My disability hasn’t changed or gone away. What has shifted is my relationship with my disability; rather than feeling betrayed by my body, I am at peace with what is.”— Marianne DiBlasi
Part of my personal mission is to be in service to a community of adults who wish to live full and complete lives while managing health issues, whether disabled since birth or acquired later in life. I work with the following populations:
- Adults Living with a Disability Whether Visible or Hidden
- Adults Whose Lives have Changed Due to Illness or Injury from Disease, Accident, War, or Aging.
Loss of health and/or a disability can exist from birth, can occur as a gradual decline or can happen instantly. Regardless of how you experience this loss, there is often grief and mourning of either the life that will never be or of what has been taken away.
Along with limitations, there is the loss of dreams, hopes and expectations of how your life will be—whether the condition is permanent of temporary.
The primary focus of medical professionals is to focus on healing and improving the function of your physical body. This can result in surgeries, treatments medication and rehabilitation—all of which are scary, painful and have no guaranteed outcome. From a medical perspective, once a person has physically recovered or healed to the level they can or will, the healing is assumed to be complete.
In truth, the physical healing is just a beginning. There is also the continued healing of the whole person — Mind, Body, Spirit and Emotions.
With courage and gentleness – even a bit of levity – I can assist you with the healing of your heart and spirit, and navigating changes in your relationships. Together we can:
- Sort through the thoughts, feelings and beliefs that you are experiencing – whatever they are.
- Address the impact your physical limitations are having on work, social and intimate relationships.
- Adapt to the practicalities of living with a disability, illness or other health condition.
- Develop support systems to help you manage your life with independence and confidence.
- Explore the meaning or significance of your challenging life experiences.
As a child growing up with a disability and even sometimes as an adult, I’ve thought, “Nobody gets it. I’m alone with this experience. There’s really no one I can turn to, and no one that gets it.” Most activities and decisions feel fraught with complexity and you dream of a life that’s easy and free.
It’s natural to feel trapped and wish your disability would just go away.
Living on the edge without having someone it’s safe to be real with can be more limiting than the physical disability itself.
Together, we can sort through the challenges you are experiencing so you can feel more fully alive and empowered. You don’t need to go through this alone.
Contact me if you want a partner who holds a safe and welcoming space to support you.
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