Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to have you around my table. You are always welcome here. Several days ago I wrote an article in which I spoke about self-advocacy, Brain Injury and Self-Advocacy. In today's article I would like to share some thing that has given me the ability to overcome adversity in my life. Some thing that has helped me … [Read more...]
Find Serenity in Midst of Struggle
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...]