Category: body awearness
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Protecting My Peace Is Growth
I write a gratitude entry every day and sometimes I turn them into blog posts There comes a point in life when you realize that protecting your peace is just as important as protecting your heart. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to understand how important it is to pay attention to the energy around…
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A Healthier Me, A More Independent (Part 3)
A Healthier Me, A More Independent Me (Part 3) Taking care of myself is not about perfection—it’s about learning what works for me. After learning to rest without guilt…and after beginning to understand how I see myself…I realized something important: Taking care of myself is not just one thing. It’s not just rest.It’s not just…
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I Wasn’t Meant to Be Fixed (Part 2)
A Healthier Me, A More Independent Me Before I talk about how I take care of myself… I need to share how I see myself. There are parts of myself I’m still learning how to understand. One of the hardest has been my frustration. For years, I went to therapy. I sat in those sessions,…
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The Days I Don’t Show Up — And Why That’s Okay
Our Beautiful ChallengesBy Marie W.O.W.C.P. There are days when I do not show up the way I planned to. Days when I had every intention of doing more, being more, or getting things done — and then life, or my body, or my mind has something else to say. For a long time, those days…
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Learning to Rest Without Guilt Part 1
A Healthier Me, A More Independent Me By Marie W.O.W.C.P. For a long time, rest felt complicated to me. There was always a part of my mind telling me that if I slowed down, I was somehow falling behind. That if I rested, I was wasting time. Living with cerebral palsy, my body often asks…
OUR BEAUTIFUL CHALLENGES 