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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Combatting Holiday and MS Stress
It’s officially a week into the 2023 holiday season. While I have seen some heartwarming stories about giving and the true spirit of the holiday and humankind, I also am a little amazed at how many stories I am seeing about stress and the fact that people are so stressed out that they can’t enjoy […]