Disable to Able
From suffering to enlightenment is the story of my inspiring journey.
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Jan Kuperman's life has been filled with adventure and travel. Her family moved constantly from when she was seven and her childhood was spent moving from school to school. By the age of fourteen, she'd lived in three different countries and attended twelve different schools. A gypsy of sorts, she found herself learning and growing with a diverse and ever-changing mix of people and experiences. Her working life was also transient, with a range of diverse and varied jobs by the time she was 30. This upbringing brought with it the skills of adapting, constantly learning, and a willingness to take new paths.
Jan found a great job working in a hospital where she, unfortunately, contracted two viruses simultaneously. This event, and her body's reaction, was what lead her on a harrowing path of pain and suffering. Little did she realise then that this experience would leave her with a disability that would change her life.
Through a series of health-related problems and misdiagnosis, Jan faced a bleak future and was told she would become wheelchair-bound for life. Through her determination to find the answers to regain her health, she began a journey of discovery outside the medical field. She would uncover new pathways and modalities where her own body, mind and spirit could begin to reverse the damage that was once thought to be irreparable.
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The Dog Code Decoded
My Fictional Book​
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I’m a dog person through and through big dogs, little dogs, bouncy crazy ones, shy gentle ones, I love every single one. While I care deeply for many animals, dogs are my true passion.
They’ve been in my life since I was six. My family rescued a greyhound back in the 1970s when greyhound rescue wasn’t common; he’d under performed on the track and was about to be euthanized. Another time we took in an old, exhausted corgi who had either wandered off or been dumped he simply collapsed outside our house on the Morning-ton Peninsula from sheer fatigue. For a little while he was my dog, until old age took him. Those few months we shared were incredibly precious.
In the pages that follow, you’ll meet the Chow Chows who have brought so much joy into my life—their stories, some of them at least, are shared here for you to read and hopefully smile over. I dedicate this book to the five wonderful Chows who have been part of my family over the last thirty years. Life would have been so much less without each and every one of them.