Hi and welcome to this incredible journey. My name is JF Moreau or Jean-Francois Moreau for people who like a good tongue twister. Thank you for purchasing my book. I wrote this book because my passion is to help people. I needed extra help in my life and I still do. I was born with cerebral palsy or CP for short. It's a neurological disability and it affects people in very varied ways. At birth, it took about 10 minutes for me to start breathing. Doctors and specialists wouldn't know until I was two and then five years old what would be the impact of CP for me. I was two and a half when I spoke my first words.I finally was able to walk at five after a lot of work doing daily physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Just before kindergarten, I developed enough stability to go up and down the stairs. I remember, teachers paired me up with a friend to hold my hands in the stairwells. They even installed a seatbelt in the bus so I would not fly off the bench!

Fine motor tasks have always been very difficult for me and sometimes seemed impossible. For example, writing was very difficult. In third grade, I had to learn cursive, that was torture. After a few weeks, they made an exception for me and went print to writing print, but this was still torture. After 10 minutes of writing my tense muscles would be sore, but I persevered. Tying my shoes was impossible (I don’t  use this word lightly). And don't get me started on drinking a full glass of water, it can get pretty messy!

At school, I was the underdog. I was bullied and I always felt like I had to prove myself. And growing up in the 80s and 90s, I really loved the movie Rocky. The song The Eye of The Tiger always stuck with me: “rising up to the challenge” was always something that I identified with because it wasn't easy to be different, it wasn't easy to have a hard time doing what everyone else seemed to do pretty easily and for me the tiger represents strength, courage, tenacity and resilience; all characteristics by which I do my best to live.

As I grew older, some aspects of my life got easier. I got physically stronger which helped in my daily tasks and as I learned how to use the power of my mind, living a life full of challenges became easier.

With the support of my family and many healthcare professionals, I persevered, developing a tenacity (some might call it stubbornness) that has allowed me to complete two university degrees, have a thriving career in technology, and be a committed father to three children. Besides my degrees in Computer Science, I have completed NLP and hypnosis, meditation, and Reiki training, allowing me to access deeper parts of my mind to reach my goals, no matter how ambitious they seem.