Fight or flight? We spend a lot of time there. From the time I awaken, usually with a gasp, I’ve got my sympathetic nervous system working overtime to help me drag this faulty meat...
5 Rules for arguing with narcolepsy This piece is also available as a video on my YouTube channel As you know, I’m not a doctor – or a mental health professional – I call...
It could be worse and The devil that you know… Some people get offended or upset when they’re expressing their health issues to them and they say something like, “It could be worse!” and,...
Monkey Mind is when your thoughts are so consuming, it feels like the thought Monkeys are running the show. A lot of people with chronic illness have a hard time meditating and therefore can...
This Monday, March 12, I’ll be releasing the first video of my series, Coping through Introspection: A Journey into You This is now live 🙂 After 37 years with narcolepsy, two movement disorders, two...
From witches coming out of the closet, to people coming into your house and brushing their teeth, to elephants traipsing through the bedroom, to feeling like you’re battling for your very soul… having narcolepsy...
Making it through the first 30 days of an elimination type diet is hard enough, what about after? You’re feeling better, how do you stay motivated? After a recent ‘fall from grace,’ I decided...
I love that joke about exercise. That one and, “I named my dog ‘Ten Miles’ so I can tell everyone I walked Ten Miles today. If you hate exercising and feel like you’ll never...
Things were iffy between us when my daughter decided to erase me from her life. But, I had been trying to have “family meetings” and impart life lessons. Mother’s Day had been just a...
Two dogs. There’s a difference between coping and going beyond coping and the difference, is happiness. I’m at the park, down the street from my son’s elementary school. I’m sitting in my car, stapling...
