Hidden Disability Advocate | Speaker | Author | Adventurer
All my life, I’ve had to ask for help. Why? No special reason. I’m just a human being and the design of life is that we’re in this together. As a kid, I asked for help with a stuck zipper, … Read More »
One of my invisible disabilities speaking programs this week was to a group of students at a college. It was an in-person event, which is a nice treat these days, and it was a smaller, intimate group of just a … Read More »
Earlier this month, I attended a bicycle ride event for charity in Iowa. It’s an event a friend of mine puts on and I’ve seen the pictures on Facebook every year and decided this time I was going to go, … Read More »
I had this idea months ago and wanted to take the time I needed to process everything before I wrote this. Honestly, I still don’t feel fully prepared to do this “correctly,” but I don’t know that I ever will, … Read More »
Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of one of the worst days of my life. I know too many others can say the same thing. My own Friday the 13th of March 2020 went like this. I went to work as … Read More »
I caught myself being bad again. This time I caught myself caring way too much what other people think. I’d been doing pretty well not caring about others’ opinions of me and my actions and choices, but more and more … Read More »
Here’s tonight’s rabbit hole: I wanted to write an article, but couldn’t settle on a topic. I thought about earlier today how I was chatting with a man who’d been to Alaska. He was showing me pictures of it on … Read More »
I’m 40 years old, and I look like I’m in my mid-20s. I’m not trying to brag, because I don’t believe this is anything to brag about. It’s more frustrating than anything. It’s been a thing probably my whole life. … Read More »
Of late I’ve heard myself calling the coronavirus pandemic the tempest. That is, the storm. And images have come to me about riding out a storm in a great ship. Of course I realized I was thinking of Noah’s ark. … Read More »
I caught myself today. It was a pretty hefty moment of realizing I’m stuck in a pattern that is exacerbating depressive thoughts. You know I love my memories. Going back and reliving my favorites is one of my coping mechanisms. … Read More »