Jul 21, 2024 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Surprisingly, or perhaps not, I am often approached by strangers and asked if I will ever walk again? Or, I’m told I will walk again if I just work harder or pray. If we are just talking science here for a minute … I think it’s important to unpack what actually causes...
Jun 3, 2024 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury
I posted a few pictures a few weeks ago when I went Adapted Scuba Diving with Thresher Aquatics. Many of you have seen my shark diving video, but I want to assure you that those that don’t feel like diving with sharks – Thresher has incredible spots all...
Apr 24, 2024 | Advocacy, Medical, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
(Partnering with the North Carolina Medical Society & Legislators) It was such an honor to be invited back to speak with the top doctors, legislators, advocates, and folks advancing healthcare equity in the state of North Carolina. The North Carolina Medical...
Jan 30, 2024 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Bowel and bladder and sex oh my. All topics that are woefully under discussed and talked about. I wrote an article about sex last week and will be filming a video for safe sex positions (PG style of course) in the coming week. However, it dawned on...
Jan 25, 2024 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
The Early Years of Sexuality Up there on the list with chatting about money and politics, sex is such a taboo topic. I grew up in Europe with a very open-minded family and a very open culture with respect to talking about sexuality and running around half naked...
Jan 15, 2024 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
HOW TO START BUILDING A NEW (POSITIVE) HABIT Your life today is essentially the some of your habits. How happy or unhappy are you? – a result of your habits. In psychology, the process of building a habit can be divided into four simple steps: cue, craving,...