Recently I became aware of some information that created anxiety in me. I experienced this anxiety because of what I thought could not be changed. This anxiety lingered and produced frustration and sadness in me. But thank God that I remembered steps taken in the past that relieved me of my anxiety. What Led to My Remembering these Steps Several days ago I was speaking … [Read more...]
Defining Success for Ourselves after a Brain Injury
I have been thinking about some thing that I feel led to share with you. In my experience I have found that there are several traps that can leave you and I feeling like we are failures. We can be led to believe that because of our brain injuries that we are failures, because of what happened to us. Consequently, we may find ourselves focusing on what we can not change (what … [Read more...]
Getting Busy Gets Us Better
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to have you around my table. Yesterday I read a comment that some one responded to a comment I left on Facebook. In response to their comment, "experience leads to the growth of new brain cells"; I shared an article that I had written last year. The information presented with in the article changed my life, … [Read more...]
Permission to Be Different
In life, there are many forces that want to convince us that unless we conform, we are nothing. Going along to get along can leave us feeling as though we do not have a voice. Having and living with a visible or an invisible disability can further lead us to believe that being different needs to be denied or defended. Being different and unable to change our realities can … [Read more...]
How to Keep from Falling Back into a Victim Role
In yesterday's article, Owning Our Reality -- No longer a Victim I spoke to 3 rules that need to be broken to be able to heal and create hope. In today's article, I would like to share what I discovered that occurs when I lapse back into denying my reality. The below are "red flags". When I notice that the below is occurring in my life, I know that I need to take an inventory. … [Read more...]