Comments for Second Chance to Live http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA a traumatic brain injury survivor and motivational speaker with a message of encouragement, empowerment and hope — for anyone touched by abuse, trauma or adversity. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Second Chance to Live — Special Edition — 500th Article by secondchancetolive http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/second-chance-to-live-special-edition-500th-article/#comment-9291 secondchancetolive Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:58:58 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/?p=2687#comment-9291 Thank you so very much Carol. You are a blessing to me. Have a simply phenomenal day and God bless both you and your family Carol. Craig Thank you so very much Carol. You are a blessing to me.

Have a simply phenomenal day and God bless both you and your family Carol.

Craig

]]> Comment on Second Chance to Live — Special Edition — 500th Article by soulfeet http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/second-chance-to-live-special-edition-500th-article/#comment-9288 soulfeet Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:59:33 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/?p=2687#comment-9288 Congratulations Craig!!! Keep up the great writing! Cheers, Carol Welch Congratulations Craig!!!

Keep up the great writing!

Cheers,
Carol Welch

]]> Comment on Learning to Trust Part 2 by secondchancetolive http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/learning-to-trust-part-2/#comment-9222 secondchancetolive Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:21:36 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/?p=2380#comment-9222 Hi Lynn, Thank you so very much for taking the time to write. I am sorry that it took me this long to reply. I agree with you completely. I have written a series of articles that address living with an invisible disability. I understand concerning not "fitting" in Lynn. Consequently our path can be a lonely one. Thank God that we do not have to struggle in silence. Over the course of the 42 years post injury -- my tbi happened in 1967 when I was 10 years old -- I have been fortunate enough to be to connect some of the dots. If I may suggest I would encourage you to read several of my articles my friend. I will provide links to those articles. Take your time reading through the material -- no rush. If you have any questions or if I can help you in some way, please let me know Lynn. Thank you. I will say so long for now. Have a pleasant evening and God bless you and your family. Craig http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-denial-my-perspective-as-a-tbi-survivor/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/my-journey-thus-far/ 3 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/my-struggle-living-with-an-invisible-disability/ 4 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/having-an-invisible-disability-%e2%80%93-the-consequence-of-denying-my-reality%e2%80%94part-1/ 2 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-double-bind/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/don%e2%80%99t-talk-don%e2%80%99t-trust-and-don%e2%80%99t-feel/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/the-power-of-identification/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-square-peg/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/traumatic-brain-injury-self-esteem-and-significance/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/second-chance-to-live-and-letting-go-of-unrealistic-expectations/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/traumatic-brain-injury-and-energy/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/traumatic-brain-injury-denial-and-limiting-scripts/ a 2 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/traumatic-brain-injury-and-overcoming-denial-%e2%80%93-part-1/ 2 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-grieving-process-%e2%80%93-part-1/ a 7 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-moving-beyond-the-grieving-process/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-freedom-from-isolation-%e2%80%93-part-1/ a 2 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/traumatic-brain-injury-following-your-bliss%e2%80%a6regardless/ Hi Lynn,
Thank you so very much for taking the time to write. I am sorry that it took me this long to reply. I agree with you completely. I have written a series of articles that address living with an invisible disability. I understand concerning not “fitting” in Lynn. Consequently our path can be a lonely one. Thank God that we do not have to struggle in silence. Over the course of the 42 years post injury — my tbi happened in 1967 when I was 10 years old — I have been fortunate enough to be to connect some of the dots. If I may suggest I would encourage you to read several of my articles my friend. I will provide links to those articles. Take your time reading through the material — no rush. If you have any questions or if I can help you in some way, please let me know Lynn. Thank you.

I will say so long for now. Have a pleasant evening and God bless you and your family.

