#iChoose

Dec 3, 2021
1 min

iBackTheAbiBill

This bill is a breath of fresh air. Its relatable, needed and beneficial to any and everyone that may have had or is experiencing a brain injury. Today is its 2nd reading in Parliament. What an acquired brain injury covers: This Bill is calling for a comprehensive strategy to be implemented in order to meet the needs of adults and children with an acquired brain injury. This strategy, to be published no later than April 2023, aims to improve the provision of services by lo

Nov 22, 2021
2 min

Its My Right to be Who I am!

Someone recently tapped me on my shoulder this weekend and whispered in my ear...You Annabel Aaron have no right to remain less than who you are supposed to be! I said WHAT!? WHAT are you talking about? They then went on to emphasise that I was committing an offence as long as I am living less than who I am! Whaoooooh! Heavy right? That person was my subconscious self! That little voice that is part and parcel of who you are! That voice that often speaks the truth when y

Jul 19, 2021
2 min

...Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile...

I have been a fan of the movie 'Annie' since I can remember. I am so proud to share that with you - just like The Sound of Music....oh my...these are absolute classics. If you were to ask how many times I have watched both movies from beginning to end - I'm talking about the originals...ive watched them both easily over 50 times each. Either Christmas or maybe even Easter these were guaranteed movies to watch! My oldest daughter has been singing a lot of the songs in Annie

Jul 2, 2021
2 min

My Close Friend of Choice - Persistence!

Life is a series of events, circumstances, situations and moments! Whether good or bad life happens! Friendships and relationships are tested, ones emotional state can be compromised, physically one can feel torn apart, tattered or even battered! How about when one feels that everything that can go wrong or can be forgotten happens! Refuse to give up! In fact think on it from another perspective!!! Choose to give up on taking the easy route of life...Choose to give up on e

Jun 16, 2021
2 min

#IChoose to SEEk...

I dropped my daughter off at nursery the other day and whilst driving back home I could hear myself saying - Annabel be conscious! I thought, what is that supposed to mean? When I thought about what the 'it' was referring to, 'it' was referring to my driving and my surroundings...I was on auto-pilot!...driving and not paying close attention or thinking about how to drive or even where I was going! As soon as I plugged into my present state, I could hear and feel myself brea

May 27, 2021
2 min

The Audacity to Change My Story!

#IChoose to Change my story not from now! But from RIGHT NOW! Yes I’ve said it! #IChoose To Change My Story! I have consciously chosen to take full and complete responsibility for who I am now and who I intend on becoming! I don’t have time to wait for the perfect time and continue to wait or even blame challenges that are on a mission to hold me back or down! No! I have to give permission to do that...and if I had given permission I’m taking it all right back RIGHT NOW!

Apr 16, 2021
2 min

YOU are invited to My FIRST (Virtual) Brain Aneurysm Summit...

11 years ago, on 1st April 2010 I experienced a brain aneurysm. The fact that I am alive today is a miracle. For 10 years since my aneurysm I have been isolating myself from the world- Yes self imposed isolation based on the injuries and the emotional war that I was not prepared for or warned about. But on 1st April 2020, I woke up, faced myself in the mirror and said to myself " Today #Ichoose Life". I started a blog, and let it all out (from the perspective of a survivor).

Feb 12, 2021
1 min

The Audacity to Persevere!

The caption of this picture struck me. It captures the reason why I must continue to blog. I have 2 girls and they are watching their mother every single day, picking up on what I do (and what I do not do). One of the most beautiful things that my eldest daughter shared with me just this week - was that she reads my blogs! I thought WHAT! where, when and how do you get to read my blogs? I apparently leave it open on my laptop and as long as its open she would always read

Feb 5, 2021
2 min

The Audacity Challenge Begins!

I was driving my daughter to nursery this morning and I had music playing in the background - and then it stopped. My daughter then said "Mummy I want to Choose!", she wanted to choose the next song! The manner in which she asked struck me, she didn't ask in the form of a question, it came across more of her right and privilege. That struck me and forced me to announce a challenge that I would like you to journey on with me. It is called - The Audacity Challenge! Audaci

Jan 27, 2021
2 min

The Year of FIRSTs: My First Journal

This weekend (23/01/21) has to be one of the best weekends I have had in a very long time...It was my birthday... yeahhhhh (20 something again) and I had a weekend of pampering, a makeover, a new wardrobe, a Zoom celebration AND the launch of my FIRST (of many FIRSTs) journal! I was blown away! My journal is real, my blogsite is real and my blog site has now been transformed into an E-Commerce site so I can sell my own products on my own website! What an achievement! What a m

Jan 5, 2021
1 min

Be Ready! Make 2021 Your Best Year Yet!!

