What's Next - The Book

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What's Next - The Book

A few days ago, Sabrina encouraged me to share on social media that my book was almost ready to launch. The response was incredible!  Yet, here I am this morning, ready to launch, and crazy nervous to pull the trigger. I hardly slept.

As I set out to write What’s Next, I was determined to be open and honest about the reality of living with a spinal cord injury. While I am fortunate to have close friends who will share and discuss the messy stuff of being paralyzed, I haven’t come across any books that deal with the emotional challenges of breaking your back. Perhaps it’s just too difficult. I know I found it tough, and I think that’s why I’m nervous. Letting the world into your messy stuff makes you feel vulnerable. But, it’s the challenge of doing difficult things that typically motivates me, and with the hard work of writing and publishing done, it’s time to let it go.

Introducing my book:

What’s Next: Striving for Happiness After Heartbreaking Loss — LINK

What’s Next: Striving for Happiness After Heartbreaking Loss

What’s Next: Striving for Happiness After Heartbreaking Loss

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Losing Zara

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Losing Zara

Zara Buren… January 10, 2006 - September 21, 2020

Around this time last year, I was preparing a blog post on all the books I had been reading during Covid lockdown that I felt were helping me. Books on managing anxiety, perfectionism, sleep hygiene, etc. I was on a roll and noticed that if I could manage my emotions better, my pain wasn’t so intense. Then it happened. The worst thing you could ever imagine (though honestly your brain won’t let you truly imagine this). Zara died.

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Announcing Neuroplasticity VR

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Announcing Neuroplasticity VR

October 5th marked 11 years being paraplegic. I’m grateful to be alive and for all the amazing people in my life, and I’m proud of the things that I’ve accomplished since that fateful day, but one thing that still consumes my life is neuropathic pain. Because of my spinal cord injury and not being able to use my lower body, my brain generates pain signals that make it feel as though my lower body is on fire. I know that it’s not, but that’s what it feels like.

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Hope is Not a Strategy

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Hope is Not a Strategy

Since my last blog, the bulk of my time has been focused on getting version one of the NBT Mentors website/engine complete and online. I love the process of building things, so the last two years of brainstorming with friends, family and colleagues about the idea of creating a mentoring community was enjoyable. Now that version one of the website is built, the hard work of building a community begins.

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Pain, Press & Going Fast

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Pain, Press & Going Fast

It’s been a long time since my last blog. While I started writing a number of times, it was nothing I wanted to post. I’ve been very preoccupied trying to manage my neuropathic pain and I didn’t want to depress anyone with where my head was at. I’m having a bad year (I think it’s the unsettled weather and decrease in training), but I’m trying hard to stay positive. These past couple of weeks at the cottage have been better.

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