Three Words to Live By: Empowering and Mindful Lessons to Living a Purposeful Life

By Sudon Daigle

Three Words To Live By provides inspirational guidance through bitesize lessons and exercises tailored for anyone interested in embarking on an awakening and transformational journey in discovering their authenticity and truth.

Despite our best efforts to feel present in our every day existence, sometimes it feels like we are sleepwalking through life. The good news is that it is possible to shift our mindset to awaken our soul and change our life experience. In a mindful guide, Sudon Daigle shares lessons that highlight her personal philosophies and invites others to reflect on their own lives and circumstances to reconnect with what is truly important to them. By sharing life lessons and relatable personal experiences with a variety of challenges, Sudon provides direction that helps guide the reader to unlock their potential and happiness. She also identifies issues which might be standing in their way and shows how to overcome those hurdles to move forward into a brighter and more meaningful future.

Included are journaling exercises and prompts that allow a better understanding of feelings and motivations through personal observations and goal setting.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Dec 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781982229542

Sudon Daigle

Sudon Daigle specializes as a Rapid Transformational Therapy Therapist, International High Performance Life Coach, a Motivational Speaker and Author. Her life passion and purpose is to assist other’s in defining and succeeding in their professional and personal life ambitions and goals. Sudon offers individualized and custom designed outside of the box approaches and modalities to her clients at her Accelerated Wellness Therapy and Coaching business which is a credit to her success. She specializes in working with professional athletes and high achieving focused clients. She also works with clients whom struggle with issues around anxiety/depression, self-esteem, weight management and life purpose. For more information about the author and her services go to www.acceleratedwellnesstherapy.ca

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-2953-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-2955-9 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-2954-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019907581

Balboa Press rev. date: 12/13/2019

Table of Contents

Dedication

Introduction

1 Who I Am

2 Law of Attraction

3 Simplify Your Life

4 Life Is Short

5 Do Self-Care

6 Your Highest Good

7 Love Yourself First

8 Take Time Out

9 Worry Is Toxic

10 Set Your Intentions

11 Never Give Up

12 Speak Your Truth

13 Know Your Why

14 Believe and Receive

15 Give of Yourself

16 Be Resourceful Savvy

17 Obstacles Are Opportunities

18 See the World

19 Positive Self Talk

20 Experience Your Journey

21 Always Have Hope

22 Reset Your Vibration

23 Learn from Mistakes

24 Always Be Authentic

25 Strive for Growth

26 Just Say No

27 Remove All Doubt

28 Let Yourself Shine

29 Resilience Brings Success

30 Less Is More

31 Intentions Need Attention

32 Just Say Yes

33 Challenges Define You

34 Know Your Value

35 Take Vacations Alone

36 Fight with Kindness

37 Live Consciously Daily

38 Alter Your World

39 See the Good

40 Effective Verbal Communication

41 Change Your Story

42 Endings Are Beginnings

43 Let It Go

44 Transform Your Perspective

45 Believe in Yourself

46 Play Like Children

47 Own Your Affirmations

48 Reset Your Life

49 Be Mindfully Present

50 Learn to Forgive

51 Attitude of Gratitude

52 Just Be You

53 Get Yourself Organized

54 Trust Your Intuition

55 Walk The Talk

56 Find Your Serenity

57 Faith Over Fear

58 Dreams And Goals

Author’s Note

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my parents, my children, Oprah, Ellen and Victor.

My mother, Shirley Craft, and I couldn’t be more different, but we do share our love of God, the need to be kind, and the belief in the importance of family. I have always been the fearless dreamer, and my mother has been the grounded and careful beacon in my life. She was always there shining her light to bring me back home if I strayed too far in my journey of ideas and aspirations. I didn’t like it and would sometimes feel misunderstood and resentful. In hindsight, I know I needed the constant, unchanging, and safe place in my life my mother always offered and unconditionally provided. She provided a home in every sense of the word, the kitchen being the heart of it. It has always been filled with love, baked breads, and homemade cookies. Our talks still entail putting on a pot of tea and her offering me something to eat before getting into a much-needed session of receiving her advice and usually some biblical scripture. This I will be forever grateful for. Thank you, Mom, for providing me with the stability, love, and your beautiful grace over the years, which every child should be so fortunate to be blessed with. I dedicate this book to you.

My heart is devastated by the loss of my father, George Bud Craft, whom I lovingly called Papa. I know you are with me and will see that I actually finished my book!

My father and I were very similar yet very different. We shared the same dark humor, loved the same music, had free spirits, and enjoyed deep, philosophical discussions that would run late into the night. He offered me advice without judgment and was my biggest supporter, regardless of what dream I was pursuing.

The following quote from Hunter S. Thompson best describes how my father lived:

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a ride!’

He raised me to play hard, work hard, love deeply, and fight for the pursuit of my dreams. He was not one to teach with talk but with action, and he showed me how to do many things. He was far from perfect, but I learned a lot from his imperfect choices. My father was my rock, my person, and my anchor in this life. This book is dedicated to you.

There has never been a more dramatic awakening than parenthood thus far in my spiritual awakening and life experience. My children, Jaymes Craft and Victoria Daigle, have taught me more lessons than I could have ever provided either of them. This book was inspired by my need to share my wisdom and love with you both.

Jaymes, I am so grateful for the spirited and feisty fire you have within you. This has made you a strong and powerful woman. You have one of the most sensitive hearts I know, and I am so grateful for the twelve-year journey we shared together prior to me finding my soul mate. You grounded me and taught me to be responsible, and had it not been for you, I don’t think I would have finished my university degree. I didn’t have the self-esteem to put myself first, but by making your needs a priority, I began to have higher expectations of myself and others. I learned to be more honest with myself, and I learned what unconditional love looks like and the importance of creating boundaries so you would know what respect and self love looked like. I hope you will enjoy reading this book and it will continue to gently guide you in your life’s journey.

Victoria, I am so grateful for the openness and intuitive awareness you have been gifted with. You are one of the gentlest souls I have known on this earth. You were more of a challenge prior to gracing this earth than you have been since being born. You helped me to see that I was stronger and braver than I knew. You showed me the importance of trusting my own intuitive gift. I found an inner strength I had not known and a drive to live a bigger, more fulfilling, and present life. You have such a beautiful light and generous heart. You will grow to do great and wonderful things on this earth.

Thank you both for giving me the tools I needed to be the woman I am today. I am a strong, fearless, and confident woman. I believe in my intuition because of you. I hope you will see this book as my legacy of life to share with your children.

Thank you to my life mentor, Oprah Winfrey, who has always spoken the language of my soul. I am so deeply grateful to you for providing me with the words I needed to give my spirit a voice. I was once in a place where I felt as though I never related to others and they didn’t relate to me, but I related to you from the very first time I saw you because I too had a name no one else I knew had.