Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. In April of 2009 I wrote a series in which I share some important awareness's. These awareness’s helped me to understand my identity and in the process grow in peace with myself. These awareness’s gave me the ability to love and accept myself when other people could not accept me. These awareness’s gave me the … [Read more...]
How to Manage Money while Living on SSDI — Social Security Disability Insurance
By Second Chance to Live
For individuals who learn more effectively through watching and listening, I have created a video presentation of this article. Here is a link to the video presentation: How to Create and Maintain a Budget while Living on a Fixed Income Video Presentation. In the video presentation, I explain how to manage money while living on SSDI. The information in the article and video … [Read more...]
Living with a brain injury — Three Issues / Messages that I Struggle with in my Life
By Second Chance to Live
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Thank you. As an individual living with a brain injury, I struggle with three issues in life: three issues as they relate to my living with a brain injury and an invisible disability. During the past week, each of these issues were triggered by three … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Relationships, Conflict and Peace Part 5
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 for context. Thank you. In the process, I realized that I needed to address why I reacted to my present. I needed to examine what led to the conflicts -- in my past -- to have peace in my present. Through my process I began to realize that I definitely needed to address the original or underlying reasons that created or led to the … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Relationships, Conflict and Peace Part 4
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5 for context. Thank you. I discovered that many of my relationships -- in my present -- mirrored relationships from my past. My reactions were the same. The only thing that had changed were the people, time and location. I also discovered that -- in many instances -- I was reliving the conflicts that I had in my past relationships … [Read more...]