I love that word indomitable. Sometimes when I have fallen I will get in fetal position then to my knees crawl a little then rise up like a phoenix rising from the ashes. Hold my head high feet grounded in the earth and walk with purpose. Roll shoulders up back and down take a deep inhale and hum out on the exhale to support my vagus nerve. So grateful for God helping me build my closet of tools.

Hi Amanda. I am giving you a virtual hug. When I am faced with things out of my control I continue putting one foot in front of the other while praying eating healthy going for a walk. Writing a gratitude. I find that whatever I focus on grows. It’s like I have to switch gears. 😘

@Amanda Antonini I pray the hand of God touches and heals your husband. Thank you God in advance for healing Amanda’s husband. God please bless Amanda with calming her worries. Talk to her and let her know you are with her too. Amen.

Good morning. Happy Monday. What motivated me to share this poem written by Sierra was prompted by a conversation Sierra and I had regarding my memory of the blink of an eye being 15 now 57. We had a beautiful adult conversation which reminded me of a conversation I had with my now deceased mother. My mother as she sat in her wheelchair and I were looking at photos of her when she was in her twenties. She was gorgeous. I recall vividly in the moment telling her how beautiful she was and her having tears rolling down her face as she was not able to do the work to see how beautiful she was and I believe she didn’t like herself for the choices she made from not healing her own inner child before having 5 children. Now my generation and the next and the next are now doing the work. My mother in that moment saw how beautiful the young her was but at that time in her life she didn’t see it. And now remembering that conversation, I have then and since been embracing the the fact that I am beautiful inside and out. I am Gods masterpiece, as we all are. As I embrace my crown of glory no longer dying my hair. Never have worn makeup. I look in the mirror and say. I love you. I really love you and accept you as you are. And as I learn I teach. My daughters Sierra who is 36 and Francesca who is now 32 and I have beautiful adult conversations and I share the work I do to heal the little me that no one tended to and tell them, I love them and if I knew better I would have done better as Maya Angelou said. Meaning I would have learned to nurture love and parent the little child within me that didn’t get parented, cared for, or loved before I had kids. But I didn’t. So as I learn, I share, teach and encourage. Where there is breath there is hope.

An addendum to that blog I just posted is Sierras poem just written today. Sierra and I are healing as a unit in my opinion. Check this out. Written by the one and only my Medicine Writer. Beautiful and intelligent daughter Sierra. https://healingwordsofhers.com/2025/11/03/455/

Welcome Mark. So excited you joined the Living Strong tribe

It took me a year to learn all over 100 moves. There are 3 sets and I wasn’t in a rush to learn. I thoroughly enjoyed the process. During that first year I was kept in certain positions for long periods of time which helped lick in the memory. I started Thai Chi in April of 2013.