Each of the 10 books I’m about to tell you about has had a profound impact on my life and my health. Some of these books are invaluable MS-specific references. They say that knowledge is power, well when it comes to chronic illness, a little bit of knowledge can make an enormous difference in...
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Monday around 9:30 p.m., if you had walked into my house you would have found me sitting cross-legged on the floor, rocking back and forth, sobbing, heaving, and thrusting out deep, guttural, staccato sounds of agony. This is not what I typically do on a Monday evening. But something serendipitous is happening. Not fun,...
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The phrase “keep fighting” gets bandied about the MS community quite frequently. Fight the MS monster, fight your disease, don’t give up the fight. I understand how this can be empowering for some people, a cheerleading phrase of encouragement to keep on keepin’ on. However… You and your illness are not separate. Multiple Sclerosis...
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My life is in flux right now, and as such, I am particularly attuned to messages from the universe about which direction to move – literally and figuratively. Below is a literal one – an article that just found its way to me via a thoughtful colleague who sent me the link. Apparently, the...
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I was in San Francisco for a seminar when I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The day after receiving the call, I remember riding across the Golden Gate Bridge on the bus back to the airport. I was still in shock, and felt like one might after a major breakup, or someone’s unexpected death...
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My sister Sharon and her husband Milan bought a fixer-upper in New Jersey last summer. I’m not talking about a house in need of paint and new carpets. Have you seen the ’80s movie The Money Pit with Tom Hanks? It’s more along those lines. They’ve been living in two rooms of their house...
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One of my primary gripes with the way Western Medicine approaches Multiple Sclerosis is its failure to acknowledge the HUGE role our internal environment plays in how sick or not we get. Our internal environment is effected by what we eat, what we think, how we feel, what toxins we’re exposed to, and more....
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Reality is a funny thing. You see, most people believe in it. They believe in the R-E-A-L of the word. They believe what they’re experiencing in their life is beyond their control. They believe, with the passion inspired by any dogma, that what they’re experiencing is REAL. Or even worse, TRUE! This is not...
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This morning was Open Music Class at my four-year-old daughter’s school. I walked into the class five minutes late, holding my daughter’s hand on my left and my cell on my right, thinking I’d text or tweet if it should get boring. To my surprise, I walked in to find all the parents and...
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I like to think of myself as someone who is free. I’ve always been the sort to move to a different state on a moment’s notice, break a lease when the mood struck me, take spontaneous adventures and generally go where the day takes me. I’m free in spirit, and I thought I was...
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