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 […]
Tag: multiplesclerosis
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]