Category: Self-care

The Skincare, Makeup, and Beauty Tools I Love

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

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Learning How to be Healthy and Well Part 4

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

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Learning How to be Healthy and Well Part 3

This post is an update on my health and wellness journey. Discoveries last week about how my body handles my condition led to this update for y’all. I have had my condition since birth. I fought to live because that’s who I am in my spirit: a fighter. I was officially diagnosed at a year

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More Tips to Keep You and Your Love Ones Safe From Hackers + Scammers

I want to share more tips I use to keep myself and those I love as safe as possible in our digital interconnected world. Consider these a form of self-care as well. These are in no particular order. I do not use the iCloud or google docs to store documents, pictures, or other data: I

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How to Recalibrate Our Relationship with Social Media

I am curious. Always questioning and searching for how to make my life and the world better. A few years ago, my brother/journey partner and I were having a ketchup (the spelling is just for him to make him smile) session. We were talking about our days that day. Explaining my rough day with bullies

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How to Create Boundaries and Maintain Them

Boundaries always have been important to me. Lots of people with CP have issues with being touched. Thankfully, that is not the case for me. I do have boundaries for touching though. These have more to do with being a woman than having CP. Having boundaries is part of self-care. They are also paramount to

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Tips for a Healthier Relationship with Social Media and Cell Phones for you and Those You Love

After Thanksgiving 2018 mama, dad, and I went to Tennessee to see family. It was more than just a visit for the holiday season, however.  My mama’s oldest sister (my aunt) had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s like her mama (granny) before her. Aunt Judy had mama tell me of her diagnosis and her move

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How to live the Bravest, Most Incredible Life Possible

I was a news junkie for years. Partly because of my political science training and partly because I am naturally curious. I love being an informed human and voter. One day I discovered I could not sleep. Everything broken in the world was too much for my empathetic self to bare. After staring at the

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