Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. In today’s article I will provide a link to the video presentation of my article series, Relationships, Conflict and Peace. I would encourage you to listen to and watch Part 1 and Part 2 of the article – if you have not – as Part 1 and Part 2 lays a foundation for Parts 3, 4 and 5. Here is a link to the video … [Read more...]
Living with an Invisible Disability — Taking Back my Power
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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. I have been thinking about some thing that I would like to share with you. As an individual living with an invisible disability, I have found myself feeling shame for my deficits and limitations when I am around people who hold me accountable for … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Relationships, Conflict and Peace Part 5
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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...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Relationships, Conflict and Peace Part 3
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1 and Part 2 for context. Thank you. I discovered that I needed to be authentic in my relationship with myself. I discovered that I needed to true to myself. I began to realize the I could not base my self-worth or my self-esteem on my ability or inability to "fix" situations or people. I began to realize that I could no longer base my sense of well being … [Read more...]