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Voucher Winner!!! Michael Williams

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I had a stroke july 2010 it was a Friday I was looking forward to an early finish but didn't make it into work, everything changed I was 50, there were questions what had I done to deserve this, when am I going to get back to, who I was, who I should be, I wont sell the car, il need it for work, the truth is nothing ever goes back to the way it was I did sell that car however you get strong over time, your life is at a different pace, you find strength, you enjoy simple things I judge less, ive met people good people, my way of dealing with stress was travel, I got bored of being a … [Read more...]

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.                                                                             Helen Keller. Helen Keller is one of my heroes. As a little girl she was struck down by what doctors in the 1880s termed a ‘brain illness’; although it is suspected in modern times that she may have had meningitis or encephalitis. She became deaf and blind as a consequence. My brain injury left me in no way as impaired as Helen Keller, although it did mean living in a different way. A matter of great consequence eight years … [Read more...]

A Joke

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Lawyer: "Did you ever sleep with him in Cardiff?" Witness: "I refuse to answer that question." Lawyer: "Did you ever sleep with him in Carmarthen?" Witness: "I refuse to answer that question." Lawyer: "Did you ever sleep with him in Swansea?" Witness: "No." … [Read more...]

A Joke

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How do you get a sweet little 80-year old lady to swear? Get another  sweet little 80-year old lady to shout, "BINGO!!" … [Read more...]

A Joke

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I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colours yet, so I decided to test her.   I would point out something and ask her what colour it was. She would tell me, and she was always correct. At last she headed for the door, saying wisely, "Granny, I think you should figure out some of these for yourself." … [Read more...]

Exercise makes us happier

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Exercise makes us happier

Lack of physical activity can lower our mood as well as our general health. Many studies show that exercise help people overcome distress, including anxiety, panic and mood swings. Studies have shown that exercise also helps keep anxiety from coming back once an individual feels better. Exercise improves health and well-being of an individual in the following ways:
  • Easing anxiety and reducing tension-exercise acts as a distraction and hence gets you away from negative thoughts that feed anxiety. Exercising on a regular basis will enable you … [Read more...]

Trauma can bring out the best in us

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Is There an Upside to Tragedy? Yes, say psychologists. It's called post-traumatic growth. At 16, my nephew, Kent—an engaging, energetic Indiana kid—was taken by a wildfire-fast leukaemia. The cancer spread with such ferocity, he died within 24 hours of being diagnosed—and probably, the doctors speculated, mere months from the time it took hold. In those boggy, quicksand weeks that followed, as we rummaged numbly for explanations—how was he able to run a five-minute mile just two weeks before? why didn't we know?—other disturbing questions looped through my mind: How … [Read more...]

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