The Pep Talk that Lifted my Mind to Unlimited Power in 7 Steps
Some describe it as the best day of their lives, but for me, my mind reached one of its lowest points. It’s 2008. I am in hospital, in a delivery room, I have been in labour for 36 hours. I am completely exhausted; the pain is unbearable. I can see the medical team around me but I am blinded by the bright light above. I can hear them talking, I can hear the beeping of the machines. There have been a complications and I am so scared. The doctor is telling me to push. He repeatedly shouts the instruction louder and louder. But I can’t. I just can’t. I am in too much pain, too exhausted, too scared. I don’t have it in me. My body has given up, my mind has lost the battle against itself in a total mental collapse. I have nothing left to give, I have tried and tried, but there is nowhere within me where I can source strength or energy from. It all feels like a blur of distress and burnout.
The Moment that Changed Everything
Then, something incredible happens. A midwife comes right up close to me, takes my head in her hands so that I can see her eyes in front of me and says: “Look at me and listen to me. I know you are in a lot of pain. I know you have no energy left; I know this is hard. But your baby is coming right now. And right now, you have got to push. This is what you need to do right…
