My name is Daniel Cohen. Author and gratitude coach whose passion is teaching others living with Epilepsy and anxiety how to manifest what they want by harnessing the energy that gratitude and radical acceptance bring into our lives.
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My time to thrive with Epilepsy came to me when I was at my lowest in life. I never accepted myself with my condition, and I didn't love the life I had because of it; this drove me to the point in 2012 to almost taking my life by jumping in front of a moving subway train, but thankfully the universe pulled me back and put me back on the train. When I came home, I had a series of seven Tonic-Clonic episodes; these seizures would ultimately put me on the path to healing through gratitude and acceptance. One year later in 2013, I became the candidate for a Temporal-Lobectomy to stop my seizures, but the surgery was unsuccessful, to my dismay. It would turn out to be the most successful, unsuccessful surgery because I was given a chance now to look back and look forward to living a life of gratitude while living with Epilepsy. I chose to thrive that day instead of surviving with the condition, and today I teach others like you how to do that.
The Mission
I created Promises You Keep to help others thrive with Epilepsy and live a life of joy, peace, and gratitude while moving through the beautiful mess of it. My mission is to help you see that you are more than your condition and that life can be much more. I chose the word thrive because thriving through Epilepsy is much better than surviving through Epilepsy; when you thrive, you grow, and growth while living with Epilepsy and anxiety is so important. I give you the tools and the support to do just that.
