The Able Life · @theablelife
Life Beyond the Labels
You are not your limitations. You are not your worst day.
You are not the sum of what you’ve been told you can’t do.
You’re here because some part of you already knows that.
If you’ve ever felt like the world was built for someone else…
You’ve felt limited by what society tells you is an “adequate” goal.
You’ve gotten advice from people who mean well, but don’t know the more difficult nuances of your daily life.
You’ve had good days that made you wonder if you’d been faking all along, and hard days that made you wonder if the good ones were some sort of trick. …somehow.
You’ve been handed a label and expected to build a life inside it, or pretend it was never yours.
And some days, you’re tired. Not lazy-tired. Torn-in-two-tired. Walking-the-line-tired.
This is a place that was built for you.
Not for the label.
For you.
Unique challenges and all.
Welcome to The Able Life.
A place for people who refuse to let a limitation write their whole story. Where rest is just as necessary as action. Where the goal isn’t to overcome your life.
It’s to live it – truly live it; honoring your challenges and embracing your unique abilities.
The Library
Long-form guides, thought leadership, and real talk — because you deserve more than a listicle.
The Community
The Able Life on Skool: a membership where differently-abled people build systems, share wins, and stop doing this alone.
Join for $27/mo
The Resources
Six Feet to Independence. The Clarity Companion. Tools built from lived experience, not theory.
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Hey there.
I’ve wrestled with absence seizures and other health challenges since before I can remember, but they never truly felt like limitations any more than not being able to fly was. Why? I learned early on that this was just my unique handicap in the game of life (pun absolutely intended), and play got to adjust accordingly – not stop altogether.
As I approached adulthood and things like driving and living alone weren’t viable options, I had a choice to make: do I listen to the voices that shout “all or nothing,” and let the big no’s discourage me? OR do I hold true to the viewpoint I was taught find a different set of rules to play by, even as that grew trickier?
Well, my friend, “raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
And, thus, The Able Life was born: a framework, solidified by a community, with which to transform the “can’t’s” in your life into “how’s.” A team behind you, encouraging you to smirk in the face of the impossible and spit out, “watch me.”
You don’t need to do this life alone.
The Able Life Community is a Skool community for those who are done white-knuckling their way through life and are ready to build something that is sustainable for them.
Current benefits:
- A growing library of “life hacks” and systems designed for differently-abled brains and bodies
- A community of people who have been there; that value both taking action and allowing yourself the rest you need
- INCLUDES brainstorming sessions with the community at large
- Monthly live sessions with Lauryn for when you get stuck
- Access to the Clarity Companion and resources picked specifically to aid in the differently-abled life
- Audio version of Six Feet to Independence, for those considering the service dog lifestyle
Join for $27/month. Cancel anytime.
Real tools for the life you’re actually living.
Six Feet to Independence
The book (and audio, and workbook) that lays out the service dog journey from “maybe…” to “we’re a team, now.” Written from the point of view of someone who had no idea what she’d been getting into, and has gone through it four times.
-> Learn more (and get the book)
The Clarity Companion
A system-building course designed for brains that don’t work “the usual way.” Get the framework to build a system that keeps you moving forward, even on the hard days.
-> Learn more (Join the course)
Get The Letter That Feels Like A Deep Breath
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Here For The Service Dog Journey?
Service Dog Doula is The Able Life’s home for service dog handlers. From “I have no idea where to start,” to “we’re a team, now.”
You Were Never Meant to do Life Alone
However you happened across us: welcome! There’s a seat at the table with your name on it, and we’re happy to have you join us!