Podcast 182: The Power of Adversity with Al Weatherhead

We have all been effected by adversity during the course of our lives, but Al Weatherhead, the author of "The Power of Adversity", has certainly had more than his fair share of adversity. Al has struggled through the death of an infant son, two failed marriages and a life long battle with alcoholism not to mention the heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis. The key point to Al's message is that we gain strength from adversity when we change how we view the challenges we are faced with. He says instead of asking "Why me? he advises asking "Why not me." Embrace positive thinking and recognize that adversity is the impetus to look for creative solutions. Al has four techniques for mastering adversity:

• ✦Attitude and the Mind-The Power of Positive Imagery--Developing a positive attitude about adversity is essential to tapping its power to enhance and improve your life. If you think positively, with the right imagery, your battle is all but won.
• ✦Meditation: The Art of Letting Go--How doing Nothing Can Be Everything--Practicing meditation creates and sustains your positive mindset. Without this mindset, you place an unhealthy emphasis on your goals and adversity that prevents you from reaching them. Daily meditation helps you rejuvenate and rebuild yourself, and to come to realize firsthand that adversity is just another name for a series of choices called life.
• ✦Communication-Articulating the Speech of the Heart--A great gift of adversity is coming to understand that you can resolve your problems when you share your life with others. You simply must reach out to others, or you will never overcome adversity.
• ✦Sharing, Not Managing--Don't Confuse the Need to Control with Love--As you truly connect with other--revealing, extending, and expressing your innermost self--the layers of adversity will peel away like an onion, revealing choices an solutions that would never be apparent to your on your own.

I invite you to set down, relax and enjoy this wonderful interview with an author who not only knows how powerful adversity can be he is the living embodiment of a wise soul who has lived with adversity and survived and created a very meaningful and fulfilling life. If you would like to know more about Al Weatherhead I encourage to you visit his website by clicking here.