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Limits to Liberation: Building Resilience in Business
Read part 2 here and part 3 here. I didn’t plan to be an entrepreneur. It was a necessity that grew out of the life I was living, and the challenges I was managing. When you can’t sit up, can’t move your arms of legs but need to change the world and earn a living what else is there? However, I did choose to learn to be resilient, which allowed me to run my business successfully… Maybe you have health challenges too or perhaps you are dealing with a day job, caring for a loved one, children or a rapidly expanding company. I believe That we can live a full-hearted life…
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Hospital Shops Branded Too Expensive: Healing Boxes Offers an Alternative
Further to news about hospital shops expensive prices, reported by The Times here social entrepreneur, Grace Quantock, Founder of not-for-profit gift company Healing Boxes CIC, based in Pontypool, Torfaen, has this to say: “I believe hospital gifts can be affordable, useful and ethical, which is why I founded Healing Boxes, selling tailored gifts for people with illness/disability/in hospital at non-profit prices. We offer an alternative to expensive hospital gift shops and post affordable, ethical gifts worldwide (even to your hospital ward). In hospital gifts and cards can be essential – a vital connection to family, friends and daily life“. Check out our new Hospital Box, designed by people with illness (and…
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My Life on a Plate: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Time & Energy
My day begins with a waking prayer and my homeopathic medication. Because of this I can’t eat or drink anything within 30 minutes of rising but as soon as I can, I have warm water and lemon with a glass straw (especially on grey mornings like this). It’s so warming and cleansing in the morning. And my body is doing so much wonderful work, healing, repairing and keeping me alive – I want to give it all the support I can! For breakfast I have a green smoothie and green juice. We begin with a smoothie as I kept having a surge of energy on waking and then dipping later.…
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Trailblazer Interview: Tiphany Adams – Push Girls
At age 17 Tiphany Adams was a high school senior with dreams of modelling when the car she was riding in was hit head on by a drunk driver on October 15, 2000. Three lives were lost in the accident and Tiphany was the only survivor of the 130 mph impact crash. She was diagnosed as a paraplegic with a T10 fracture and L2 movement and persevered through months of painful recovery to graduate with her class the following June. Born in Lodi, California, Tiphany has always been a small-town girl with big dreams. Today she pushes forward, pursuing her passions as an actress, abilities advocate and fitness evolutionary. She…
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