Radiant Living Blog

Radiant Abilities is on a bit of a hiatus due to spending some quality time with my sweet mom. But oh, how you’re always in my mind – planning, strategizing, thinking about providing more encouragement to live fully with disability. And don’t you worry, I know we have to plunge into taking risks. Th...

Continuing with the theme of  “approaching the end of summer, the beginning of autumn, and the start of the school year (whether or not you or your kids are in school)” I began in the previous post, let’s talk about how to actually make that change happen.

Do any of these goals or projects have a s...

Even if you don’t have a school-aged child, you’re probably aware that it’s “back to school” time. It’s always a bittersweet time for me.

I always dread saying goodbye to the long summer days, swimming, and eating dinner on the deck. However, I love the fresh beginning of autumn and the new school ...

Have you had those moments in your life in which EVERYTHING CHANGES and more importantly, YOU CHANGE?

They’re often referred to as DEFINING MOMENTS.

They can be the SCARIEST moments we ever experience and afterwards – and probably for the rest of our lives – we are PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL that they oc...

“I don’t feel attractive.”

As I said in my last post, this is a nearly universal response people report as a concern/fear in the dating with disabilities survey.

I grew up with that concern and didn’t shed it until I was well into my thirties, despite dating and having relationships.

It’s a belie...

I believe that my disability makes me unattractive.

I receive comments like this pretty consistently on the Dating for People with Disabilities survey that I always have available for people to take.

The words continue to hurt with every response I read, not out of pity, but empathy.

I once said ...

We’ve been focusing the Radiant Living blog in the month of January on setting you up for living more the life you want this year. We began with Three Tips for Making This Your Year to Live More Empowered, to help you feel less held back by your disability and actually be the launching pad to your h...

No, I’m not at the point of condensing my posts into just seven sentences. 😉

However, I do have seven powerful sentences and a helpful download for you. Before I get to them, though, let me ask you for one word.

One word? What word?

A word that will help shape and propel your year into living mor...

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

That speech over 50 years ago is so historical because it resonates with one of the fundamental st...

Unified Diversity, seems a contradictory term, doesn’t it?

It’s a topic I believe we pay too little attention to in the disability community – our solitary with other diverse populations, as well as with one another. As someone who has always been and will always be a “minority,” I feel such an aff...

Yes, my sweet boy actually said this to me.

And yes, this week I’m talking about drool. And not just drool, but coming to love (or at least accept) the drool.

Still with me?

I was getting my son dressed one morning when the typical string of saliva fell from my mouth. My boy melted my heart with ...

If you’ve been reading the Radiantly Living Blog for at least a year, you know when the New Year rolls around, I’m about Evolutions, Not Resolutions.

However….

A New Year’s practice that I have adopted is picking a word or two to focus on for the year. This is what I would call a healthier, more p...