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Overcoming Challenges

Get encouragement and practical help in overcoming your major life challenges.  This quad amputee shares stories and tips on the challenges we face in life, and moving past them with faith, gratitude, joy and positivity.

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Overcoming Challenges

26 Powerful and Effective Tips for Overcoming Hardships

ByWendy April 12, 2019June 9, 2025

Sometimes we face challenges in our lives that seem overwhelming and insurmountable.  I promise that if you approach things thinking that they are beyond conquering, you’re going to fail already.  I have come up with…

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How to Overcome the Anniversary Effect

ByWendy March 29, 2019June 9, 2025

When you go through a traumatic situation, you may find yourself reliving that trauma regularly.  This annual trauma is known as the anniversary effect. Also known as the anniversary reaction, its a type of PTSD…

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How to Overcome Challenges: 7 Stories of Triumph

ByWendy February 7, 2019June 9, 2025

We talk a lot about overcoming challenges in this blog. Everyone has struggles that they go through and it’s always interesting to me, the methods that people use to overcome challenges. So I thought I…

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Overcoming the Spirit of Frustration in Life

ByWendy February 1, 2019June 9, 2025

How to Overcome the Spirit of Frustration Last week I was standing in the kitchen, with my husband Mike.  We were planning out our weekly meal plan so we could go grocery shopping.  In a…

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8 Fun Ways to Beat The Winter Blues

ByWendy January 24, 2019June 9, 2025

It’s a long winter in New England, especially if you get the winter blues as I sometimes do.   Do you feel down, discouraged, crabby, and miserable?  Life really doesn’t have to be that way.  So,…

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6 Helpful Ways to Overcome Life’s Difficult Challenges

ByWendy November 21, 2018June 9, 2025

Everyone struggles with things in their life one way or another.  It could be an illness or a breakup, job loss or depression.  I’ve been through cancer, in addition to my more recent situation with…

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How to Unlock Patience and Grace by Waiting for Others

ByWendy October 9, 2018June 9, 2025

One of the biggest drawbacks of being in my particular situation, as a quadruple amputee, is that I am always at the mercy of someone else’s schedule. Can you imagine? Read on to find out…

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