Archive for self-esteem Category
Selfish Schmelfish
November 9, 2011 book, disability, fighting back, respect, self-confidence, self-esteemSometime around 2005, as I was writing the first words of my book when it had already been 32 years since my first major smack-down from cancer and amputation, I wrote these words about selfishness:
“The newly disabled, those diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses, and those who have suffered a tremendous loss, need time within themselves to [...]
Filming Kelly Bruno for WSIC TV
July 2, 2011 amputee, athletics, biking, book, disability, disabled, duke, inspiration, prosthetic, prosthetics, self-confidence, self-esteem, sports, swimming, TVFilming for WSIC TV continues and last week was all Kelly Bruno.
Kelly’s quick thumbnail story is that she was born with a birth defect that included not having a fibula or a foot-ankle on her right side. It made her lower leg useless and it was removed at six months of age. She has never [...]
TV profile: Hugh Herr
June 3, 2011 climbing, disability, disabled, fighting back, inspiration, microprocessor knee, prosthetic, prosthetics, self-confidence, self-esteem, TVThe youngest of five siblings from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Hugh Herr was a prodigy rock climber: by age eight, he had scaled the face of the 11,627-foot Mount Temple in the Canadian Rockies, and by 17 he was acknowledged to be one of the best climbers in the United States.
In January 1982, while attempting to summit [...]
The Double-take
April 27, 2011 athletics, confidence, disability, disabled, respect, self-confidence, self-esteem, skiing, sports, sympathyA while back I did a blog about staring.
Bottom line, no matter how many years go by, being stared at is not comfortable. The reason is that it highlights that you, the person being stared at, have something different about you and because of that you need to be put over here in a different group [...]
Who Says I Can’t TV – Maureen
April 20, 2011 amputee, athletics, boating, confidence, disability, disabled, fighting back, handicapped, independence, inspiration, recreation, sailing, self-esteem, sports, TVWe have a crew of 4 for the shoots. In all action shots we have 3 cameras. In interviews we have 2 cameras and a lighting person as well as a production assistant who runs around making the scene comfortable for all. Here is how this (and probably most) shoots went with Maureen McKinnon last [...]
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Considering is the most Unforgiving word
February 24, 2011 disability, disabled, fighting back, self-confidence, self-esteemHave you ever heard “You do That-thing really well…considering you are a Something-or-other”? And with that, you just got dropped into the Something-or-other bucket. You’re labeled. You’re categorized. Whether you like it or not, you are a Something-or-other.
What if it’s a category that’s separate and distinct and maybe stigmatizing? No matter what you do you [...]
Guest post: Art Boulet
November 18, 2010 athletics, book, exercise, fighting back, inspiration, respect, self-esteem, sportsThis is a guest post written by Art Boulet. Art is married to my niece Liz Hohl Boulet. Art is a grad student at Princeton Seminary and is the coordinator of the Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls Project, which works on translating and publishing all of the dead sea scrolls. He is (now!) an avid runner and [...]
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Gunnelling Across Temagami
October 18, 2010 athletics, confidence, fighting back, respect, self-confidence, self-esteemHow to Gunnel a Canoe
Gunnelling a canoe is a challenging fun summer water-based activity but it stems from a very practical war-time practice of native americans who traveled a lot by canoe. The idea is for one person to drive a canoe without using paddles and therefore their hands. This of course allows the native [...]
Justin.tv webinar appearance
July 9, 2010 cancer, disability, fighting back, inspiration, media coverage, recovery, self-confidence, self-esteem, survivorshipJothy Rosenberg, author of, “Who Says I Can’t” talks about fighting back, surviving and thriving against long odds in this recorded webinar for Wellsphere
Sponsor: Wellsphere @ http://www.wellsphere.com
Video production: Justin.tv @ http://www.justin.tv
Click on the image to the left to view the video:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
July 5, 2010 confidence, disability, disabled, fighting back, recovery, respect, self-confidence, self-esteem, sportsR-E-S-P-E-C-T
What you want
Baby, I got
What you need
Do you know I got it?
All I’m askin’
Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)
– Aretha Franklin, singing the Otis [...]
