{"id":1555,"date":"2013-01-11T13:32:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T18:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2013-01-11T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T22:26:00","slug":"deep-sea-diving-in-a-wheelchair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/11\/deep-sea-diving-in-a-wheelchair\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep sea diving&#8230;in a wheelchair!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1563\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wheelchair_scuba_dive_jan11_2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wheelchair_scuba_dive_jan11_2013.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wheelchair_scuba_dive_jan11_2013-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sue Austin teaches about the power of association.<\/p>\n<p>She associates her wheelchair with thoughts of <em>freedom<\/em>, and she was curious as to why so many people associate the wheelchair with thoughts of <em>limitation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>One day she was thinking about another form of physical aid &#8212; scuba gear &#8212; and she was curious as to why so many people associate that form of aid with thoughts of <em>excitement<\/em> and <em>adventure<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She began to realize that she had the power to, as she puts it, &#8220;transform preconceptions by re-envisioning the familiar&#8221;. This awareness led to the birth of her underwater wheelchair!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here to view TED.com video: &quot;Sue Austin: Deep sea diving...in a wheelchair&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/sue_austin_deep_sea_diving_in_a_wheelchair.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TEDTalks_video+%28TEDTalks+Main+%28SD%29+-+Site%29\" target=\"_blank\">Watch this stunning video<\/a> and see her gracefully demonstrate the freedom that comes from creating positive associations. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>She gives such hope that associations can be anything we want them to be!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1574\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wheelchair_scuba_dive2_jan11_2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wheelchair_scuba_dive2_jan11_2013.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wheelchair_scuba_dive2_jan11_2013-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wheelchair_scuba_dive2_jan11_2013-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><br \/>\n<a title=\"TED.com video: &quot;Sue Austin: Deep sea diving...in a wheelchair&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/sue_austin_deep_sea_diving_in_a_wheelchair.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TEDTalks_video+%28TEDTalks+Main+%28SD%29+-+Site%29\" target=\"_blank\">click here to view video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nNow on Facebook!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com FB page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief<br \/>\n<\/a>Now on Twitter!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras<br \/>\n<\/a>Check out my book!\u00a0<a title=\"my book \" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/<br \/>\n<\/a>Feeling grateful? or feeling low?\u00a0<a title=\"HISTG Thank You Card blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/sign-the-thank-you-card-today\/\">Sign the Thank You Card! \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here to return to my home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/\">click here to return to home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue Austin teaches about the power of association. She associates her wheelchair with thoughts of freedom, and she was curious as to why so many people associate the wheelchair with thoughts of limitation. 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