From Suicidal to Successful with Monique Rhodes

<p>Guest: Monique Rhodes (Mindfulness Expert &amp; Creator of TheTen-Minute Mind)</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Monique: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://calendly.com/url?q%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmoniquerhodes.com%252F%26user_uuid%3DCGDEH3NCJOJCOOI5%26stage%3D1%26hmac%3D0e8831dc99ab604bb80348958fcc88f06d09c8d9c88c32befd7a4d8266a4f525&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1xIIpOrRgjkbK_8BlsMAaX" target="_blank">https://moniquerhodes.com/</a></p><p>Join the mailing list: <a href="https://eyimbook.com/newsletter/" target="_blank">https://eyimbook.com/newsletter/</a></p><p><br></p><p>1. Transforming Trauma &amp; Depressive Mindsets</p><p>The Journey: Monique shares her background of growing upadopted in New Zealand, facing deep trauma, anxiety, and severe depression. At age 19, following a suicide attempt, she made a firm commitment to reclaim her life and investigate the root causes of mental suffering.</p><p>Taking Agency: Realizing the medical system had limitations,Monique embraced deep self-responsibility. Over a 13-year journey living out of a backpack and traveling globally, she discovered that the mind is the ultimate creator of both suffering and happiness.</p><p>Mindset Shift: Moving away from a victim mindset requiresreclaiming personal agency, shifting internal narratives, and recognizing that lasting happiness comes from within.</p><p>2. Eastern Philosophy &amp; Demystifying Meditation</p><p>Buddhism &amp; Philosophy: Monique’s path to healing heavilyinvolved Eastern philosophy and meditation, which taught her how to systematically train her mind.</p><p>Common Meditation Fallacies:</p><p>Myth: Meditation is supposed to instantly quiet or empty themind.</p><p>Reality: When you first sit down, the mind gets significantly louder. Meditation creates breathing room for previously suppressed thoughts and emotions to surface.</p><p>The True Purpose of Meditation:</p><p>Meditation is not about achieving a blank mind; it is about self-awareness and present-moment presence.</p><p>It acts as a diagnostic tool to observe habitual thoughtpatterns, rumination, anxiety, and triggers.</p><p>3. The &quot;Mind-Bicep Curl&quot; &amp; Overcoming Discomfort</p><p>Training Attention: The core mechanism of meditation is likedoing a bicep curl for the brain: when the mind drifts into thoughts of the past or future, you gently pull it back to the present.</p><p>No &quot;Bad&quot; Meditation: Staying seated for 10 minutes—even when uncomfortable or restless—is a