Accessible Happiness: The Blog

Doodle drawing graphic of girl in a wheelchair looking at her image in a large floor mirror and is a visual for this blog topic titled Still Not Better Still Beautiful by Rob Cookenour aka StepDeaf creator of Let's Make Happiness Accessible

Still Not Better, Still Beautiful.

Rob Cookenour

Still Not Better, Still Beautiful — a message for anyone living between recovery and reality. Rob “Step-Deaf” Cookenour explores the quiet truth that healing doesn’t always mean getting better —...

Still Not Better, Still Beautiful.

Rob Cookenour

Still Not Better, Still Beautiful — a message for anyone living between recovery and reality. Rob “Step-Deaf” Cookenour explores the quiet truth that healing doesn’t always mean getting better —...

My Lunar Empath Awakening — lunar-geared creativity and empathic flow

My Lunar Empath Awakening — lunar-geared creati...

Rob Cookenour

A spontaneous bonus episode recorded outside Lowe’s, where I discovered my creative rhythm as a lunar empath. I reflect on embracing nighttime productivity and letting go of daylight guilt. Raw,...

My Lunar Empath Awakening — lunar-geared creati...

Rob Cookenour

A spontaneous bonus episode recorded outside Lowe’s, where I discovered my creative rhythm as a lunar empath. I reflect on embracing nighttime productivity and letting go of daylight guilt. Raw,...

Smiling and Nodding: A Streaming During Convo Moment.

Smiling and Nodding: A Streaming During Convo M...

Rob Cookenour

I left my phone at the table and couldn’t hear a thing—just smiling, nodding, and streaming 80s music while a stranger tried to talk to me. A real-life deaf moment...

Smiling and Nodding: A Streaming During Convo M...

Rob Cookenour

I left my phone at the table and couldn’t hear a thing—just smiling, nodding, and streaming 80s music while a stranger tried to talk to me. A real-life deaf moment...

Cochlear Monitor Earphone Adaptor with Earphones (Z544578) – A Helpful Tool for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Cochlear Monitor Earphone Adaptor with Earphone...

Rob Cookenour

As someone who became deaf unexpectedly, I’ve grown to rely on tools that help me—and others—bridge the communication gap in everyday life. Today, I’m spotlighting a lesser-known but powerful cochlear...

Cochlear Monitor Earphone Adaptor with Earphone...

Rob Cookenour

As someone who became deaf unexpectedly, I’ve grown to rely on tools that help me—and others—bridge the communication gap in everyday life. Today, I’m spotlighting a lesser-known but powerful cochlear...

a picture of me viewing my daughter in a casket in a funeral home standing by myself holding flowers and all is styled to look as if drawn with color pencils

Daughter's sudden death after I went deaf

Rob Cookenour

From the silence of sudden deafness to the heartbreak of losing my daughter, this is the story of how grief and disability collided — and how I still choose to...

Daughter's sudden death after I went deaf

Rob Cookenour

From the silence of sudden deafness to the heartbreak of losing my daughter, this is the story of how grief and disability collided — and how I still choose to...

A selfie picture of myself holding my ear the day i woke up deaf and a phone screen with the words i can't hear you displayed on it as that day found me having to have people talk into my voice to text feature so i could read what they were saying

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...

Rob Cookenour

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...

Rob Cookenour

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...