Craig

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-denial-my-perspective-as-a-tbi-survivor/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/my-journey-thus-far/ 3 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/my-struggle-living-with-an-invisible-disability/ 4 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/having-an-invisible-disability-%e2%80%93-the-consequence-of-denying-my-reality%e2%80%94part-1/ 2 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-double-bind/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/don%e2%80%99t-talk-don%e2%80%99t-trust-and-don%e2%80%99t-feel/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/the-power-of-identification/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-square-peg/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/traumatic-brain-injury-self-esteem-and-significance/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/second-chance-to-live-and-letting-go-of-unrealistic-expectations/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/traumatic-brain-injury-and-energy/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/traumatic-brain-injury-denial-and-limiting-scripts/ a 2 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/traumatic-brain-injury-and-overcoming-denial-%e2%80%93-part-1/ 2 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-grieving-process-%e2%80%93-part-1/ a 7 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-moving-beyond-the-grieving-process/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-freedom-from-isolation-%e2%80%93-part-1/
a 2 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/traumatic-brain-injury-following-your-bliss%e2%80%a6regardless/

]]> Comment on Answering the Call — Part 2 of 2 by secondchancetolive http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/answering-the-call-part-2-of-2/#comment-9215 secondchancetolive Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:02:27 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/?p=2569#comment-9215 Hi Carol, Thank you so very much for taking the time to write and leave a comment. I am honored by your kindness. Thank you. I value and appreciate your words of encouragement. By the way, I love your spelling of solution -- soulution. Excellent. Have a great day and God bless both you and your family. Craig Hi Carol,
Thank you so very much for taking the time to write and leave a comment. I am honored by your kindness. Thank you. I value and appreciate your words of encouragement.

By the way, I love your spelling of solution — soulution. Excellent.

Have a great day and God bless both you and your family.

Craig

]]> Comment on Traumatic Brain Injury and Letting Go of Control by secondchancetolive http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/traumatic-brain-injury-and-letting-go-of-control/#comment-9213 secondchancetolive Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:47:28 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/?p=2536#comment-9213 Hi Sharon, Thank you so very much for writing to me. I am honored by your time and kindness. Thank you also for sharing a little of your story with me. Living with an invisible disability or any disability for that matter can lead to isolation. Because of the factors involved with nature of our invisible disabilities buying into the denial systems of family and friends can be a very strong pull. I can attest to that experience. In the process of buying into my families denial system -- for many years -- I struggled to accept and love myself. Although the journey has been tenuous at times, I am glad that I did not give up on the process. Although my Dad -- who was almost 94 when he passed never s to accepted that it was not because I did not try hard enough that I had difficulties in life, employement and relationships. For whatever reason my Dad did not seem to be able to accept my reality -- how my life had been impacted by my traumatic brain injury. Several of my other family members had a hard time understanding accepting how my traumatic brain injury affects my life and world for many years. During the past year a shift has occured in several of my family members in the understanding and acceptance of how my traumatic brain injury has impacted my life and my world.The process of acceptance by my family members has been a slow process. February 6, 2007 I created Second Chance to Live Sharon to share my experience, strength and hope in ways that work for me through the internet. My experience with writing and publishing articles for Second Chance to Live has been cathartic for me. I process my thoughts as I write -- and many of my articles take between 6-8 hours to develop. I do not know if you are aware that I have a Site Map. Here is a link to my Site Map http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/site-map/. In my Site Map currently I have 493 articles. Some of those articles have traumatic brain injury or living with a disability in their titles, however many other articles do not have those prefixes in their titles. A good point to remember Sharon is that all the articles that I have written contain information that you may find to be helpful. I believe you will also be able to identify with what I write. I have heard others like yourself say that I put words to topics and matters that other brain injury survivors would like to say / hear. Consequently, may I suggest and encourage you to read several articles that I have written that I have links to below. After reading the below articles I would suggest that you read the titles of my articles my article listed in my Site Map http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/site-map/ -- and then spend time reading those articles. I believe the information will be helpful to you and may give insight in to what you are experiencing. Denial is a warm blanket that some people do not want to remove. When people are ready -- for whatever reason -- they will have ears to hear. Please feel free to ask any questions Take your time reading the articles. As you read through the articles and you have questions, please feel free to ask Sharon. All questions are good questions. I look forward to hearing from you. I will say so long for now. Have a pleasant rest of your day and God bless both you and your family. Craig http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/the-power-of-identification/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-denial-my-perspective-as-a-tbi-survivor/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/my-journey-thus-far/ 3 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/my-struggle-living-with-an-invisible-disability/ 4 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/having-an-invisible-disability-%e2%80%93-the-consequence-of-denying-my-reality%e2%80%94part-1/ 2 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-double-bind/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/don%e2%80%99t-talk-don%e2%80%99t-trust-and-don%e2%80%99t-feel/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/traumatic-brain-injury-following-your-bliss%e2%80%a6regardless/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-square-peg/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/traumatic-brain-injury-self-esteem-and-significance/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/second-chance-to-live-and-letting-go-of-unrealistic-expectations/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/traumatic-brain-injury-and-energy/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/traumatic-brain-injury-denial-and-limiting-scripts/ a 2 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/traumatic-brain-injury-and-overcoming-denial-%e2%80%93-part-1/ 2 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-grieving-process-%e2%80%93-part-1/ a 7 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-moving-beyond-the-grieving-process/ http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-freedom-from-isolation-%e2%80%93-part-1/ a 2 part series Hi Sharon,
Thank you so very much for writing to me. I am honored by your time and kindness. Thank you also for sharing a little of your story with me. Living with an invisible disability or any disability for that matter can lead to isolation. Because of the factors involved with nature of our invisible disabilities buying into the denial systems of family and friends can be a very strong pull. I can attest to that experience. In the process of buying into my families denial system — for many years — I struggled to accept and love myself. Although the journey has been tenuous at times, I am glad that I did not give up on the process. Although my Dad — who was almost 94 when he passed never s to accepted that it was not because I did not try hard enough that I had difficulties in life, employement and relationships. For whatever reason my Dad did not seem to be able to accept my reality — how my life had been impacted by my traumatic brain injury. Several of my other family members had a hard time understanding accepting how my traumatic brain injury affects my life and world for many years. During the past year a shift has occured in several of my family members in the understanding and acceptance of how my traumatic brain injury has impacted my life and my world.The process of acceptance by my family members has been a slow process.

