{"id":565,"date":"2021-02-04T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=565"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:29:27","slug":"love-and-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"Love and confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">published in the Republican February 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Many people with disabilities go through periods of doubt and low self-esteem. &nbsp;In order to have a positive self-image, you must learn to accept yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several steps that can be taken. &nbsp;The first one is to only worry about meeting your own expectations. &nbsp;One&nbsp;key step is to not compare&nbsp;yourself with other people because every person is unique and different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone has a right to be&nbsp;independent&nbsp;in their own communities, from working, getting an education and connecting with other people. &nbsp;It is always important to understand that we all need improvement&nbsp;in one way or another. &nbsp;Thus, people should not be too hard on themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We often get caught up in worrying about the future when we should be living in the moment. &nbsp;Each day should be an adventure filled with many possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we have positive energy, we can overcome&nbsp;or find solutions to any problem. &nbsp;It is important to surround yourself with people who accept you for who you are. &nbsp;I always like to remind people that a disability does not define. &nbsp;It is only a characteristic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>published in the Republican February 2021 Many people with disabilities go through periods of doubt and low self-esteem. &nbsp;In order to have a positive self-image, you must learn to accept yourself. There are several steps that can be taken. &nbsp;The first one is to only worry about meeting your own expectations. &nbsp;One&nbsp;key step is to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}