Oct 13, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
(And how to do your best to NOT BREAK YOUR LEGS) Earlier this year, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) passed a rule to protect wheelchair users in air travel — one of the biggest steps forward we’ve seen in years. But fast-forward to now… major airlines are...
Sep 1, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
(200 PEOPLE. 1 BOOK. 1 WILDLY UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.)I’m rarely speechless (and let’s be honest, that never happens) — but my book launch for Unbreakable(ish): I Wasn’t Built for Boring hosted & donated by the North Carolina Museum of Art left me totally blown...
Jun 9, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Because if you’re going to live life on the edge, make sure it’s properly harnessed. Skydiving has been on my bucket list since forever—but I didn’t get the chance before I broke my neck in a shallow water dive and became a C6 quad, paralyzed from the chest down with...
May 28, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury
Let’s face it: your brain is dramatic. Not theater-kid-in-high-school dramatic. More like toddler-who-dropped-their-Fruit-Roll-Up-in-a-sandbox dramatic. Every day, your decisions are being pulled in a three-way battle between: 🧠 The impulsive part that wants dopamine...
May 20, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
There are a few things I wish someone had handed me early in life: 📝 A how-to guide on being paralyzed with style📉 A manual on avoiding airport catastrophe🎁 And maybe a coupon for lifetime bubble wrap I didn’t know what I didn’t know—until I learned the hard way. And...
