Wheel Life Blog

It’s not every day that you see someone with a disability portrayed in different sports in the community. However, I just had the opportunity to be a presenter at the Cleveland Boat Show, an expo showcasing all things boating, which includes kayaking!  I was asked by the LoCo ‘Yaks to help them demonstrate adaptive paddling. …

Reading hasn’t always had a place in my life.  I always wanted to be a reader but just couldn’t stay focused enough to get into a book.  Until I found personal development, or self-help, books.  Whatever you call them, I love them.  I nerd out to them.  I always have my highlighter close by, marking…

Resilience is the ability to overcome adversity.  For those of us with spinal cord injuries, or another physical disability that requires the use of a wheelchair, difficulties and misfortunes are everywhere. Resilience is defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulities.  But what is required to become resilient? Are we born with it or…

What do you love to do in your free time?  If you are anything like me, your first response may have been, “What free time?”  We get so caught up in life that we forget that we have control over our time.  We get to decide how we spend our time and what makes us…

There isn’t just one thing that helps when it comes to a healing journey.  For me, I’ve had to build up a bank of coping skills, techniques, and self-care strategies.  One of those self-care strategies is adding fun to my life.   *Disclosure: There are some affiliate links below, but these are all products that I…

As a self-professed personal development junkie, I am always trying to learn something more.  One thing that I’ve added into my morning routine (and have become obsessed with) is reading.  I never thought of myself as a ‘reader.’   *Disclosure: There are some affiliate links below, but these are all products that I highly recommend. I…

Something that I have struggled with for years is getting good, quality sleep.  Anyone else? *Disclosure: There are some affiliate links below, but these are all products I highly recommend. I won’t put anything on this page that I haven’t verified and/or personally used. See my full disclosure statement here. One thing that I have…

Oh man, where do I even begin with this blog?  2020 was fun, wasn’t it?   Now, I know we have a ways to go before we are out of this pandemic and our country has SO many issues that need judicial reform, but if we don’t count our blessings we will stay stuck where we…

How are we all doing?  How are we feeling?  I hope well and feeling grateful and hopeful.  During this time, I have been focusing on connecting with myself, debunking limiting beliefs, and simply trying to elevate my life. I have found a renewed passion for getting the message out there that we can still have…

10 Stretches/Movements I Do Every Single Morning As humans, (and you’re human, right?) we need movement.  After a spinal cord injury, we often don’t get the movement we need due to our paralysis.  Because of this, we need to create space to intentionally move our bodies. *Disclosure: There are some affiliate links below, but these…