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What’s Your Motivation Style?

10 Oct

My newest speaking program on disabilities covers universal design. With that existing, a trend in my bookings this fall is colleges and universities asking me to incorporate my content on universal design with my flagship awareness program, as an extended...
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Getting Past Our “Can’t Dos”

19 Sep

Here’s an idea to shift mindset, be creative, and add some cool stuff to your life. I’m on Day 42 of this herniated disc nonsense that is severely limiting my mobility and my life. Yes, I’m frustrated. And I don’t know when...
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8 Ideas to Amplify Healing

13 Sep

I finally turned a corner towards improvement again, and this time without steroids. As I tapered off my course of prednisone, the pain of my herniated disc became worse every day. Things I’d started to get back were lost again,...
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Refresh Your Hardships with a “First Day of School”

30 Aug

Remember the thrill of the first day of school? That new beginning? I won’t assume this was a positive experience for everyone, but for a lot of us, it was an exciting time. A clean slate, a fresh start. I...
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Stop Feeling Guilty for What You Can’t Do

25 Jul

I’m going to watch a movie tonight. I’ve been on my couch watching TV most of the day. Scrolling through Facebook on my phone, looking across the downstairs rooms at all the herds of tumblefur that need to be swept...
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Travels with Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, and Amica

19 Jul

Two days ago, my dog and I returned from a 10-week, 12,000-mile road trip across America. It was the greatest thing I’ve ever done in my life, absolutely. So many mornings I’d shove off from wherever I was, looked at...
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Depression Doesn’t Care

27 Jun

“How can you be depressed when you’re in such a beautiful place?” a friend asked me a couple weeks ago when I, on this adventure, confessed to a despairing sadness. I knew it wasn’t logical. But that’s how depression works....
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Treatment Shaming is a Thing … That We Need to Stop

27 May

I take a lot of vitamins and supplements to help with my various ailments. It’s my pro-active way of doing everything I can do be my best me for me, and for you. Ironically, there have been some “you”s in...
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4 Ways I Reset My Optimism During a Flare

26 Apr

I’ve finished a marathon. In the last 12 weeks, I spoke in 5 states: at 11 college campuses and 1 Native pueblo. I debuted a brand new program and customized existing programs for unique audiences, like non-native-English speakers and veterans....
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What Has Your Disability Done for You Lately?

12 Apr

Last Sunday, I spent the day in Brussels with two friends of mine from London, father and son, named Tony and Sean. How we met is a fun story. I found them in an Irish pub in Lisbon, Portugal, and...
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