VIP Coaching In The Dark

Author: Desirée A. Christian

  • I Found the Trash Can With My Bumper

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    At first, it does not feel serious.Reading glasses just do not seem to work quite as well anymore. You secretly increase the font size on your phone, then tell yourself everyone does that now anyway. You start using the flashlight on your phone to read menus or grocery labels once in a while.  Street signs…

  • Lying Eyes Part Two

    In Part 1, you saw how your brain fills in gaps to keep the world feeling continuous. That same system does not stop at blind spots that just about everyone with average sight has. It has always worked this way. Your brain acts like an editor working behind the scenes. It takes incomplete information, smooths…

  • Lying Eyes Part One

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    Your Brain Is Making Stuff Up and Committing To It With Confidence If you’ve ever waved back at someone who absolutely was not waving at you…Or confidently grabbed the “sugar” that turned out to be salt…Or had a full half-second of “oh good, there’s a person there” before realizing it’s a coat on a chair……

  • Basic Disaster Preparedness Part 2

    When You Need to Leave (Evacuation Planning That Actually Works) Sometimes, the safest choice is to leave, and when that moment comes, there usually isn’t much time to think or make a last second plan to escape. Knowing Where to Go Part of your plan is about knowing where to go, how to get there,…

  • It’s Allergy Season!

     Here in western Oregon, we are now into our spring allergy season. I’ve become more aware of it when I’m talking with a group of friends and I’m now struggling to hear them. Though I have year-round allergies, for some reason spring brings fluid into my ears. If you have seasonal challenges like me, here…

  • Laughing at the Wrong Times (and Being Grateful for It)

    More than twenty-five years of parenting and caregiving for two medically fragile daughters stripped away any illusion of certainty. Plans became provisional. Assumptions dissolved. What emerged in their place was a kind of adaptable resilience, paired with an absurdist, sometimes irreverent sense of humor shaped in part by laughter and gratitude. Those practices helped me…

  • A Small Bag That Matters

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    How a Go-Bag Can Reduce the Overwhelming Unknown that is The Emergency Room and Hospital A “go bag” doesn’t have to be complicated, and there isn’t just one right version. Some people keep one for evacuations, power outages, or travel. Here, I’m talking specifically about a hospital or emergency room go bag — something you…

  • Medication Managment

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    By Teresa Christian, Marja Byers, Todd Fahlstrom Best Practices For someone who is newly blind or adjusting to vision loss, managing medications independently can feel daunting.  Yet with the right strategies, tools, and support, it becomes not only possible but empowering.  The following tips provide practical guidance for blind and low vision individuals, as well as for…