In my experience, I grew up believing that I needed to be perfect in order to be lovable and accepted by people. Perfectionism ruled my life as I attempted to do more to be enough. Shame -- believing that I did not just make mistakes, but that I was a mistake -- was the taskmaster that drove me. Shame motivated me by all or none and black or white. Shame prodded me with a … [Read more...]
Valuable Recovery Lessons Learned and Shared with a Support Group Part 2
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Below are several of the valuable recovery lessons that I learned and shared with a support group during my presentation. Yesterday, I wrote an article to share points that I shared from my experience, strength and hope during a presentation to a support group on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Because of the length of the article, I decided today to divide the article in 2 parts. … [Read more...]
Second Chance to Live 12 eBooks for Ongoing Brain Injury Recovery
By Second Chance to Live
On February 6, 2007 – at the encouragement of a friend – I created Second Chance to Live to share what encouraged, empowered, motivated, gave me hope and helped me to face, address and overcome adversity. At the writing of this eBook, I have written and published a total of 1912 articles and have created 428 video presentations that I have uploaded to my YouTube channel. I … [Read more...]
How I found to be at Peace with Myself and other People Video Presentation
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Last week I wrote an article. I have been working on several projects and have not gotten a chance to make a video presentation of that article until now. Below is a brief excerpt from the article: "This morning, during my meditation and reflection I thought about some thing that I would like to share with you. Interesting how memories can be triggered and the feelings … [Read more...]
Winning at the game of Solitaire, Life and Hope Video Presentation
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Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. Yesterday I published Winning at the game of Solitaire, Life and Hope. Today, I will offer a video presentation of the article. I create video presentations of my articles to share the information with individuals who learn through watching and listening. Below is an excerpt of the article: "Several years ago I started … [Read more...]