Today, I wanted to talk a bit about faith. Let’s talk first about the emotional distress, along with the physical distress of stroke. The #’s actually say that 33% of people with stroke have a depressed feeling after stroke. I am here to tell you that over 85% of the people that I talk to, […]
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At times we think about how hard this change is that we are experiencing. I know, it can really be an uphill battle, especially at first. Being kind to yourself as you continue to grow and regain your own strength and motivations can be a hard thing. We need grace and, believe it or not,
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Have you ever noticed that you feel great when you are around the right people? Those who are optimistic and treat you like you want to be treated? No matter what kind of mood you may be in, it’s these times when you feel that extra bit of energy that we all need at times.
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I’ve been thinking about accountability and support this morning. Yesterday, we had a Stroke Warrior Meeting, and on the call I had Becca Switzer with Neuro Base Camp join in and discuss “Persistent Pain”. It was a good session, but in that meeting I started thinking about our own accountabilities within. You can watch the
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The other day I was working on my truck in order to go “overlanding” with my good friends that are into that. If you aren’t sure what it is, you can see it here; https://www.motortrend.com/news/what-is-overlanding/ First of all, I’m not the best camp guy in the world! But, it is important to spend some quality
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As I sit here this morning, I’m thinking about my priorities. As we go through this life that we are living, no matter what we have been given, we have a lot of decisions to make. These decisions are made every day…every hour…every minute really. We are constantly making choices about our day. I think
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Change is a hard thing to deal with at times, don’t you think? It is both external and internal. External, of course, are things like moving to another place, or city, a new position at a job, etc. Internal is more of the adaption to change. This deals with the emotional state of things like
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This past week we had a new person that is going to lead our Caregiver Group join us. What a great meeting we had. Feel free to watch it here https://youtu.be/CaeCEmuBW8M As I was thinking about this meeting and preparing for it, it made me re-think about the importance of our own caregivers. Maybe you
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I don’t know if you remember the movie “The Water Boy” OR, would even watch such a dumb movie – haha. But I did!! My kids and I loved watching silly movies like this. There was a key line in that movie though that I think has an impact for us…”You can do it!“. Now,
Think about the days after your stroke. How mentally strong were you? Were you even thinking about your journey back to a “normal” self? Most of us weren’t thinking of anything really…we were just there and in survival mode. As we begin to “wake up” from our medical situation, we begin to worry about what
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