YOUR LEGS OR YOUR LIFE?
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im Meehan a retired British Positive Psychologist was diagnosed at the age of fifty-three to be suffering from Type II diabetes. He was a keen mountain walker, having scaled all the highest peaks in the British Isles, many peaks in the Spanish Pyrenees, the Alps, the Italian Dolomites, the United States and Canadian Rockies, an enthusiastic cyclist who rode a109 miles in a day through Death Valley, California at the age of sixty-two, and at the age of seventy ran the Chicago marathon. However, his health took a turn for the worse when due to the complications of Type II diabetes, poor blood circulation and sepsis his left foot was amputated below his knee six months prior to his eightieth birthday and seven months after his eightieth birthday has his right leg amputated below the knee in April 2023. During his recovery he wrote Your Legs Or Your Life? about his health and fitness story prior to and following his amputations in order to help others, both amputees and full-bodied adults alike, to benefit about learning from his experiences and coping strategies and enable them, to some extent, live a happier and healthier life. All proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to the United Kingdom Limbless Association whose vision is ‘no amputee need cope alone.’
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Jim Meehan was born in Liverpool, England in the middle of the Second World War. During a career spanning over fifty years roughly half of which was spent in the Human Resources function of the British Motor Manufacturing Industry and half based in the United States operating as an international leadership consultant. Designated A British Chartered Psychologist, a British Chartered Scientist and a Chartered Fellow of the British Institute of Personnel Development he is also an Associate Member of the American Psychological Association. His main interest lies in exploring how people can unlock their full potential and make a positive difference in the world.
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Jim Meehan is a retired Positive British Chartered Psychologist, Author and Poet. His fifty-year career was spread equally working in the United Kingdom in the Human Resources department of the Rover Car Manufacturing Company and in the United States working for Talent Plus an International Human Resources Consultancy, headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. Although he was diagnosed as suffering from Type II diabetes in 1996 at the age of fifty-three he maintained a very active lifestyle. He was a keen mountain walker, an enthusiastic cyclist who rode 105 miles through Death Valley, California at the age of sixty-two and for his seventieth birthday ran the Chicago marathon. However, his health took a turn for the worse when due to the complications of Type II diabetes, poor blood circulation and sepsis his left leg was amputated below the knee in March 2022 and his right leg was amputated below the knee in April 2023. During his recovery he decided to publish this book about his health and fitness story, prior to and following his amputations in order to help others, both amputees and full-bodied adults alike, to benefit from his experience and coping strategies and enable them, to some extent, live a fuller, happier and healthier life.