Through my experience I learned a painful reality. Learning to accept ourselves when other people can't or won't can be very difficult. Such a difficulty can leave us feeling stuck behind invisible walls. To watch and listen to a video presentation of the article, click on this link: Learning to Accept Ourselves when Other People Can’t or Won’t Video … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Illusion of Failure Video Presentation
“When progress becomes the goal, failure becomes the illusion.” Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA In June 2007 I wrote an article. Last night I offered the article to different social media: Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Today, I will create a video presentation of the article for individuals who learn through watching and listening. To watch and listen to a video presentation … [Read more...]
Brain Injury, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to have you back around my table. Several days ago I wrote an article Denial and Brain Injury Recovery. In that article, I spoke about how denial (mine, family and friends) kept me stuck. Denial kept me focused on matters that were out of my control. Matters that I was powerless to change. In yesterday's … [Read more...]
Finding Craig — Growing Up, continued… Part 2
I would invite you to read each Part of this article series. To read Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8 of the article please click on these links: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8. As I shared in Part 1 of this series, I spent quite a bit of time attempting to make other people OK with me by doing more, to be more in my attempt … [Read more...]
Overcoming a Fear of Failure Video Presentation
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to have you around my table. Recently I wrote and published, Overcoming a Fear of Failure. In today's article I am introducing the article in video presentation format. I create video presentations of my articles to offer the information to individuals who learn through watching and listening. Below is a … [Read more...]