by Chris Wistrom | Aug 13, 2020 | Mental Health, Veterans
Disarming Anger When you have PTSD, you have an invisible wound that is not easily healed. You may feel as if you have been damaged beyond repair, and you may harbor great anger towards the person, thing, or circumstance that caused your PTSD. I believe there is no...
by Chris Wistrom | Jul 30, 2020 | Mental Health, Preparedness
Knowing Who You Are and Where You’re Goin Currently, at work, I’m hosting a workshop on developing healthy living habits, and one of the things we are looking at is identifying goals. Sometimes we tend to coast through life without any plan for what we want or...
by Chris Wistrom | Jul 22, 2020 | Preparedness
Assistive Technologies Following a Disaster Hi, I’m Chris from Disability Network Lakeshore and I’m here to talk today a little bit about assistive technology following disaster. The reason that we bring this up is because people with disabilities often...
by Chris Wistrom | Jul 22, 2020 | Preparedness
No Power Thunder, lightning, high winds, and possible hail; it is storming this morning, and I’m wondering if our power will go out again. Suddenly, the house goes dark, the stove won’t work, and it starts to heat up inside the house. Of course, we never know how long...
by Chris Wistrom | Jul 15, 2020 | Preparedness
Something Special I raise dogs, and not one of them will refuse a cookie when offered! I enjoy coming home and greeting each one with a small, yummy goody. They come running when they hear my car pull in and my special girl, Sophie, begins to yodel her beagle...
