“I’ve been given this opportunity to live and it’s my duty to find goodness in it and to actually do something with it”
Meghan Pherrill an international yoga and meditation teacher as well as the host of the Balance Your Life podcast; a podcast designed to inspire and empower you to begin and maintain your yoga, health and wellness journey.
She’s an international retreat leader and teaches locally in her home country of Canada. When she isn't doing all things yoga you can find her sitting on a beach, counting her crystals, or reading.
My first interaction with Meghan was so energizing! She’s got this bubbly, energizing, no nonsense attitude that’s so easy to appreciate. What I liked most about her was her outlook on life - she’s ever so grateful for what life has brought her and she’s so FULL of life herself!
It’s surreal to think that she was once an OCD, anxiety ridden, depressed and suicidal person. I’m honored to have her on this episode to share her story of being in such pain to becoming the life filled person that she is today. Meghan shares all that she’s learned about living a meaningful and intentional life, starting with how you need to start by choosing it. When she decided that she didn’t want to be that miserable person anymore, things started to change. The journey after that was about doing the things that helped her feel better everyday.
Topic Summary:
- How Meghan shifted from a life of OCD, anxiety, depression and addiction to a life full of contribution and joy
- Every single day is a choice
- How to choose the things that create a meaningful life for you
Resources:
Checkout the podcast I did with Meghan on her podcast, Balance Your Life - How to figure out what you want in life with Veronica Thai
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Key Nuggets:
Choosing to Live a Better Life
Meghan’s life changed the moment she DECIDED that she was tired of being a miserable person and she wanted to make a change.
She had an idea of where she wanted to be because she observed people that lived like how she did (ie. happy kids who were going off to college). From there it was a contemplation of how can she be like that too? What needs to change?
You get to decide to find the goodness in your life
Living a Meaningful Life
We’re all meant to do certain work in this world, a meaningful life doesn’t have to look a certain way. It just needs to feel good to you and light you up.
The key is that you need to choose everyday to do the thing that you like. And if you can’t spend each and every minute doing it, that’s okay.
One tip that Meghan gives is to bookend the tasks that you don’t like to do but are necessary. For example, doing taxes! Do like 15 min of yoga (or whatever you’d like) before doing it and then treat yourself to something else that you enjoy doing (dance party? latte?) afterward.
One of Your Biggest Lessons So Far:
Find joy in the journey and recognize that life is a roller coaster. There will be ups and downs and sometimes you get spun around but that’s the joy of it. What a gift to experience all of this!
What is one nugget of wisdom that you would share with fellow seekers who are on this journey of growth and transformation?
Get quiet with yourself. In the quiet and stillness, write down what lights you up. Your heart already knows and you’re just simply tapping into that. Stop yourself when you get bombarded by distractions (ex. thoughts telling you that you can’t do it), find that quiet again and then write.
Resources:
Checkout the podcast I did with Meghan on her podcast, Balance Your Life - How to figure out what you want in life with Veronica Thai
Links:
If you have any questions for Melanie or want to learn more, connect with her through:
Website: www.balancebymeghan.com
Facebook: Balance by Meghan
Instagram: @balancebymeghan
YouTube: Balance by Meghan
Twitter: @balancebymeghan