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What Good is "Normal" Post-Brain Surgery

Hello "normal." Well, aren't you a lot to manage. It sure was a lot easier being labeled as "other," and spending 5 years being.....

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How Different Can Life Post-Brain Surgery Really Be?!

Suddenly I kinda fit in. But the world is on a very different trajectory since I made the choice to have life-saving brain surgery. I spent.....

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Finding Normal

If I told you that I was once a policy analyst with a really great job, would you believe me? I believe in access beyond anything in my world. I wanted.....

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Life post-brain surgery... without a guide dog.

I've spent years in search of a specific thing - "normalcy." Looking for acceptance. I'm slowly finding it, both in and outside.....

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Though She/He/They Says I'm Not

From what I can gather in reflecting on the past 5 years, the society I've been living in has shifted drastically in its approach to.....

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Women IN Power WITH Disabilities. Tough Beans. Say Thanks and Be KindER

Hello again, digital reader - have you chosen a life motto? In your search for one.....

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Inclusion

What a loaded word. It carries too much weight these days. Should we all be part of everything, all the time? Maybe. But....

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Finding Normal

We are simple, simple creatures. All a living being truly needs is: 1. Food; 2. Shelter; 3. Water and that being will survive until....

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Life Meets Reality -Embracing Fear of the Unknown

How do I write a blog post when I’ve been using AI to do all of my writing for me? Well, this is....

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Transcending Expectations

Well, today was exciting! I had a fellow TBI (traumatic brain injury) survivor reach out with all kinds of positive feedback about my engagement within our Facebook group. It doesn’t....

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The Waiting Game

After having brain surgery, if I want something, I want it *now*! I had never fathomed the way an imbalance of impatience could ostracized me as an adult woman with....

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Sticks and Stones

When words matter so intensely to your self identity, yet are so fleeting, how do you cope with their invisibility and danger during a pandemic .....

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A Kid from Last Century

I grew up in the era of the Spice Girls and TLC. Waiting for the school bus outside with a crowd of other kids was the post-school normal. On the drive with my folks....

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Words Matter

I’m a firm believer in taking back the power from insults and misused words. This process requires intentional reflection, self-compassion, and sometimes collective action.