Today is my birthday. I’m leveling up today to the best year of my existence. What’s going to make it the best? I’m going to choose the best thing for me throughout the year. I’m going to live for me and no one else. What does that mean? It means that my well-being and contentmentContinue reading “Level Up”
Category Archives: Self Growth
Prompt Day
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. A decision I made in the past, and one I continue to make today is to step beyond. Fear and how I perceived myself and the world around me would stop me cold in my tracks. It paralyzed me for yearsContinue reading “Prompt Day”
Moving
Movement is important to me. Like, if I don’t move my major muscles, my body physically rebels… which throws my mental health into a tailspin. Lately, I haven’t been moving as much or as intensely as I like… and I have been feeling it. Today, I cleaned up my home workout space, and I didContinue reading “Moving”
Injury
I was in the second grade. We lived in a two family home. My grandparents lived in the downstairs unit, and we lived upstairs. My sisters were gone for the afternoon, so I was in our part of the house alone… but my grandmother was at home. She called me downstairs for something… I don’tContinue reading “Injury”
CP = Strength
“Because you are who you are… you have to be stronger than everyone else.” Fighting every day for the quality of life that I deserve is a battle of wills. It is the strength of spirit and character to do the PT and OT exercises as often as I do. It took strength to admitContinue reading “CP = Strength”
CP = Therapy
I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 6 months old. My first concrete memories are being in ‘school’ doing all my therapies. I distinctly remember speech therapy, physical therapies, occupational therapies, and even psychological therapies all throughout my youth. From each type, I learned a lot of things. The things that I learned through allContinue reading “CP = Therapy”
CP = resilience
Any given day in the life of someone with cerebral palsy usually entails dealing with some form of adversity or trial. That could be adapting to my ability of the day since spasms and other aches and pain could affect what I can do on a given day. It could be the emotional and mentalContinue reading “CP = resilience”
Training Update
Cerebral Palsy means different levels of stamina from day to day. And sometimes, it knocks you down on your ass and can sabotage all the good things you were working on in the process. I’ve been rundown the last few weeks, so training sessions have been sparse. I have been keeping up with my nutritionContinue reading “Training Update”
CP = being underestimated
When a person hears the word disabled or any other label, the things that they can assume about you are often far below what you are capable of. When I was in grade school, it was assumed that I had lower intelligence and cognitive ability. When I went to college, my first roommates assumed thatContinue reading “CP = being underestimated”
International Women’s Day
I saw a video today that has stuck with me: I really just wanted to be here to celebrate everyone in this room because I know how hard it is to get up in the morning when the world’s against you and even when the lights are sparkling and the fashion is on and theContinue reading “International Women’s Day”
Indomitable Bellatrix 