Dec 5, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Professional, Uncategorized
When Purpose, Humor, Medicine, and Applied Neuroscience All Converge There’s a very distinct sensation that hits you when you roll onto a stage and 3,000 people go silent. Part electricity, part adrenaline, part “Please for the love of all things holy, don’t let my...
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...
Aug 21, 2025 | Advocacy, Before the Accident, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I don’t believe my accident happened for a reason. I believe bad things happen to great people every second of every day. What I do believe is this: the way you move forward when life feels impossible is what defines you. Today I’m sitting quietly, reflecting on...
Jul 9, 2025 | Advocacy, Misc, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I never imagined my story would become a book— Not after the injury. Not after the detours. And definitely not after the monkeys at the Playboy Mansion. But here we are. My memoir is a collection of the wild, raw, hilarious, and brutally honest moments that shaped...
