Moving Forward After a Traumatic Injury or Life-Altering Diagnosis

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Life can change in an instant.

An accident.
A diagnosis.
A moment that divides everything into before and after.

When I was sixteen years old, a traumatic injury crushed my spine during hurricane cleanup, leaving me paralyzed. I survived—but the life I knew was gone. What followed was a long, often quiet journey of learning how to live again in a changed body and an unfamiliar future.

This space exists for people navigating that same reality.

If you are living after a traumatic injury, a life-altering diagnosis, or a sudden loss that reshaped your identity, your body, or your plans, you are not alone—and your life is not over.

Helping You Move Forward After Injury or Diagnosis

I’m a researcher and educator who studies health, movement, and behavior change—but long before any professional role, I was someone learning how to grieve, rebuild, and take the next step forward when the path ahead felt unclear.

Here, I share short reflections and practical teaching to help you:

  • Move forward after injury or diagnosis
  • Rebuild confidence and a sense of agency
  • Navigate life after physical and emotional loss
  • Find meaning, purpose, and momentum again

This work integrates lived experience, research, and faith, with a simple belief at its core:

Movement matters—physically, mentally, and spiritually.

What You’ll Find Here

Each week, you’ll receive a brief reflection designed to help you:

  • Get unstuck after life-altering change
  • Reconnect with your body and mind
  • Take small, meaningful steps forward
  • Build a life of purpose after loss

This is not about pretending things didn’t change or forcing positivity.
It’s about learning how to live well after they did.

Why This Work Exists

Rehabilitation teaches you how to survive an injury.
Very few people teach you how to rebuild a life afterward.

Over the years, I’ve seen people feel frozen—not because they lack strength, but because no one showed them how to move forward after everything changed.

This space is part of a larger project I’m developing, including a book and guided resources focused on helping people move from loss to clarity, confidence, and action again.

If This Is For You

This space is for you if:

  • You’re living after a traumatic injury or diagnosis
  • Your body feels different, but your desire for purpose remains
  • You’re ready to move forward—even slowly

You don’t need to have it all figured out.

You just need to take the next step.

I’m glad you’re here.


Learning To Live After

My work is shaped by lived experience, faith, and years of listening to people who are trying to rebuild their lives when “normal” no longer applies. I don’t offer quick fixes or platitudes. I offer steady guidance, honest reflection, and simple next steps for moving forward. Each week, I share one short reflection designed to help you regain clarity, agency, and purpose—one week at a time.