts, feelings and attitude. You can cope with whatever life throws at you but only if you selfishly flip the mirror on yourself. 

• Healthy selfishness is a positive trait for your health and wellbeing. It's crucial to maintain our self-worth by looking after ourselves first, both physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. 

• Selfishness enables us to free ourselves from toxic relationships by taking positive action to preserve our happiness.

BEST MOMENTS 

“We all want to feel free, loved, joyful and peaceful.”

“When selfishness comes to mind, it’s received with a negative response installed in us from an early age.”

“Growth stems from having a loving relationship with yourself and knowing at your core who you are.”

“You have to breathe first before you can take care of others.”

CONTACT METHOD

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ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and chose to live each day like it's her last…