Stephanie F. Hometown: Rochelle, Georgia “I am an aspiring fitness model and an avid runner from the state of Georgia. My passion for running wasn’t given to me so easily. My life was changed in an instant as a child from an automobile accident. I lived two months of my
“You can shed tears that she is goneOr you can smile because she has lived.” Over the years I have been blessed to meet and connect with some amazing individuals through brain injury… A brain injury almost took my life 26 years ago and its such a pleasure and very
Dear Stephanie, Believe in your dreams and never back down. You will be misunderstood. People will try to take you down for no reason at all. Your kindness will be mistaken for weakness. Your intense focus will be called intimidating as well as aggressive. You will fail more often than
The word Strength can be described in so many ways. Life has shown me the definition of this word many times. And strength is not always what I would say being strong…. It’s about observing and learning to listen to life. Strength isn’t about forcing your way onto someone else
“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” Rules (if there really are any) I’ve learned from my brain injury. Ten things I’ve cultivated over 25 years, from a brain injury I pass along to many… 1. Life is a fragile thing. We as a human race are very invincible…until
“The gateways to wisdom and learning are always open, and more and more I am choosing to walk through them. Barriers, blocks, obstacles, and problems are personal teachers giving me the opportunity to move out of the past and into the Totality of Possibilities.” ~Louise L. Hay This past week
“Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it with love.” Growing older has never been a huge fear of mine. In fact since I turned 39 this year I enrolled in college again to pursue more of my natural healing, brain health passion with massage therapy. Before
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” My team Share Your Strong had the opportunity this week to do another motivational speech. This speech was done at a small school in Tifton Georgia one of the young ladies I have been training
“If you feel like you don’t fit in in this world, it is because you are here to help create a new one.” ~Jocelyn Daher I have always read and heard of how our past speaks to us if it is left at an unsettled state… This statement always seemed
Discovering yourself is a very unique adventure to say the least. I have been on this self discovery path over the past few years and I have come in contact with quite a bit of, how should I say this??? Unusual pieces of myself… But ultimately I have come in
We have now made it into day 5 of Brain Injury Awareness Month. With this day I will share a bit of wisdom I have cultivated over 24 years of living with a brain injury… And only one word comes so close to my mind when I speak this but