Vertical Blonde Blog
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I'm Sarah, Vertical Blonde, and I've been there. My blog is not just about living life in a wheelchair, it's about living life without letting things hold me back. Check out my blog for practical tips on overcoming life's obstacles, the transformation of mind and mind, and how you can become Vertical!
Vertical Blonde Blog
1y ago
If that first line gave you a little tug on your heart then listen up…
Playing small out of fear of judgment, fear of failing, fear of being able to handle it, or any other fear serves no one.
My fears - what if I offend someone? What if someone bashes me? What if people don’t like what I have to say? What if I can’t keep up with the success? What if my professional growth hurts my personal life? What if….
And then my biggest fear trumps them all - what if I get to the end of my life and I didn’t go for it with everything I’ve got? What if my fears stop me from fulfilling who I was truly made ..read more
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1y ago
We are all in a constant state of becoming. There is no final destination we will experience here in this life - there are instead milestones, goals, results, situations, events that will aid in this state of becoming. Each will magnify what we are becoming more of. We can become more comfortable, more content, more stagnant, more of as we are now. We can also become more alive, more joyful, more grateful, more of who we are meant to be.
It’s not physically possible to stay exactly as we are now. We can only become more or less of it. Everything has momentum, even complacency. We just become ..read more
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1y ago
I was at at TJ Maxx and a man offered to help carry my purchases out to my car. Out of all the people to offer assistance, he shouldn't have been the one. He walked with a cane and a severe limp. His face had some scarring, but he had a very kind smile. He was very sweet and helped me with my things. He then told me how he had just been able to learn to walk again after having a bad accident in the garage. Somehow the coil that brought the garage door up and down had come off and cut into his face and skull. He had to learn to walk again, talk again, eat again, be human again.
You can always ..read more
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1y ago
Only we can heal ourselves, but we cannot do it alone.
2. My previous negative beliefs about disability disabled my reality until I decided to redefine it for myself.
3. It became the most beautiful redirection of my life. I learned that I had all the power to alchemize my experience and fill every crack with gold.
4. Not being able to do everything physically for my son set him up to be emotionally strong and innovative.
5. It got me attention and I got to choose the attention it evoked and set a stage for my message of living vertically
6. Feeling the Emotions is how you heal them
7 ..read more
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1y ago
For 4 years after my injury, I struggled with looking at myself in full-length mirrors. It paralyzed me to see my body. I felt broken. The worst part was not only did I not recognize the woman in my reflection, I didn’t want to. I wanted to avoid it. At times I even wanted to end it.
Over time the pain grew. It suffocated me to the point of breaking - which broke me open.
Pain can be a valuable tool.
I remember the last time I looked at my reflection in that way. It was the day I surrendered and finally took the step to see things differently. That moment was the beginning of tiny shifts, per ..read more
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1y ago
ATV accident paralyzing me, divorce, body image issues, single motherhood, struggles in business... I've seen my fair share of setbacks, just like you, although the details will be different. The fact is, we all experience setbacks, and I've become obsessed with figuring out why some swim and others sink.
I've realized that no matter what the setback, the strategy to thrive through it is the same.
Step 1 - Awareness
Personal awareness is deep. It involves really understanding and having compassion for the feelings that come up. Instead of choking back tears, allow them to flow as a form of re ..read more
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1y ago
How would it feel to finally break through those fears of going for your dreams? Perhaps your dream is to heal pains from the past. Perhaps your dream is to gain independence with your health. Perhaps your dream is to write a book… The dreams are endless and there is no limit to what they are or how big they are. All that matters is that the thought of them makes your soul feel ALIVE!
I’ve found that regardless of the dream, the strategy is universal. The thing holding us back the most is simply our fear around it. Our dreams feel so big and we feel so small, unequipped, or lacking the skills ..read more
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1y ago
Ever wonder why it is that some people thrive through life and others seem to be a constant victims? I have always been obsessed with this concept, and here’s what I’ve found.
At first, I wondered if it was looks if it was upbringing or background if it was luck if it was who they knew, or if it was just luck of the draw.
I began looking at myself and the direction I’ve taken when things didn’t go to plan - or even if they did. I seemed to have that factor that kept me positive, happy, confident, and doing well, however life has also dealt me some rocky relationships, addiction in many corner ..read more
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1y ago
When I got injured my entire life flipped upside down. Everything changed. The way I did everything changed. The way I viewed life changed. The way I went to the bathroom, got dressed, drove my car…. They all changed.
The hardest one to process and deal with was that the way I saw myself, my worth, and my value all changed too. The reason it was so hard to wrap my head around was because of the beliefs I had about what it meant to be disabled, handicapped, paralyzed, or in a wheelchair. These were never ways I thought I would be describing myself and the worst part was that those words did no ..read more
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1y ago
While I was speaking to a new friend who recently suffered a spinal cord injury, I could hear so much anger in her voice. She was devastated, and rightfully so. She was heartbroken, and just simply broken in general. Her body felt so foreign and she had even planned out her suicide, although thankfully, she decided against it.
She had been wronged by the medical community who had performed a surgery against her will, leaving her paralyzed in the process.
While I was listening to her I wanted so badly to talk her down, calm her anger and show her my bright cheery point of view. However, my int ..read more