In April 2015 I had the privilege and honor of being invited to attend the 12th Annual NABIS Conference on Brain Injury to be held in San Antonio, Texas by David Seaton of LiveOak Living Community. Chas Haynes of NABIS was kind enough to waive the conference fee so that I could attend the conference. Thank you David Seaton for bringing me to the conference and thank you Chas … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — A Guide to Reaching Your Dreams
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. In my experience, because I realize that the life that I am living is not a dress rehearsal; it is my interest to become all that I can become in my life. In my experience, I have found that knowledge can only give me information, like the bones on the skeleton. In my … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury, Groundhog Day and Defining Why?
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 making the decision to stop by to visit with me. Although I had no idea how the traumatic brain injury that I experienced when I was 10 years old was impacting my life, I struggled to understand the "why" of my experience. In my quest to find peace with my … [Read more...]
Defining Success
By Second Chance to Live
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...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Defining Self-Esteem and Self-Acceptance Video Presentation
By Second Chance to Live
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to have you around my table. Several days ago I wrote the article, Traumatic Brain Injury -- Defining Self-Esteem and Self-Acceptance. In today's article, I would like to introduce the video presentation of the article. Defining self-esteem and self-acceptance can be very difficult for anyone. The loss of a sense of … [Read more...]