February 6, 2007 I created Second Chance to Live Sharon to share my experience, strength and hope in ways that work for me through the internet. My experience with writing and publishing articles for Second Chance to Live has been cathartic for me. I process my thoughts as I write — and many of my articles take between 6-8 hours to develop. I do not know if you are aware that I have a Site Map. Here is a link to my Site Map http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/site-map/. In my Site Map currently I have 493 articles. Some of those articles have traumatic brain injury or living with a disability in their titles, however many other articles do not have those prefixes in their titles. A good point to remember Sharon is that all the articles that I have written contain information that you may find to be helpful. I believe you will also be able to identify with what I write. I have heard others like yourself say that I put words to topics and matters that other brain injury survivors would like to say / hear. Consequently, may I suggest and encourage you to read several articles that I have written that I have links to below.

After reading the below articles I would suggest that you read the titles of my articles my article listed in my Site Map http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/site-map/ — and then spend time reading those articles. I believe the information will be helpful to you and may give insight in to what you are experiencing. Denial is a warm blanket that some people do not want to remove. When people are ready — for whatever reason — they will have ears to hear. Please feel free to ask any questions

Take your time reading the articles. As you read through the articles and you have questions, please feel free to ask Sharon. All questions are good questions. I look forward to hearing from you.

I will say so long for now. Have a pleasant rest of your day and God bless both you and your family.

Craig

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/the-power-of-identification/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-denial-my-perspective-as-a-tbi-survivor/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/my-journey-thus-far/ 3 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/my-struggle-living-with-an-invisible-disability/ 4 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/having-an-invisible-disability-%e2%80%93-the-consequence-of-denying-my-reality%e2%80%94part-1/ 2 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-double-bind/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/don%e2%80%99t-talk-don%e2%80%99t-trust-and-don%e2%80%99t-feel/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/traumatic-brain-injury-following-your-bliss%e2%80%a6regardless/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-square-peg/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/traumatic-brain-injury-self-esteem-and-significance/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/second-chance-to-live-and-letting-go-of-unrealistic-expectations/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/traumatic-brain-injury-and-energy/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/traumatic-brain-injury-denial-and-limiting-scripts/ a 2 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/traumatic-brain-injury-and-overcoming-denial-%e2%80%93-part-1/ 2 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/traumatic-brain-injury-and-the-grieving-process-%e2%80%93-part-1/ a 7 part series

