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. Background Information on my Living behind the invisible Wall As you may know, I sustained a traumatic brain injury when I was 10 years old in 1967. I sustained an … [Read more...]
Dispelling the Notion of Dis-ability — I Just Do Things in Ways…Slideshow Presentation
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Yesterday, I finished a slideshow of an article that I wrote several years ago, Dispelling the Notion of Dis-ability -- I Just Do Things in Ways that Work For Me Slideshow Presentation. I create slideshows of my articles to offer the information within my articles in a format that includes both media and text. To watch the Slideshow, click on > (Play) button in the … [Read more...]
Learning to Accept Ourselves when Other People Can’t or Won’t
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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...]
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...]
How I Am Able to Stop Beating Up on Myself
By Second Chance to Live
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to have you around my table. Thank you for your time. Last night while I was training at the Y an event occurred that became a teaching moment for me. This morning, during my meditation; I found myself examining that teaching moment, as well as other teaching moments that I have experienced during the past … [Read more...]