When Your Disability is New: Part 2 “There Is Always Hope” As I drove to work this morning, I was amazed at how much had changed with my eyesight during the past week. When I drove to work in the early morning darkness a week ago, it was the first time I’d...
When Your Disability is New When you first learn you have a condition that is considered a disability, it’s frightening, to say the least. A disability is a physical, mental, sensory, cognitive, or developmental condition that limits your ability to do certain things,...
Beating the Blues If 2020 has taken a toll on you and you couldn’t wait for 2021 to arrive, then it may be you’re fighting the blues. Many people are these days. 2020 has been a difficult year for most of us because of financial woes, job losses, illness, and...
Preparing for a Winter Storm It’s the time of year when winter storms can blow through with deadly force. Are you prepared? While we’d rather not think about it, we all know winter can show up at any time. Check now to see you have the supplies on hand to weather the...
Taking Care of You Why is it that we tend to think that anything that smacks of self-care means we’re “indulging” ourselves? We feel we don’t deserve to waste the time and effort on activities that benefit only us. The fact is, we can’t take care of others effectively...
Living with Change Dealing with PTSD is a lifelong thing, not something that we “get over” after a few months of effort. What I am just realizing is that even progress is not a straight line. We learn new methods of coping, we move forward, then something else happens...
