A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
How do you think a blind woman and her guide dog would experience a four-day hike along the beautiful coastline of South Africa? That’s the story I’m sharing in my latest podcast episode, Paws on the Path – Hiking the. Pondo Trail with Angela Blackwell and Guide Dog Jaydee. What I love about this episode …
Have you ever wanted to be a guest on the A Different Way of Seeing podcast, a podcast where we talk all things disability? If so, now is the time. I’m starting to record new episodes for the show and would love to invite you to reach out if you have a disability or are …
Since I first posted about my new writing project about a young woman named Carli, people have been asking me to share about how I came to write the book. It’s a rather peculiar story. I drafted the first version of Carli’s story many years ago. Then I totally ignored it. Until recently. If you’d …
When I first started dialysis, which coincidentally is almost exactly a year ago, I found myself scrolling through the dialysis groups I had joined on Facebook. I was startled by the number of posts relating to hair loss. It seemed that many dialysis warriors were trying to find ways to combat this scourge. Apparently, it …
That began to change back in 2021. That was the year that colleague and friend Rebecca Mmatshepo Sibiya and I formed an accountability partnership. Since then we have checked in on our goals each week, holding each other accountable through a mixture of support, encouragement and (at times) tough love.. It has been a game …
It’s time for another guest post, and I’m truly excited to bring this one to you. I’m passionate about empowering people to make their content more accessible to those of us living with disabilities. Today’sw Today’s article will do just that – let you know How to ensure your PDFs and e-books can be more …
I had such fun describing the books I enjoyed reading in 2025 during December here on the Beyond Sight blog. But now it’s time to look forward to some of my plans for the coming year One goal that I’m excited to share with you is that of my newest writing project. I’m turning my …
Each year I try to read five books that are considered to be classics. Usually I try to find books I haven’t read before, or some that I may have read when I was young but honestly can’t remember. When I was a teenager I went through a phase of reading the classics. I thought …
Back in 2020 I realized that I wasn’t reading the non-fiction books in my collection. And yet I seemed to be accumulating them at an alarming rate, mostly due to friends and colleagues writing books, and through various seminars and summits I was attending online. Back then I set the intention of reading at least …
Over the years it has become important for me to read books that allow me to better understand the experiences of people whose backgrounds differ from my own. I have come to appreciate the wealth of voices that are available in both the fiction and non-fiction spaces. I am fascinated by what I can learn …