Last week I had the privilege of being able to attend the National MS Society’s Public Policy Conference; not only did I get to attend, I was able to lead a breakout session on Monday, titled Busting Through Stress – Finding You Inner Calm in Any Situation. Being able to lead a group through breathing […]
MS Research & The Military
This week, the National MS Society announced that they learned the MS Research Program (MSRP) which was part of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) in the Department of Defense will not be funded in 2025. This is a big blow to research programs working to find a cure, and slow the progression, of […]
Advocating for NIH Funding
Lately there is a lot of focus on healthcare at the federal and state levels – this happens with any new administration, but this time there are many big changes going on. While that can seem stressful, there are ways that you can take action to try to make improvements for your care and that […]
Awareness in Your Body
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and I apologize. I have a goal to be better about it, and will try to post at least once a week from here on out. It’s #MSAwarenessWeek, and I thought body awareness would be a good pairing for the week – really every moment. I saw a […]
Getting Started with Meditation
Earlier this week I was in Washington, DC with activists from the Multiple Sclerosis Society for our annual Advisory Board Committee meeting. At dinner one night, a neurologist on that Committee talked about prescribing exercise and meditation to all of his patients. Many others I spoke with over the two days talked about how difficult […]
Improving Gut Health – a workshop on 12/7
I’m back from travel and have found a new excitement to share what I’ve learned about healing myself with everyone. I’ll write more about this very soon, I promise, but I was able to travel to South Korea, take bus transportation every day without motion sickness, and even an extra flight in the span of […]
Finding Calm at Big Events
On Tuesday, I had the privilege of participating in the Massachusetts State Action Day held by the National MS Society. As the current Chair of the Government Relations Advisory Committee in the Commonwealth, I was able to meet and talk with fellow MS activists and legislators. It wasn’t the first time I’d had a speaking […]
1998 – The Start of My MS Journey
Hello everyone. Today I am starting to fill you in about my journey with multiple sclerosis, and through many posts I hope that I can help you come to an aha moment, like I have from others in our community. I started having symptoms of MS when I was 23. I lived in Chicago, had […]
Movement & MS
We’ve all heard it – exercise is helpful for any health condition, including MS. When I started to write this post, I realized I had amassed no less than a dozen different articles about different exercises that could be beneficial for MS. We’re all different – MS is called a snowflake disease. And, I am […]
New Year, New Healthy Learning Opportunities
How did your 12 Days of December Self Care go? I definitely made sure to get in an activity for 12 minutes every day, but I let my guard down a little bit right at Christmas with our whole family. While it was great to have together time – and we conquered the huge crossword […]