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Jennifer Byers Chambers

Jennifer Byers Chambers

About Jennifer Byers Chambers

Jennifer Chambers writes about strong women with bold stories in print and online. She speaks nationally on body love, self-advocacy, and how the legacies of strong women in history can impact people of today. Chambers attended the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival. The co-owner and Contributing Editor of Groundwaters Publishing is a survivor of traumatic brain injury, which forced her to re-learn everything from walking and talking to tying her shoes. She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest and is learning to play bluegrass on her ukulele & Motown on her great-grandmother’s piano. Her life is fueled by coffee, family, music, and books.

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Getting the Team Back in The Game

September 14, 2016 by Jennifer Byers Chambers 1 Comment

Getting the Team Back in The Game

“I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” ~ Mia Hamm As a parent, I feel that the perfect metaphor for what I do as “Co-Captain” of my team is to be as organized as I can and build up my […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: back to school, disabled mom, home, organizing, school

Self-Preservation and Saying “No” as a Parent

April 14, 2016 by Jennifer Byers Chambers Leave a Comment

Self-Preservation and Saying “No” as a Parent

Saying “no,” is something I have learned is essential to my self-preservation. As much as I don’t like it, I’ve found that saying no can actually make me a better parent and spouse. I recently had to turn down speaking at a large conference in my field, something I’d actively lobbied for, pursued, and then […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: children, disabled mom, reflections, TBI, travel, working mom

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