Power of a Positive Mindset with Kim Tapper

ABCs of Disability Planning

A Place to Be
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What if the way you are now isn't how life has to be? How many of us have become our identity - be it caregiver, parent, or something else. Not all our beliefs are necessarily self-limiting, but it's important to check in periodically to make sure they continue to serve us.
In this interview, Kim and I explore what an intentional community could be and how to create one. The greatest gift any of us can give another human being is to truly see them, not their disability or any other "traditional" identifying characteristic (race, religion, gender, etc). Perhaps the biggest obstacle to creating community is the "us vs them" mentality that seems so pervasive. We challenge you to do your part to put this to rest.
I feel it's easy for us, as parents to fall into the trap of believing life just can't get any better. Our children's diagnoses and support needs can be significant. Who else is going to care for them as we do? How can we possibly rely on someone else? It's true there will almost certainly be no one who will care for our children in the same way - we're their parents.
Let's flip the script. Do we need someone else to do "everything" we do? Or will our children still have rich and fulfilling lives when we're gone? The reality is most of us will die before our children. The best thing I feel we can do for them is to get things in place now, while we are still here and able to take action.
Click below if you would like to check out the resources Kim mentions:
"Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" by Susan Jeffers - https://amzn.to/38DjtQL
"The Gift" by Dr. Edith Eva Eger - https://amzn.to/3yCrmAA
Kim has been working with youth and adults for over 20 years as a teacher, director, choreographer, life coach, expressive arts therapist, and mentor. She is a Professional Certified Life Coach (ICF), CPCC (CTI), a Certified Trauma Professional (IATP), and holds an M.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Dance Movement Therapy.
Kim coaches individuals to expand their possibilities, reach their personal goals, and engage completely in their lives. She specializes in working on the psychosocial/emotional side of coping with medical challenges and disabilities (cancer, Lyme disease, cerebral palsy, etc.) and with teenagers and adults ages 13+ building self-esteem and confidence, healing from trauma and grief, or struggling with anxiety, depression, or self-harm.
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