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Recommenced: Motivation > Limitation
From our darkest moments, once we persevere and remain steadfast, we can succeed in overcoming our challenges head on. We can feel powerful, strong, and amazing.We can achieve anything we want, once we believe in ourselves. I know this for absolute certainty, because I have lived it. This is the story of how I Recommenced my life and kept my Motivation > my Limitation
388 pages, Paperback
Published March 29, 2018
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July 7, 2021
This honestly told memoir of growing up in Ireland grips us from Tracey's age of eight, when this otherwise normal girl suddenly developed a rare condition called muscular dystonia. The little girl, her family, the medical community, school and later on the wider community, all had to come to terms with this disability and find workarounds.
I particularly was interested in the experience of Tracey's mother, who was not believed by doctors, and was even suspected by them of causing the problem. Dramatic new evidence proved them wrong, but they didn't apologise. Other women have told me of how male doctors did not believe them or undermined their capacity to care for their children.
We can all learn from reading this book, some ways in which we can help those who have disabilities. For instance, Tracey needs to talk by typing words into her phone, so she had to ask for help this way a few times. Sports, fitness and motivation trainers all just accepted Tracey into their classes, and she outdid many others at running. We can help people fit in and do as much as they can do; they will prove a good example.
The reactions of readers will vary. I was less interested in the various members of Tracey's wider family and would have liked to know more about how she got through her student days. I would also like to know more about the wide travelling Tracey and her partner have accomplished and enjoyed. But as a motivational speaker, Tracey prefers to give us her learned experience of how life can kick you down but you can find ways to climb back up and be your best self. I am sure many readers will benefit from this section.
The tone of this memoir is conversational, informed and human. I believe people from teens to adults could read and appreciate the story. The paperback is a lovely book to handle and quite substantial.
The author gave a talk to the college where I was studying, and I often thought of her achievement. This is an unbiased review.
I particularly was interested in the experience of Tracey's mother, who was not believed by doctors, and was even suspected by them of causing the problem. Dramatic new evidence proved them wrong, but they didn't apologise. Other women have told me of how male doctors did not believe them or undermined their capacity to care for their children.
We can all learn from reading this book, some ways in which we can help those who have disabilities. For instance, Tracey needs to talk by typing words into her phone, so she had to ask for help this way a few times. Sports, fitness and motivation trainers all just accepted Tracey into their classes, and she outdid many others at running. We can help people fit in and do as much as they can do; they will prove a good example.
The reactions of readers will vary. I was less interested in the various members of Tracey's wider family and would have liked to know more about how she got through her student days. I would also like to know more about the wide travelling Tracey and her partner have accomplished and enjoyed. But as a motivational speaker, Tracey prefers to give us her learned experience of how life can kick you down but you can find ways to climb back up and be your best self. I am sure many readers will benefit from this section.
The tone of this memoir is conversational, informed and human. I believe people from teens to adults could read and appreciate the story. The paperback is a lovely book to handle and quite substantial.
The author gave a talk to the college where I was studying, and I often thought of her achievement. This is an unbiased review.
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