Hello!!! If you are wanting recovery ideas on TBI – PTSD or Transient Amnesia, please go to “Understanding TBIs https://micheleelys.com/category/understanding-tbis-recovery-solutions/ This is free and I will continue to write more when time allows. Thank you MicheleElys My story started about fifty some years ago with my French Canadian mother (from Montreal) who fell in love…
A Dog’s Love
A Dog’s’ Love In Passing! This is a Quiet Sunday! One of Love and somolness. Love requires letting go at any time necessary Sometimes love requires we let go when we love with our entire heart A dear friend and her husband are euthanizing their 9 year old Mastiff to the Rainbow of dogs. There…
Connecting with Trust
Never be rude to a first time caller. Or any caller. Learn to #Listen like a Dog. Their attentiveness elevates trust. Trust forms bonds when you care, your reputation will spread quickly. If you don’t have the time to be congenial or in a rush; don’t answer that phone call. If you are rude, you…
No Prejudice
My first Rottweiler was a children’s therapeutic dog, visiting and playing with hundreds of kids, all screaming and running, hugging and jumping on her, Seybrook loved every moment, she lived for 14.5 years. Seybook, when finding abandoned kittens, her body automatically came into her milk and would nurse. I never felt safer in this world…
Connecting Equals Opportunity
Arrogate: There is a growing Hypocrisy about numbers that we do not speak, yet post loudly! Size does matter!! Let’s get honest, and bespeak truthfully. Connecting, face to face and social media is about numbers, “”Having a relationship” connecting – referring – assisting and more! It is who you know and how many at the same…
Dogs Evolution & Acceptance
#WednesDogDay! Every Wednesday I plead with people to adopt, rescue, love your dog. And this goes for all animals. Why? Because we have an over domesticated animal crises. Over 1,200,000 puppies are born each day around the globe. Spay and neutering for most people in different states and countries are an extreme cost. Thankfully…
Don’t Suffocate Your Dog!
In the heat of a car, a dog can suffocate in a matter of minutes. The retinas of the feature photo dog were bleeding due to car heat. It is PAINFUL! Today, I was going in to get my hair trimmed. As I parked next to a car, there was a Husky panting. It is…
Are You Open to Life
HOW MANY DIFFERENT CUISINES DO YOU PERUSE BEFORE GOING OUT TO EAT? Diversity! How many different musics – entertainment – fairs – style of clothing – pottery and dishware have you in your life? Divergence! When out at friends’ party, does anyone have the same outfit on? Deviation! And how diverse are your thoughts from…
Rewire for Success
rewiring means we must think differently! This is not as difficult as it sounds. A contemplation action in a physical action world, might seem contrary to what is necessary. However to rewire is to quiet the body and mind, adapting to different modals. We must have resilience for each outcome, and not make assumptions how…
Hope to Courage
Come to me softly and gently with kindness, Dear Monday As we wake, I looked high and low to find hope. Come to me softly and gently dear Monday. Passing Smiles opens my heart, kindness fills a vacuum. Returning smiles gently as I stroll, I might find courage along the way. Come to me softly and…
Violating Shame of Rape
Rape Speaks loudly of Shame, reliving the violence in fear! These bloodsheds of brutality have been a male rampage for millennials. Women have long been sexually assaulted long before historical writings, before the first alphabet was formed in Egypt 1900 BC. Hypatia, well known Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician from Alexandria, 370CE a scribe,…
Formula For Life
I wish I had a formula for life. I will share what I do know. Live the best you can through each moment. Through the Joy and Tragic crossroads. We assure ourselves with platitudes, “everything is going to be OK!” The OK factor, is an Unknown; with an “OK” factor, that we wish would have a…
The Power of Vulnerability
“With Delightful Pleasure, I present Balasubramanyam, who graces our website by his written depths of wisdom. Balasubramanyam shares his youthful experiences, resonating as gone by Sages of old prudence and sophistication. In Balasubrahmanyam’s words, do enjoy. The Power of Vulnerability” I was raised in a culture where going near the water was associated with a fear…
Life or Death ~ Choose
Today is a new day ~ make a choice These past 8 eights weeks have been filled with life and death! From death of my Sädé, to my decision to end a mentoring time; this brought heartache to a lovely lady. There is a time when those we care for, must stand on their feet,…
SunLight! by Balasubramanyam
Life Lessons Learnt From My Dog #WednesDogDay – with Balasubramanyam! A most wondrous Gentleman I met about a year ago. He seldom publishes, and when he does, Joy ~ Tears ~ Learning ~ Happiness ~ Hearts Open and so much more begin to unravel. I am truly beyond words to share his wisdom with the…
Rebirth by Upalparna
Upalparna writes from India. It is a great pleasure to feature a beautiful writer in Upalparna! Her words dive deep into the hearts of individuals; touching forgotten recesses of Life and Death. No matter the subjects’ difficulty, Upalparna brings tenderness along with a different view of each subject. In Upalparna’s words – with pleasure I…
Sädé R.I.P.
The unexpected flavors of grief! This was the most difficult article to write, it has taken me six weeks I do not wish to hear “I am sorry.” No one understands a person’s personal grieving. Grief is too intimate. Worse are those who immediately take away from the grieving person, with their own grueling stories. Listen…
April 5th A Diamond!
I am astounded!! April 5th meant, this was Bette Davis’ birthday and mine! The Diamond is the Birth Stone of April and Diamonds come in an array of colours! Ruby, Yellow, Pink, Black as shown here, and more. The Black Diamond How diamonds are cut and polished can be broken down into five steps: planning, cleaving, bruting, polishing…
Majic of Spring
spring comes alive with nature all around us I am mesmerized by nature and for the most part have nothing to say except; Watch everything around you. Irises dancing in water Hummingbirds flutter in sprinklers and around orange and red flowers Springtime brings new hope after death may have torn us into deep grief….
Love & Courage
Would you rather go to a war and come home scarred for life, or live a life through loving embrace. Think upon this very carefully! I hear all too often the extreme lessons in life, the hardships, the down trodden, rub your nose in manure are the greatest lessons, all in a Poetic frame. “We…
Denial! WHY??
This is a very serious subject, in all areas of human life, not just for TBI injured people who suffer in silence. At a TedTalk I listened to a young teacher talk about a student, the story was heart wrenching. There was a standing ovation with a resounding applause. Later, I spoke with the disheartened…
