I’m back from Belgium Testing Days. I had a blast. When I was in Belgium, I had a chance to visit with Yves Hanoulle and his delightful family. Lisa Crispin and her husband Bob and I took the train out to see Yves. I’d asked in email how large the gap between the train and […]
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I’ve had a series of small setbacks, mostly emotional. One problem with vestibular conditions is that they vary so much, minute by minute and day by day. I’ve been working with Erik on the hurdles. The good news is this: I discovered I was doing the 12-inch hurdles. The bad news is I can’t seem
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During my workout with Erik this morning, I had troubles with the obstacles. My vertigo varies from minute to minute. My first obstacle set was great. My second set was not so hot. He was using his drill sergeant approach with me, “Come on, Johanna. Just step over it. It hasn’t changed from 12 minutes
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I worked out with Erik yesterday, on something we’ve recently added back into my training: stepping back and forth over obstacles, called hurdles in fitness jargon. These obstacles are the same as the 6″ Step Hurdle we used to use when I worked on general balance before my hemorrhage. Before the hemorrhage, I’d worked up
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Johanna Rothman’s Create an Adaptable Life Vol 1, #2: Choose Again Dec 30, 2011 In This Issue: Choose Again Want Some Help About Choosing Again? See More of Create Adaptable Life Choose Again As I’ve been creating my adaptable life, I had this insight. I realized that I want to treat each day as
At AYE this week, I led a session about adapting to change in your life. One of the participants was considering reminiscing about the way his life used to be. I was horrified. I didn’t say that. What I said was this, “That would be bittersweet for me. I have too many memories of what
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I’ve been battling a 10-20% forward lean with my vertigo. I’m standing much straighter these days, and it’s all because of my hip flexors. I’ve been straightening them. Your hip flexors are small muscles on the front of your hips. If you sit too much, they contract, and you don’t stand up straight. If you,
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People often ask me: How do you fly? That’s because they think my ear is my problem. Nope. My ears don’t have a problem with flying. My middle ears change pressure just fine, thank you. Remember, it’s my inner ear that had the problem. Flying is easy, much easier than driving or walking. And, I’m
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When I tell people I ballroom dance and that I have vertigo, they are surprised. When Mark is with me, they look at him to see if I’m lying. I’m not lying. We adapt almost everything. Here are two examples. In waltz, there is a gorgeous step, called 3/8ths turns. The gentleman leads a left
When I was in 10th grade, I struggled with my foreign language, French. We were translating The Sword of Roland, “L’Epee D’Roland.” I am pretty sure that when I spoke in class, it sounded like “Leh pee (!) deh roa-land.” The correct pronunciation would be “Leh peh deh roh-land.” My teacher that year told me
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