Giving Thanks Holidays are often difficult when you have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While everyone else is enjoying that joyful holiday spirit as Thanksgiving Day approaches, PTSD can leave you afraid of what might happen when family and friends gather....
Post Covid This Thursday, May 11, 2023, marks the official end of the COVID-19 health crisis. In the United States, over a million people were lost, and many more continue to suffer from the after-effects, or “long COVID” as it’s known. In Michigan, over 38,000 people...
New Year’s Resolutions: A Time For Making Plans January is the time to think about all those things we’ve put off doing year after year, like making a plan to get out of debt, or thinking about how we’ll respond to an emergency. Perhaps now is the time to put...
Putting the Jolly Back into the Holidays! The thing about the holidays is that while we may look forward to them, when they finally arrive, we end up thinking that things went by too fast, and they’re gone before we even had the time to enjoy them. How about making...
Coping With Holiday Stress Christmas time is near…and with it comes all the typical stressors of the holidays: unannounced company, parties, meals with family, shopping, house cleaning, and a host of other chores that are added to our daily routines. All of it can...
The Philosophy of Independent Living Defining the philosophy of independent living isn’t all that difficult. Simply put, it means that even with a disability we want to be able to make choices about the things we believe are important. We are the ones living our lives...
