“Hope” is Spreading Across the Country

In July, I crossed the country: Los Angeles to New York on one of my many, yet to come, trips around the country. My mission is to bring Hope to stroke survivors and their caregivers, wherever I go. So I was thrilled to visit three sites in New York and meet some of...
That’s Good. That’s Bad

That’s Good. That’s Bad

“That’s good. That’s Bad.” I recalled this tag line from one of my favorite children’s’ books by that title, as I watched nature unfold while on safari in Africa. A lion was in hot pursuit of an antelope. “Oh, that’s Bad.” The antelope, away from the protection...

Why You Want to “STOP IT.”

  My client called me the day after it happened… “I went to the emergency room, she said.  “I thought I was having a heart attack. I guess I’m really anxious about this speech. Her tone was heavy with shame and self-recrimination....

Breasts, B.B.’s and Belated Beatitudes

    I am at the doctor’s office filling out the standard paperwork.  It’s been a year since my last mammogram.  I scan the list of every horrendous ailment. “No,” I check to burning, itching, psychiatric disorders. “No” to cancer, diabetes, heart disease and...

Myers-Briggs or Candy Land ?

“I want winning!” the three-year old seethed as he plucked the dreaded peppermint candy card from the pile.  He was so close to the castle, the finish line, the grand ending where he could declare himself the winner, but instead he boomeranged back to the...