My 3 ingredients to finding your recovery groove

I have been there.... where you are…. slogging thru the days. It has taken me a long time to understand that without finding your recovery groove, your sweet spot, your true passion, you can get lost in a never-ending mountain of to-dos.

Stroke Recovery, Lifestyle, Editor's Picks, The Power of You, Your VillageStacie BroekAugust 16, 2020strokeawareness, strokewarrior, strokerecovery, strokesurvivor, yourrecoverygroove Comments

Why marriage and stroke have more in common that you think

Sometimes I think my marriage had a stroke

Stroke Recovery, Lifestyle, Editor's Picks, Your Village, Soul, Family BabeStacie BroekAugust 9, 2020strokeawareness, strokeofinsight, strokerecovery, strokesurvivorComment

I think I can, I think I can

4 fundamentals to live by during your recovery

Lifestyle, Most Popular, Stroke Recovery, Most Popluar, Invisible Disabilities, The Power of YouStacie BroekJuly 26, 2020strokerecovery, strokesurvivorness, strokeawareness, strokewarriorComment

3 steps to find your smile during your recovery

Lifestyle, Most Popular, Editor's Picks, Stroke Recovery, The Power of YouStacie BroekJuly 12, 2020strokeawareness, believeinyourwhy, strokewarrior, livethelittlethings, sticktoitness, carotidarterydissection, holistic stroke healingComment

She’s broken or she’s better

I have become a master of the black or white. There are no in-betweens for me. You either see a well-put-together master of disguise or a shockingly, unraveled woman coming apart at her seams. I am definitely broken.

Lifestyle, Stroke Recovery, Editor's Picks, Family, Family Babe, BodyStacie BroekJuly 5, 2020my2pt0, strokerecovery, strokeawareness, myvillage Comments

You are a bi*ch and a bully

After suffering a life-changing event, here are 7 steps I found to help mend the broken fences of my soul.

Stroke Recovery, Stroke Tales, Lifestyle, Your Village, SoulStacie BroekJune 28, 2020braininjury, braindamage, emotionalregulation, strokerecovery, strokeawareness Comments

3 things I have to re-relearn

Scared because this world has shown me that it is a big, dark creepy place, one where bad things happen to unsuspecting people. I am not saying that this is a rational thought, but it is my fear, one which I try to manage every day.

With all of the mental tennis going on in my head, it strikes me that I have another few lessons to re-relearn.

Lifestyle, Stroke Tales, The Power of You, Invisible Disabilities, MindStacie BroekJune 14, 2020strokeawareness, strokewarrior, strokesurvivorness, youngstrokesurvivorComment

Finding your stroke-recovery mojo

3 Steps to finding your stroke-recovery mojo:

#1 Take a Break

#2 Reconnect with Your Goals

#3 Set Yourself up for a Win

It sounds simple, right? To put it into action, to get back your stroke-recovery mojo or to just get you re-focused on your path read along.

Stroke Recovery, Lifestyle, The Power of YouStacie BroekMay 31, 2020strokerecovery, strokesurvivor, youngstrokesurvivor, strokewarriorComment

3 tips to get the most out of your stroke recovery

I wish someone had clued me in on these: 3 self-advocating TIPS on how to MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STROKE RECOVERY. (Especially the first one.)

Lifestyle, Most Popluar, Editor's Picks, Your Village, The Power of You, BodyStacie BroekMay 24, 2020strokerecovery, strokeawareness, strokesurvivorness, youngstrokesurvivor Comments

Finding your why.... a stroke survivor’s tale

Lifestyle, Most Popluar, Stroke Tales, My Village, The Power of You, SoulStacie BroekMay 17, 2020findingyourwhy, strokeawareness, strokewarrior, strokerecovery, strokesurvivor Comment

Believe it: A tale of stroke recovery-ness

When I hit my first stroke anniversary in February, I had feelings of elation.

I had made it so far!

Then the weeks passed by and I could feel my steam lessening with each day, trudging up the slippery slope of my recovery. I found it was work that was beneath me, in some ironical way.

Lifestyle, Editor's Picks, The Power of You, Invisible Disabilities, BodyStacie BroekMay 10, 2020believeinyourwhy, sticktoitness, strokerecovery, strokeawareness, strokewarrior Comments

He said. She said.

My wedding picture caught my eye today. It left me wondering, had we known the future, we would have still gotten married….

Lifestyle, Family, Most Popluar, Your VillageStacie BroekMay 2, 2020strokerecovery, strokeawareness, livefullyalive, lifeafterstroke Comment

3 things I love most about self-isolating

In Japan, Editor's Picks, Family, Lifestyle, Your Village, The Power of YouStacie BroekApril 26, 2020covid19, discovery, reconnect, strokeawareness, strokesurvivorComment

3 tips to survive these days

Most Popluar, Lifestyle, In JapanStacie BroekApril 17, 2020covid19, strokewarrior, strokerecoveryComment

A letter to Tokyo, from one of your adopted children

In Japan, Lifestyle, Most PopluarStacie BroekMarch 28, 2020covid19, livingintokyo, strokeawareness, stopthespread, flattenthecurve, staciebroekComment

Finding hope in this crazy, mixed-up world

Editor's Picks, Lifestyle, The Power of You, Your VillageStacie BroekMarch 15, 2020findinghope, circleofsupport, find your why, slayyourdragon, strokewarriorComment

It takes a village

Five kinds of people I've met thru, or because of, my stroke recovery

Lifestyle, Most Popluar, Your Village, Family Babe, Social PixieStacie BroekMarch 8, 2020myvillage, sparklypeople, strokerecovery, ittakesavillageComment

52 weeks, a tale of stroke-survivor-ness

As I sit here, I’m celebrating 52 weeks of pain. One solid year of learning everything from how to walk and how to talk. However, this milestone, encapsulates my life’s starting point. It is like everything has been brought, suddenly, to life and I'm celebrating my one year birthday.

Lifestyle, Most Popluar, Invisible Disabilities, Stroke Recovery, The Power of You, Your VillageStacie BroekFebruary 19, 2020strokeawareness, week52, stroke-anniversary, strokesurvivorness, ataleofhope Comments

the

JOURNAL

I had made it so far!