You have the strength to push thru when others cannot.

Your super power emanates from the fire in your soul to break the record, to beat the system, to win. 

You stick-to-it-ness is an asset. You don’t give up. 

The goal of every Powerhouse Body Maven is to dominate.

Suddenly, you are stuck with a body that feels foreign to you. 

The old methods don’t work as they did before. Your ability to win has been seriously compromised.

As the anger escalates, it quickly turns to resentment.

And then, you might feel like giving up.

I find that breaking down my targets into bite-sized chunks has helped me significantly. 

For instance, I really wanted to play tennis with my friend once again.

To do that, I wrote down each step like a bread-crumb-path to achieve my objectives.

Now, I’m focusing on improving my gait, my speed, my agility, my endurance, power and range of motion for my hands and legs.

Instead of picking up a racquet to play a game of tennis and thrashing your opponent, you become frustrated at the way your body moves.

You do something so few can. You are a master spirit, breaking down your recovery into small, bite size chunks and taking a nibble on them every day.

Your super power emanates from your deep-seeded desire to organise, to make a plan, like a brick layer making a wall.

You are logical in your approach, never missing a brick, always forging ahead one stone at a time. 

You can always fall back on the fact that everything has its natural order in your mind. Your sound logic makes sense. 

But, some days it feels like an impossible goal for you. I know. I’ve been there.

I have a friend who also suffered from a brain injury and he said to me ‘having brain damage makes you act like a golden retriever in a yard full of squirrels’.

He’s not wrong. Right? 

When you are suffering the results of a stroke, no matter how hard you try, some days it is all fuzzy and complicated. 

Suddenly, our brain sees concreteness. Either it’s black or white. No in between. No grey.

Hey, Mind Boss, I know that you suffer from the fact that you know, deep down in your heart (or mind) that there has to be a logical explanation. That you SHOULD be able to figure this out. 

You are naturally open to try new things, experiences and methods. People gravitate towards you. Your energy source is internal and radiates outwards

Your super power emanates from your constant search to find the peace within. You are special because you don’t shy away from searching for your inner calm place.

You sense the deeper meaning behind everyday acts and seek to understand them.

The goal of every Intuitive Soul Star is finding a harmonious balance. 

Suddenly, a spotlight is thrown on your soul and you realise just how broken you are.

Surviving a stroke means that you are left with your emotions stripped raw and an empty toolbox to mend them. 

I know what it’s like to be left alone, without your normal protection and no one to stand up for you.

It feels like everything is ganging-up against you. You are left defenseless.

You feel wrong and angry at the world.

To find the balance and vigor for those hard days….

You have the knack to always see the good in others, even when it’s not obvious.

You pick them up, nurture them and make them feel loved just for being themselves. 

Your super power emanates from your deep-seeded feeling of responsibility and generosity for your loved ones.

You are a perfect power source of love.

The energy you take in is intensified and then given back to others stronger and with determination.

The goal of every Bona-Fide Family Babe is to be a beacon of light, guiding and protecting.

The problem is, after surviving a stroke, you are the one who needs protection.

Emotionally, cognitively or linguistically you are impaired and try as you might, everything comes out all wrong.

I felt that the loss was going to break me and the destruction of my most precious relationships created a big, gaping hole in my heart. 

The anxiety was crippling.  

When faced with a problem, your positive outlook on life means that you don’t dwell on it. You are forward-looking.

Your super power radiates from your desire to encounter something unexpected, spontaneous and fresh each day. 

You gain energy by social encounters. Your relationships mean the world to you and you can finesse them to create harmony in any situation.

All of a sudden, after surviving a stroke, you're incapable to do the one thing that makes you whole.  

Instead of enrapturing those that you meet with your charm, you are left feeling bewildered and you start to come apart.

The feeling of embarrassment takes over and you feel resentful towards others. 

You’re swimming in the cognitive, emotional and linguistic fog that isolates you, making you feel far removed from your old self.

I’ve been there, where you are, and I know that it’s like being reduced to your most basic self.

I felt worthless, not capable of fitting in anywhere.

I was reduced to a needy lump, in the shell of the old Stacie.

It took some time to realise this as an opportunity, but giving myself the space to redefine me was like a gift.