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-moving-beyond-the-grieving-process/

http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/traumatic-brain-injury-%e2%80%93-freedom-from-isolation-%e2%80%93-part-1/
a 2 part series

]]> Comment on Traumatic Brain Injury and Letting Go of Control by Sharon http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/traumatic-brain-injury-and-letting-go-of-control/#comment-9211 Sharon Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:18 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/?p=2536#comment-9211 Craig, Interesting blog. I am a six-year ovarian cancer survivor who has brain damage from treatment. I had sepsis and couldn't eat for five months. My docs aren't sure what caused the brain damage but my memory and processing skills are affected -- along with my emotions. Glad you started this blog and are sharing your insights. I was particularly drawn to the title, "How to Live With an Invisible Disability" because it put words to my dilemma. My adult children even have a hard time accepting my limits and they saw what I went through. Thanks again for launching this blog. Sharon Craig,

Interesting blog. I am a six-year ovarian cancer survivor who has brain damage from treatment. I had sepsis and couldn’t eat for five months. My docs aren’t sure what caused the brain damage but my memory and processing skills are affected — along with my emotions.

Glad you started this blog and are sharing your insights. I was particularly drawn to the title, “How to Live With an Invisible Disability” because it put words to my dilemma. My adult children even have a hard time accepting my limits and they saw what I went through.

Thanks again for launching this blog.

Sharon

]]> Comment on Ping…Is there anyone out there? by secondchancetolive http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/pingis-there-anyone-out-there/#comment-9209 secondchancetolive Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:45:56 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/pingis-there-anyone-out-there/#comment-9209 Hello Bluelake, Thank you for your time, kindness and words of encouragement. Have a simply phenomenal rest of your week and God bless both you and your family Gina. Craig Hello Bluelake,
Thank you for your time, kindness and words of encouragement.

Have a simply phenomenal rest of your week and God bless both you and your family Gina.

Craig

]]> Comment on Ping…Is there anyone out there? by bluelake http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/pingis-there-anyone-out-there/#comment-9208 bluelake Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:12:33 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/pingis-there-anyone-out-there/#comment-9208 Hello Craig, Have read your blog- very insightful and encouraging. peace, bluelake Hello Craig,
Have read your blog- very insightful and encouraging.
peace,
bluelake

]]> Comment on About by secondchancetolive http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/about-second-chance-to-live/#comment-9202 secondchancetolive Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:44:11 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/about-second-chance-to-live/#comment-9202 Hi Zoe, Thank you for your time and kindness. You are a blessing to me. Thank you. I look forward to being of service to you and the occupational therapists that serve brain injury survivors and their families. Please do no hesitate to let me know how I may be of service my friend. I am available. I will say so long for now. Have a simply phenomenal day and God bless you and your family Zoe. Craig Hi Zoe,
Thank you for your time and kindness. You are a blessing to me. Thank you. I look forward to being of service to you and the occupational therapists that serve brain injury survivors and their families. Please do no hesitate to let me know how I may be of service my friend. I am available.

I will say so long for now. Have a simply phenomenal day and God bless you and your family Zoe.

Craig

]]> Comment on About by Zoe http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/about-second-chance-to-live/#comment-9200 Zoe Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:20:56 +0000 http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/about-second-chance-to-live/#comment-9200 Dear Craig Thank you for sharing your inspirational story - I will think about it and consider who best to pass it onto, we have a lot of occupational therapists here working with people with brain injury and I am sure they will find your story as important as I did. Best wishes from the UK Zoe Dear Craig
Thank you for sharing your inspirational story – I will think about it and consider who best to pass it onto, we have a lot of occupational therapists here working with people with brain injury and I am sure they will find your story as important as I did.
Best wishes from the UK
Zoe

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