Episode 95: Invisible Wheelchairs with Caroline Young

I’ve processed and shared countless insights from my second-chance life, but no idea has resonated more deeply and widely with you all than the idea of “invisible wheelchairs.” You know what I’m talking about—those unseen parts of our stories that feel like they’re holding us back from the most abundant versions of our lives.

Maybe your invisible wheelchair is shame, doubt, worry, loneliness, or insecurity. As a physically disabled person, I’m dealing with “invisible wheelchairs” that have absolutely nothing to do with my stroke. There’s plenty of dysfunction to go around (HA!) and I’m letting you into what feels most disabling to me these days.

On this episode, my teammate Caroline and I are working through the invisible wheelchairs in our own lives and the opportunities they offer us, if we have eyes to see them.

Tune into this episode to hear how you can…

Identify your invisible wheelchairs

Find creativity within your unique constraints

De-personalize and get curious about your invisible wheelchairs

Show up as the person you are today, not the one you thought you’d be

If you’ve needed language for the inside stuff that’s holding you back, this episode is for you!

Show Notes:

Suffer Strong: How to Survive Anything by Redefining Everything by Katherine and Jay Wolf - https://a.co/d/beOpiYd

Open Spaces Podcast with Jeff and Jourdan Johnson - https://www.theopenspacescollective.com/podcast

⁠⁠Mend Coffee and Goods⁠ - https://www.mendcoffee.org/

⁠⁠Hope Heals Camp⁠⁠ - https://hopeheals.com/camp

The Story Work Conference - https://theallendercenter.org/event/storyworkconference/

Make Sense of Your Story: Why Engaging Your Past with Kindness Changes Everything  by Adam Young - https://theallendercenter.org/event/storyworkconference/

Scriptures referenced in this episode:

Romans 12:!2

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