Ammie Peters, a life coach from Blessings 2 Good, shares her story. After being diagnosed with a rare blood disease in 1992 and exhausting all treatment options, she almost lost hope, but was able to get healthier, lead a productive life and now encourages other patients to stay positive and never give up hope.

1. The Impact of Positive Attitude in
Dealing with Chronic Disease
Ammie L. Peters, Life Coach
Blessings 2 Good, Inc.
Scleroderma Patient Education Conference
March 15, 2014

2. My Story …
Diagnosed with rare blood disease 1992
Platelets were 7,000 (supposed to be
150,000 – 400,000)
Auto-immune disease (ITP Idiopathetic
Thrombocytopenic Purpura, what???)
Failed every treatment. Did I say every
treatment? Yes, I did.

3. My Connection to Dr. Sweiss & UIC...
No hope for me medically - all known
treatments exhausted (that made two of
us!)
I didn’t have the energy to go on any more.
I had a dream that gave me hope.
Hope then walked in the door of my
hospital room.
And her name is Dr. Nadera Sweiss.

4. What Can You do …
Don’t lose sight of yourself.
You are NOT the disease.
Don’t get the Whymeez disease.
The silver lining.

6. What can you do?
Listen to someone who needs a friend
Laugh with others and at yourself
Learn from your mistakes and get better with each one.
So you had a down day, the good news is today is a new day!
Live to help others even when you need help yourself

7. Open up to each other
Offer advice to help someone
Optimism, cheer someone up
Overcome the storms in your life and help others during
their storms
What can you do?

8. Value others
Vivacious – full of animation and spirit
Victory has nothing to do with the final score it’s how you
run the race
Voice, speak kind and positive words to others
What can you do?

9. Endure when others quit the race a long time ago
End negative thinking and speaking
Encourage others, bring them hope
Extend a helping hand to someone you don’t know
What can you do?

10. How does this help?
Because
L O V E &
positivity brings
healing to the soul

11. Love & Positivity …
Have you ever seen someone
light up the room just by who
they are?
Be that person!

12. Shining bright in the darkness of disease
Love
Ignites
Goodness
Hopefulness
Thankfulness

13. Shining Bright …
Shine bright by the way you:
think (perceive)
speak
live

14. How do you see things?
How we “see” determines how we
perceive.
perceive – 1. To become aware of
directly through any of the senses,
especially sight or hearing. 2. To
achieve understanding.

15. My dad always said that most people see
...
A broken
down
house that
brings
down the
value of a
neighbor-
hood.

16. But he said I would always see ...
The flower
peeking
up through
the
weeds.

17. Beauty is there ...
If we will
just look
for it.

18. Why is this so important?
Our perception becomes ...
our reality
our belief
our life
It molds who we are and everyone
we meet.

19. Understanding
Because ...
Everything we see is through “that”
perspective.

20. Ask yourself this ...
How will you see others ,
if this ...
is
all
you
see
?

21. Ask yourself this ...
How will you see yourself,
if this ...
is
all
you
see
?

22. Ask yourself this ...
How will you see the world,
if this ...
is
all
you
see
?

23. Stay focused on the good …
Let your
eyes
look first
for the
beauty ...
And then stay focused on it,
once found.

24. Because then soon ...
Good is
all that
you will
see …
And that’s a
beautiful
thing!!!

25. Thank you …
Ammie L. Peters, Life Coach
Blessings 2 Good, Inc.
www.blessings2good.com
Email:
alpeters@blessings2good.com