The last couple of months have been stressful in my life outside of blogging. I started to feel the impact of the stress towards the end of last week. Sleep became difficult. Spending a lot of staring at the ceiling thinking about what I didn’t do that day and/or what I need to do the
Category: Self-care
A friend and I were having a conversation on Friday night. Asking for my perspective on the way we interact as people in the age of social media, I started asking him questions to understand what he was asking. As we kept talking, he told me he’d be interested in reading my take in a
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know I’ve been on a health and wellness journey since May. Having CP makes this journey more difficult because I sit so much, and my body doesn’t always do what I want it to in terms of movement. The past few weeks have shown
Dealing with scammers were a part of my life this week. Thankfully, everything is fine and no money was lost. I thought I would share the tips I used to make sure no money was lost with you all. Know that scammers are creative and smart, they will use these skills to make scams seem
How do you exercise is a frequent question I get asked. I could record a video in answer. The thought makes me extremely uncomfortable. Writing an answer does not bother me in the least. When I was a teenager mama ordered me an all sitting exercise video. I have a DVD copy now, however. Some
This post is going to be raw. The last two weeks have been constant really, really, hard things that my immediate family and my extended blood family have had to face. In them there has been a miracle, answered prayers, and finally a long-awaited answer. I am the family messenger. I have most everybody’s contact
Today’s post is a little different. I hope it proves usual, however. Learning how to blog well and post on multiple social media platforms can be difficult, tiring, and time consuming. Up until May of this year I felt like I was the proverbial on the wheel most days. I knew I didn’t want to
I hooked several more older blog posts into SEO today. One was my perspective on aging. You can read that post here: https://thrivingwithcerebralpalsy.com/2021/02/27/my-perspective-on-aging/. This is a companion post to that one. This blog post is a list of the skincare/makeup/tools I love. I am going to list my favorite products by category and the brands/colors
A lot of stressful stuff is happening in my life away from blogging. All of it is stressful, heavy, and hard. Circumstances are forcing me to change the way I do stuff. Stress management is incredibly important for thriving with my condition, so I am trying new ways to manage stress (in addition to the
This is a post dedicated to my clothing, hair, and purse choices. All of these choices are made with my condition in mind, but also so I can life the fullest way possible. These choices are all ways I show myself care. They are in no particular order: 1. I don’t own a dress. I