MIKAH BLOG
Thriving After Two Genetic Cancers
"When we realize that being a victim of anything, is a choice, even if we have been victimized, we get a dose of super strength to march on and confront the Bully of hardship head on."
Lessons from Daryl
" I miss how proud he used to be of me. Thinking of that emotion, I really understood what Daryl was missing and how painful this must have been".
Searching for Love and Validation
"I became a single mom, really unsure about anything. I didn’t have a good family support system and the survival fire in me was bursting. I knew I would have to work hard, stop blaming others, stop waiting to be saved and really save myself. I wanted to be a role model for my son."
Lessons Learned from Loretta
Loretta took time-out, a year and a half of self-discovery. Time-outs are hard. They involve patience, devotion, commitment, and Loretta had it all. I can’t even think about putting myself in time-out for days, and I am in awe of her commitment to herself, to self-discovery and self-improvement.
Getting my Sh*t Together by 60
My brother died for no good reason. He touched the truck and got electrocuted. He was not there to save anyone. There was no heroic act, just a simple accident that took his life. It was time to accept it for what it was. I had found a newspaper clipping; I had it in my possession the entire time, but I didn’t read or internalize the facts. It was so much easier to tell an incredible story of heroism, in order to make the loss less devastating.
Lessons from Satine Phoenix
I always say that the difference between the survivor and the thriver is mainly that the thriver is a giver. They take what broke them to help others, and there is no question that Satine is a thriver. Satine found her Ikigai.
Learning from Madeleine's Kintsugi Story
If you let go of anger, you open the door to joy. This happened when she could think about her circumstances in a more empathetic way. She began understanding a bit of the other side. Madeleine grasped that these men were not born evil, that at some point they were innocent babies. Something awful must have happened to them to turn them into rapists, and she could actually feel compassion and empathy.
Important lessons I learned from Chara
By chance, Chara discovered that her name means Joy in Greek. She asked her parents why they gave her that name, and they said that they liked the sound of it. Chara does not believe in coincidences, and she accepts the challenge.
Reflections from a different vantage point
It is hard to see the detail when we are so close to the picture. But the miracles in our own journeys are sprinkled through our lives and if we want to see, we may need to just step back a bit and look onto our lives as an outsider and we will also, be able to see the miracles within.
A Second Act Story
I was physically and emotionally ill. My immune system was a compromised. I was crumbling.
Dreams of Motherhood Shattered
I was crying, and I told my husband,
"I mourn the death of me."
"Why is everything so out of control?"
"I hate what I see in the mirror."
"Why am I so upset about my scars?"
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