With a compelling challenge to ""Check Your Passion, "" this book ignites people's ability to choose what they do, why they do it, and who they do it with.

Mitch was five when he learned his mother would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. If he hadn't grown up with such an inspirational mother, however, he wouldn't have been prepared for what would come. At 35, the same age as his mother when she had her accident, Mitch began experiencing symptoms of primary progressive multiple sclerosis, a particularly disabling form of MS, and his physical challenges grew to resemble his mother's. In the ensuing years, he muddled through the ethical swampland of clinical trials, navigated the minefield of experimental treatments, and became a popular blogger and disability advocate. Equal parts entertaining and inspiring, Enjoying the Ride tells an extraordinary mother and son story, provides a behind-the-scenes view of the lives of disabled people, and reveals the previously untold story about the night Mitch's mother was injured.

There is so much to life, and those who have clocked up some time on Earth will have amassed much experience that should be passed on. Reflecting on his years, Robert Osbourne writes Enjoy the Ride! his A-Z handbook sharing much of what he has seen, heard, enjoyed, endured and even suffered over the years. Progressing from ‘ambition’ to ‘zest’, Robert shares 26 messages to his children, though their sentiment is universal. He encourages his readers to make the most of life, be creative, determined and kind, and to push themselves through the challenges that life throws. Whether read as a whole or as individual letters, Enjoy the Ride! has something for everyone to take away. R is for read on…

When Torri, an educated, professional, African American, woman finds herself stuck in a life she can hardly stand, at a job she hates, single and alone; shes not quite sure what has to change, but one thing she knows for certain is that SOMETHING HAS GOT TO CHANGE! Once she makes the unusual and unexpected decision to buy a sports bike, her whole life changes and quickly! Enjoy the Ride is about one womans story of pain and loss, success and failure, love and heartache, and everything in between once one decides to take their life and their destiny into their own hands. Enjoy the Ride chronicles Torris story in a light and humorous, yet touching way, that pulls the reader in and entertains and enlightens them about the world of biking from a sassy womans perspective! Enjoy the Ride is a whirlwind and a fast ride down the road to liberation that includes all the curves and corners that life entails and one womans ability to lean and ride with the best of them. Readers will get pulled into this book and find its a fast page turner of fun and unexpected delightpage after page!

This collection of devotionals started as morning emails to a friend. It just gives real life happenings that turned into life lessons learned by the author, and it is a desire that others will read and be helped as well. It seems like we get so stressed about life and living life that we forget to sit back and enjoy the trip of being a forgiven child of God on our journey home.

Tools for People with Disabilities from a Person with a Disability "Access Your Drive and Enjoy the Ride is fun, practical, and no-nonsense."—Stephanie Thomas, TEDx Speaker and founder, stylist, and editor-in-chief of the disability fashion lifestyle website, CUR8ABLE #1 New Release in Physically Disabled Education Lauren “Lolo'' Spencer provides a candid and real inside look into the life of being a person with a disability. This disability advocate embarks on the importance of visibility for the disabled community because representation matters! Words from someone doing the work. Lolo Spencer gained popularity as a YouTube personality. On her platform, Sitting Pretty, she encourages viewers to achieve their dreams through making strong choices. Lolo shares how she navigates daily life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). You are more than your limits. Choosing to see herself as more than a person with a disability and wheelchair user, Lolo chooses to live a bold and courageous life now because representation matters. She created this intersectional guide to provide tools for people with disabilities to thrive in personal growth, independence, and community building. Add this guide to your list of inclusion books! Inside, you’ll find: An intersectional guide on how to grow personally and professionally Tools for people with disabilities to live a full life despite limitations and expectations Words from the inspiring Lauren “Lolo” Spencer, your favorite disability advocate If you're looking for gifts for people with disabilities to get encouraged like Disability Visibility, Demystifying Disability, or Rolling Warrior, you’ll love Access Your Drive and Enjoy the Ride.

At the young age of 23 Mitch Koppel received a devastating diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Twenty years of extreme health challenges inspired him to express his journey through poetry. These poems immediately went viral with friends and family to the extent that they urged him to create a book about the story and the poetry it inspired. I don't wish MS on my worst enemy; even if I had a worst enemy. Actually, over our 20-year relationship, my worst enemy has been myself all along and I'm not about to give MS to myself one more time. In truth, as counter-intuitive as this may sound, it was recently refreshing to hear that my MS has sort of reached its end game. I heard this in the hospital no less. I won't get any worse because I'm 1% of the folks that have reached a sort of illness finality. I wasn't upset to hear this. I was actually thrilled because never again will I lose sleep over what the disease had in store next; will my limp get worse, will I one day need a walker or, God forbid, a wheelchair? It's all here now; a path of physical and oft times' mental destruction. I have a white flag, but it's never been raised. You see, I'm not defined by MS. I'm not defined by what's next. I'm not defined by its progress. I'm defined, or would like to be defined by breaking down barriers and setting an example for friends and family alike; especially for my boys. I used to agonize, summarize and theorize that I wasn't worthy. Other dads coached sports. I sat aside. Other dads played catch. I sat aside. Other dads would twirl their children in their arms, suspend them in the air and run around in the yard. I sat and stared. Then it hit me: my boys often call without a reason to tell me they love me. Griffin likes to lie on the couch and play a game he made up called, "Five Kisses." It used to be called "Three Kisses", but he wanted more. Instead of self-pity, I try as best I can to live with self-worth. It has had a domino effect on my soul. As the last tile lands forward, the words on it read, "Not today, MS. Not today." Blame games were a symptom of the past. Spirituality has played a major role in turning grief into accepting I have everything else left to live for, smiles to share and love to let grow; this was and is my new awakening. Like many ill or infirmed, the seasons change but hearts and minds may be frozen. In my heart. In my soul. In dark evenings of emptiness inside sunny days where I closed the blinds, the miracle of spirituality found, the quiet of my soul and memories of what I hope to never endure again. Ultimately, like rivers and streams, all things run into one and passes through illness from times long since passed. Each room, every bed and endless ticking of the room's clock began from the basement of time. A fly on the wall could tell countless stories of pain and suffering, of waiting and wondering, of tears and sorrow. Of a belief of a better tomorrow. Those before me leave fingerprints revealing it was their time and place. Some of those fingerprints come to life under every room's bright hospital lights. Beneath the lights are the echoes of their words. I am haunted by hospitals.

Take a ride with Fred the feelings chameleon to understand worry, mad, and sad feelings and to learn new coping skills to conquer big feelings. Enjoy the Ride! is a lighthearted and practical book for children and young adolescents that uses metaphors, real life examples, humor, and vibrant illustrations to engage the reader in developing insight into feelings and empowerment to use coping skills. Important concepts covered include how emotions help us, how emotions are experienced in our bodies, how emotions and thoughts are connected, thought reframing, and coping skills. The book is written to be enjoyed by children in their home, as a part of therapy, or at school. At the end of the book are worksheets for the reader to write or draw about their own feelings and to make their individualized coping skills plan. Illustrations are by Shawn Melchor, an experienced and talented concept artist with digital and traditional art expertise. Enjoy the Ride! is written by Kate Stark, PhD, a psychologist with years of experience working with children.