Read my book. “The Importance of Self-Advocacy after a Brain Injury to Own the Power in our Mind, Body, Spirit, Soul and Emotions eBook”. An e Book to encourage hope.
I am writing this eBook to encourage people, like myself, to own their power in mind, body, spirit, soul and emotions. To own their power through being actively involved in a self-advocacy process.
A self-advocacy process, although they may experience opposition.
Opposition through being patronized, condescended to and disparaged at times. Patronized, condescended to and disparaged, at times, by individuals who do not or are not able to see the value. The value of our purpose.
In advance of this e Book
Several days ago I published my article, “Yes I am Disabled, but Don’t Count me Out because I am not my Brain Injury or my Disability”. I did so to lay a foundation to build upon in and through this eBook.
The Good News is that We don’t Have to Be Limited
Limited by or because of our brain injury or our disability. Limited by what other people think or believe about who we are because of our brain injury and our disability. Limited by believing that we lack the ability to own our power because of our brain injury and disability.
As an Introduction to the eBook
I am writing this eBook to encourage people; like myself, to realize that we can make a difference in our lives. Make a tremendous difference in how we experience our lives after a brain injury. By owning the reality that we have the power, we take a huge step forward in self-advocacy. By believing that we can make a difference in our lives, we empower our ability to embrace that we are capable. Brain injury awareness followed by self-advocacy provides the door by which we can step through to create our new normal. Self-advocacy gives us the ability to re-build our lives.
Self-advocacy frees us from a sense of helplessness and dependency. Self-advocacy helps us to realize that we no longer have to be limited by a diagnosis or a prognosis. Self-advocacy helps to open our eyes to realize that we can own our power. Self-advocacy helps us to realize that we no longer have to limit ourselves or be limited because of a societal label, stereotype or stigmatization. That we no longer have to be paralyzed by stress and anxiety. That we no longer have to feel like we are a victim of our circumstances. That we can build something beautiful on our lot in life.
Self-advocacy helps us to realize that we can walk through a door to a whole new way of living. Self-advocacy helps us to realize that our lives have not ended because of a brain injury. That, instead, our lives have just begun. Self-advocacy helps us to realize that living with a brain injury now offers new possibilities. Self-advocacy helps us to realize that we can have a profound impact on both our and other people’s lives through the power of choice. Self-advocacy reminds us that on our recovery process and a journey we get to choose what and how to build on our lot in life.
Self-advocacy helps us to realize that we can have an active part in pursuing our purpose, dreams and our destinies. Pursue our purpose, dreams and destinies in ways that work for us. Self-advocacy reveals to us that life no longer needs to look like it did before our brain injury. Self-advocacy helps us to wake up from denying the impact our brain injury. Self-advocacy encourages us to get on with our lives, instead of continuing to feel trapped. Self-advocacy inspires us to get into action in order to create and experience hope in our lives, one skill and one skill set at a time.
Self-advocacy gives us the creative capacity to experience what we never dreamed possible. Self-advocacy empowers our ability to excel in life, despite of what we may have been told or have believed about ourselves. Self-advocacy helps us to find a way, when we are told there is no way. Self-advocacy inspires us to not give up because more will be revealed. Self-advocacy helps us to accept our deficits and limitations, but not be limited by them. Self-advocacy helps us to use our gifts, talents and abilities to impact both our and future generations. Have an impact by doing the…
Doing the foot work and letting go of outcomes. Self-advocacy reminds us to not give up although and when we feel patronized, condescended to or disparaged. Patronized, condescended and disparaged by those who cannot see the value of what we bring to the table through self-advocacy.
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” Robert Frost
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Steve Jobs
“Don’t quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can’t see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It’s the one that makes the sweetest sound.” Simon Sinek
“I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say “We’ll just have to see”. Dick Fosbury inventor of the Fosbury Flop Gold Medal winner in High Jump
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