Jan 15, 2024 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
HOW TO START BUILDING A NEW (POSITIVE) HABIT Your life today is essentially the some of your habits. How happy or unhappy are you? – a result of your habits. In psychology, the process of building a habit can be divided into four simple steps: cue, craving,...
Jan 9, 2024 | Advocacy, Funnies, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Online dating. Those two words. I would wager a bet they are evoking quite a few emotions for many of you – either positive or negative. As a newly divorced quadriplegic I’m back in the dating game. I never thought I would be here...
Nov 29, 2023 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Things have been challenging in my care life at the moment. I am going to leave it at that and just say that everyone is doing the best they can despite unforeseen circumstances. With that said, I have some of my beautiful caregivers coming in the morning to help....
Aug 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
My life. It’s complex. It can be challenging and downright overwhelming at times. I find humor in places that most likely would not – even when I’m tied down to a hospital bed in China after major spinal surgery in the ICU. The other day I was...
Jul 21, 2023 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
As we approach the end of Disability Pride Awareness Month this July, I am reminded of the fragility of living my life as a quadriplegic and all that I’ve been through. I’ve actually been thinking quite a lot about certain conversations involving tremendous giggling...
Jun 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Whenever we experience trauma or go through an extremely challenging time in our lives we often remember the bad. We remember the ugly. We don’t remember little moments of hope because our brains are wired generally catastrophize experiences. Just think about...
