- Jul 27
- 1 min
How to meditate badly
These are my thoughts, going in circles. And that's OKAY. I started meditating a few weeks ago. It's one of my strategies for climbing...
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- Jul 15
- 3 min
Sorry I haven't written in a while. I've been depressed.
I didn't feel it happening. It came over me gradually, like falling snow. I'd felt a bit sad for months - but wasn't this normal for what...
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- Apr 30
- 2 min
"Sorry"
What's the first thing someone says after I tell them I have Parkinson's Disease? "I'm sorry." Ack! I don't blame them, I'd say it too....
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- Apr 19
- 2 min
PARKINSON'S HYPER-AWARENESS MONTH
Maybe it's all the emails about PD pelting my inbox like cold April hail. Maybe it's because so many of my loved ones have died in the...
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- Apr 1
- 2 min
EMOTIONAL TORNADO
It started as an ordinary physical therapy appointment. A little stretching. A little "does THIS hurt?" And then my PT suggested I take...
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- Mar 21
- 2 min
EXERCISE YOUR POWER OVER PARKINSON'S
#2 in a series about movement as medicine "That'll teach YOU to mess with my neurons!" There's only one treatment PROVEN to slow (or...
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- Mar 12
- 2 min
STRONG FEELINGS
#1 in a series about movement as medicine By now, you've read (or at least intended to read) the Yale Study of how exercise can delay or...
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