I have been there.... where you are…. slogging thru the days. It has taken me a long time to understand that without finding your recovery groove, your sweet spot, your true passion, you can get lost in a never-ending mountain of to-dos.

4 fundamentals to live by during your recovery

Scared because this world has shown me that it is a big, dark creepy place, one where bad things happen to unsuspecting people. I am not saying that this is a rational thought, but it is my fear, one which I try to manage every day.

With all of the mental tennis going on in my head, it strikes me that I have another few lessons to re-relearn.

3 Steps to finding your stroke-recovery mojo:

#1 Take a Break

#2 Reconnect with Your Goals

#3 Set Yourself up for a Win

It sounds simple, right? To put it into action, to get back your stroke-recovery mojo or to just get you re-focused on your path read along.

When I hit my first stroke anniversary in February, I had feelings of elation.

I had made it so far!

Then the weeks passed by and I could feel my steam lessening with each day, trudging up the slippery slope of my recovery. I found it was work that was beneath me, in some ironical way.

I have a theory about people…. And more specifically the types of people who surround you in the critical moments of your life. It’s my theory that as adults who want to grow, need to grow, heck, when everything seems impossible, we have to let our guards down…

If you’ve ever been thru a major life changing event, such as a stroke, how do heal? Can your body do the work on its own or does it need a little help? How do you transform yourself? And, is it even possible without a mindshift?

I know many of you have an additional anguish about the holidays. You are suffering, like me, from a certain set of mental or physical challenges that add a certain perplexity surrounding the holidays.

When you are faced with a life-changing-event or you simply can’t face yet another holiday season, it can seem impossible.

Read how I went from perfect to paper plates!

If I can give just a little advice for days when the world seems like your number one enemy, conspiring with your stroke, it’s this.

Go back to bed! But not before you have read this.

Your resilience, your stick-to-it-ness and your willingness all play a monumental part in your stroke recovery!

Read my three tips for you to survive a no good, rotten sort-of-a-day!

You might have never realised what it takes for someone suffering the results of a stroke to ‘fit-in’ with her normal life. Things which I could do automatically pre-stroke can cause a slight moment of panic for me now. Maybe you can identify with some of my stroke-isms… because, let’s face it, sometimes we all have strokey moments.