This year will be one of growth and excitement! I am excited as I will be releasing a series called 'Gifting Adversity'. Our mindset is key! Every day of this year... #IChoose to be bold! #IChoose to be a positive thinker #IChoose to be audacious (more on that next week!! I am excited) #IChoose to grow daily into the best version of myself #IChoose to have a growth mindset #IChoose to make every day count!!

Dec 31, 2020
2 min

Look Forward to 2021

What a year 2020 has been! This is my last blog for 2020, as the last day (hours and minutes) of 2020 quickly closes in. I am excited about what I have planned. It will bless you, I am quite sure of that! I have chosen to take back control of my months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. Watch! I refuse to give room for distraction and perspectives that hold me back rather than propel me forward! Use the remaining days (before work resumes) to be full of joy with tho

Dec 4, 2020
2 min

#Be An Overcomer and Overcome The Odds!

So...a few months ago I was asked to be featured in a magazine. WHAT!!! ME!! As the question was asked and landed in my conscious mind, I thought - me...Annabel Aaron...really! What do I have to say? What do I remember that people would want to hear? Do I remember enough to fill up a paragraph let alone a feature in the magazine? I had a myriad of thoughts, questions, doubts and criticisms racing through my mind. Whilst the nagging and negative thoughts were throwing dart

Nov 25, 2020
2 min

Success Or Failure - Be Intentional!

I had to repeat the image of my last blog. I was struck by it after I had published it. Can you imagine that, I was looking at it whilst I was writing up the blog, but it was not until I had published it that I saw and read into the image....ummmmmmmm looking and seeing...is there a difference??? That's a title for another blog. So, once it was published I was transfixed on the image, the 2 nouns in the image, they made me think...think that there was a relationship betwee

Nov 20, 2020
2 min

What are you Thinking?

I had an interesting week this week. My emotions were flying every where and questions were being thrown at me...all in my head! All of a sudden I experienced a flood of emotions and felt my eyes well up and not long after that I felt the stream of tears running down my cheeks. Errrr where was this coming from? I shrieked! I could not answer? Why was this happening? Again I could not answer. I locked myself in my study and put some of my Gospel music on (I run to that an

Nov 12, 2020
3 min

The Joy or Remembering

Last week I set myself a challenge... and I passed it...wooopwooowwoooop. Your probably thinking - what was the challenge? Well, I now know a phone number that I used to know with ease, I can recite it with ease and few (if any) errors. That was the challenge I set myself - to remember a mobile number. I've come across and suggested ways of remembering things. What's funny is that I unconsciously applied a process to learning and remembering the mobile number. The first

Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Integrity and The Art of...

How can Remembering be an art and what has it to do with Integrity - your probably asking yourself? and that’s a fair question! So, I experienced a brain aneurysm in 2010 ( on the 1st April...of all 365 days of the year - please go to www.annabelaaron.com for fuller details), and its only in this lockdown season that I have accepted that it happened and more importantly the person that I am today! Just to add (and I will share at some point) the beautiful opportunities that

Aug 4, 2020
3 min

A muscle I never knew I needed!

It was a new day and another drive back from dropping my daughter at the nursery. I was listening to my thoughts, what I was thinking about? As soon as I asked myself that an intriguing question came to me - is success a muscle? As I pondered on the question, I remembered how I got into exercising. It was a summer break from school with 6-8 weeks of no school. I had become an avid sports person at school. I played netball, rounders, tennis, and ran the 200M and 400M for

Jul 31, 2020
2 min

Seek Joy Every Day!

It takes the same effort to smile as it does to frown! It takes the same effort to think of something positive as it does to think of something negative! So why do we quickly defer to a negative stance on things?? This thought...these questions came to me after a Bible Study session with my girlfriends. I found it to be so relevant to where I am right now at this moment. I’m searching for a job whilst at the same time exploring opportunities to make extra income that woul

Jul 24, 2020
2 min

What is Blocking You From Seeing Beyond?

I was on my way to pick my daughter up from nursery driving on the motor way. I was enjoying the drive as I could see ahead very clearly. All of a sudden a van drove passed me and then moved ahead of me into the lane i was in. I was annoyed to say the least. Why?? Although we were both in the fast lane he was blocking my view. With cars you can see though the glass, with a van - all blocked up- all I could see was the back of the van. So, I was moving ahead but there wa