Powering through paralysis; how to survive & thrive with disability or disease--- series

 I decided to create the series How to Survive and Thrive with Disability or Disease to help others benefit from what I’ve learned over the years living with a high level spinal cord injury which left me paralyzed from the shoulders down. In this video I give an overview of what this series will include.

 I recount the most horrific night of my life & the subsequent days that followed undergoing many procedures & operations to get my body stabilized. I also talk about techniques, such as creative imagery, that I used to move forward and cope at the worst point in my hospital stay. 

 Here I talk about setting goals and I talk specifically about using goals as stepping stones to get to our ultimate goal or destination. After becoming paralyzed from the shoulders down, I had to create new goals to move my life forward and find the happiness and fulfillment I needed in a career. 

 Through many years living with high level paralysis I have learned many things, most importantly, hiring caregivers as they are paramount to my health, success, and happiness. In the beginning I found no real guidance or help on this subject, so in this video and in my book Powering Through Paralysis, How to Survive and Thrive with Disability or Disease, I provide tips and insights on hiring the best caregivers! 

 In this video I describe the many things I had to learn to stay healthy living with a high level spinal cord injury. We go over the three main issues those with disabilities or disease can develop that can further derail their health and wellness to where they slip into an even more incapacitated state. Good information around the importance of introducing supplements and vitamins into your daily regime and learning about the possibilities available to ween off of addictive and high side affect prescriptions when healthy alternatives are available. Learn to live healthy which will contribute to your career, relationships, and a more positive outlook. 

 In this video I discussed the many ways how meditation can improve your life, how it can move your career forward, and how it leads to a reduction in stress, anxiety, fear, and lethargy. I go into detail about how I used meditation and creative imagery to move my career and life forward. 

 Video goes into good detail of how hypnosis can help with a variety of traumas, whether physical or mental. We also discuss how hypnosis and creative imagery can help move your life forward through techniques that will lead to positive outcomes. We also provide some examples how hypnosis is used in cutting edge research facilities to help with burn victims, wound healing, and helping to overcome stress and anxiety. 

 One of the most important things I learned living with paralysis is that the lesson of patience comes very often and becomes part of your life almost 24/7. By setting goals it gives us the opportunity to test ourselves by undertaking things we would like to accomplish whether a new career, opening a business, to working on ourselves through meditation, treating others equally, and looking for our higher purpose. This video will help in all of these areas and viewers will come away with something helpful.

 One of the traits a lot of us experience when we first become disabled or are knocked down from a horrific disease, is that we can lose our sense of self and especially our self-confidence as we tend to gauge our "net worth" to be less afterwards. This video will share how I overcame my car accident which left me paralyzed and went on to be confident and outgoing by some simple steps that can get anyone back on track and build their confidence back up! 

 After my car accident and seeing my body start to atrophy after building it up through many years of sports and athletic competitions, I found myself slipping into a negative mindset- understandably. I found that there were silver-linings in my life even though on the surface, living with paralysis from the shoulders down looked quite daunting. As the years went by I found that the more often I took a positive approach and kept my mind positive that good things came and overshadowed any negativity even living with paralysis. This video will help you understand that any situation, regardless of how dark things appear, can be a positive and uplifting experience as well. 

 This video goes into the ADA and the requirements that buildings after 1993 are required to make to make wheelchair accessible. It also discusses ways that individuals can make contribution in their community to make their environment more accessible for all. 

 This video is very comprehensive and can help anyone with disabilities who are looking to find adequate transportation to meet their specific needs. Whether you are disabled living with paralysis, missing a limb, or have motor function difficulties, this video will walk you through all of the important steps from purchasing a vehicle to retrofitting to state requirements that are required to drive.