I’m sculpting adversity into life lessons for my kids by leading by example through pain, fear, courage, and little victories in recovery.
Tag: learning
Flipping the Script on the Serenity Prayer
My understanding of the Serenity Prayer happened in an unexpected way: backwards. I had to learn how to pause first.
Climbing New Heights: Strategies for New Learning
Exploring my post-stroke journey and neuropsychiatric insights into mild vascular neurocognitive disorder with strategies for new learning.
Trust the Journey: Signs You’re on the Right Path
Being on the right path doesn’t mean there’s an absence of obstacles or difficulties. Its living with joy despite of hurdles
Conquering Anxiety: Leaning In and Embracing Fear
I can confidently say I’m a miracle. I’ve learned that when I experience fear and anxiety, I lean in, lean forward, and stand up.
Willingness: Turning I Don’t Wanna Into I Will
How I find strength and willingness when I don’t want to do something? There are moments when the last thing I wanna do is the thing that is in front of me. That can range from taking out the trash, recording a podcast episode, taking a nap, or in my case, eating. But it’s in […]
Ask For Help: Build Your Recovery Team
Asking for help is one of the hardest things we have to do, after spending the first quarter of our lives learning how to be independent.
Who I Am
As a sober alcoholic I’m being constantly molded into who I am one day at a time, shifting my mindset from fear to recognize the opportunity.
Doing the Work in Recovery
If I’m not taking action in recovery, doing the work, and seeking joy, then I’m just standing there letting the ball hit me in the face, over and over and over again.
From Patient to Student
Frequently I am drawing from my experiences and becoming and recovering alcoholic to what I have been facing recovering from my stroke. In both cases, my life reached the point of unmanageability. There must be a profound change in mentality from patient to student. In both cases my body my brain and my heart we’re […]