Radiant Living Blog

Even if it means you may fail? Sometimes having the experience over fear is worth it.

If you say a resounding yes, you’re ready for your metaphoric firewalk.

Especially when you’re considering taking action, making changes, and even taking risks to live more the life you want to live.

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Dating confidence comes down to what you believe about yourself and your potential as a partner. As with most things in life, it’s about your mindset.

No one can tell you what to believe. That’s up to you. There are five types of beliefs that will help you feel more positive and successful with dat...

Staring at your disability, as though to say “What’s wrong with you?” can affect your confidence. There is one simple thing you can do to respond and six things to remember when you feel your confidence waning.

Smile, yes, just smile at the starer. That’s the one simple thing to do. Your smile huma...

12 new chapters, at least 366 opportunities (bonus leap day this year and I bet you can find multiple moments in any given day) for creating more of the life you want.

Is this the year things finally change for you? You perhaps take a risk and see that long-awaited dream come true? Maybe you feel r...

Jessica Kramer is back with her most compelling message to date (no pun intended). If you’re looking for a relationship, life with a disability, and maybe are a bit terrified of rejection, keep reading. Hope and encouragement are in store.

My relationship status used to be “its complicated.” I wa...

Radiant Abilities is on a bit of a hiatus due to spending some quality time with my sweet mom. But oh, how you’re always in my mind – planning, strategizing, thinking about providing more encouragement to live fully with disability. And don’t you worry, I know we have to plunge into taking risks. Th...

Have you had those moments in your life in which EVERYTHING CHANGES and more importantly, YOU CHANGE?

They’re often referred to as DEFINING MOMENTS.

They can be the SCARIEST moments we ever experience and afterwards – and probably for the rest of our lives – we are PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL that they oc...

“I don’t feel attractive.”

As I said in my last post, this is a nearly universal response people report as a concern/fear in the dating with disabilities survey.

I grew up with that concern and didn’t shed it until I was well into my thirties, despite dating and having relationships.

It’s a belie...

I believe that my disability makes me unattractive.

I receive comments like this pretty consistently on the Dating for People with Disabilities survey that I always have available for people to take.

The words continue to hurt with every response I read, not out of pity, but empathy.

I once said ...

We’ve been focusing the Radiant Living blog in the month of January on setting you up for living more the life you want this year. We began with Three Tips for Making This Your Year to Live More Empowered, to help you feel less held back by your disability and actually be the launching pad to your h...

No, I’m not at the point of condensing my posts into just seven sentences. 😉

However, I do have seven powerful sentences and a helpful download for you. Before I get to them, though, let me ask you for one word.

One word? What word?

A word that will help shape and propel your year into living mor...

Yes, my sweet boy actually said this to me.

And yes, this week I’m talking about drool. And not just drool, but coming to love (or at least accept) the drool.

Still with me?

I was getting my son dressed one morning when the typical string of saliva fell from my mouth. My boy melted my heart with ...