How Could This Happen To Me?
How could this happen to me? How could I develop an autoimmune disease at the age of 36? This was not supposed to happen. Not to someone in their 30s, not to someone who had dedicated their life …
Challenges
Three Tips to Help Kids That Stutter
Stuttering is speaking with involuntary repetition and is often known as stammering. While it sounds rather innocent and common, a person with a stutter has a much different experience than a normal person. For a normal person, a …
The Year I Hit Rock Bottom
“When in doubt, choose change.” – Lily Leung It was the year everything changed. I gained over 30 pounds of fat. Crashed my first car. Got kicked out of college. Growing up, I was always athletic. Losing weight …
How I Turned Getting Kicked in the Teeth By Life Into an Opportunity.
I have always been around health and fitness. I can still remember by Mother doing Jane Fonda’s audiotapes on the floor when I was in preschool. Jane and my Mom advanced to VHS and I joined her “going …
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How to Find the Strength to Keep Going When Your Life Falls Apart
“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me . . . You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing …
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Was My Broken Spine a Blessing in Disguise?
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” – Roger Crawford The hours move slowly when you’re confined to bedrest for most of the day . . . Not that I had a choice. It hurt …
How I Got Unstuck
I was sitting in my tiny apartment, the one with the perfect natural lighting and warm-colored walls. The one that I took probably six months to decorate to my liking. But it was nothing but a distraction. Moving …
Rough Moments in Life: 5 Powerful Mantras to Focus On
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson One minute life is flying perfectly on all cylinders. The next moment, I’m laying on the …
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5 Life Lessons Learned After Divorce
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell I thought I had my life planned. Since I was a junior in high …