Brooke is talking with Monique about believing in yourself and saying yes to every opportunityMonique explains how throughout her life she has faced people who have decided she can’t for her that she can’t do something and discusses how she has moved forward to do exactly what she wants to do.She discusses the value of saying ‘yes’ and how the year she said ‘yes’ to everything changed the direction of her life, pushing her to do more and go further
KEY TAKEAWAYS
As an independent person, I wanted to give things a go
Health and safety can play a big role in what people think you should do
There was a perception that I couldn’t look for a career in the Arts because of my disability
People make assumptions about who you are as a disabled woman
In the media, I just don’t see anyone like me
I just want other disabled people to see people like me and know even when people tell you ‘no’ that you can and you should always go for what you want
I constantly push myself to do more and saying yes to everything helped to change everything
BEST MOMENTS‘Go after what you want to do’‘A lot of it is about body positivity‘I had a ‘yes’ year and it changed everything‘If you know you want to do something you shouldn’t let anyone stop you’
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ABOUT THE HOSTDisabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves. The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational. Disabled & Proud does exactly what it says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without the need to conform to society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”. As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!
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