Posts Tagged ‘self care’

Self Esteem Gets Solidified on A Triathlete Amputee’s First Date, part 2

Written on November 19th, 2009 by Susan Harrowno shouts

“Our stories are in us from a long time ago,” says DeeDee Myers a leadership trainer, speaker, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children. One of her core life stories came as age 16 on her first date. She met a cute boy at a football game on a chilly day so Myers was wearing a jacket. When Myers greeted him at the door when he came to pick her up she immediately saw the look on his face. She said, “I thought, ‘Oh my God, he doesn’t want to go out with me because I only have one arm.’”

A Triathlete Amputee Does a Handstand

Written on October 26th, 2009 by Susan Harrowno shouts

DeeDee Myers is never without a tube of lipstick in her purse. Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, she’s always prepared, always presentable, no matter what. In Eighth grade her mother told her that she needed all the help she could get given that she was born with only one arm.

Are You Comfortable Naked?

Written on October 7th, 2009 by Susan Harrow5 shouts

I’m not.

Last week I performed an experiment. I took off my clothes at my friends house in front of her and her 15 year old daughter.

Why? Because I want to feel completely unencumbered by my body.