We made it through Thanksgiving, only to sprint through the next four weeks. December is packed with holiday parties where we put on our “everything’s awesome” face, work parties where we balance “letting our hair down” with professionalism and more family that we see all year. Shopping, gifts, charity work, extra scheduling, juggling, more shopping, […]

Thanksgiving is almost here. In just a few day’s I’ll be whisking around to dinners and parties and seeing people that I only see once or twice a year. People look different when you don’t see them on a regular basis. You notice changes, moodiness sticks out more and the inevitable posturing about life kicks […]

I was in graduate school when I was diagnosed with MS. I got the news and still finished out the semester with a spot on the Dean’s List. I then went into private wealth management, taking care of the money and affairs for famous people. I’ve always prided myself on my street smarts and my […]

I had a relatively low moment this morning. Really not my finest hour. I lost my wedding ring and after retracing my steps, I realized that it had to be in the grossest place possible- the bathroom trashcan in a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. All morning, I knew a trash dive was possible. And I kept asking […]

People like to be helpful. We love that. But what about when they’re so helpful they cross into unsolicited advice territory? What about when people tell us out of the blue that we should be following a random diet, trying bee sting therapy or doing something that this one person they heard about this one […]

“I just don’t think about MS all the time,” Michelle confessed to me. “I guess I’m still in denial.” Before you agree with that statement, I want you to consider a few things. This client started drug therapy the day she was diagnosed. She exercises, has a great relationship with her neurologist and follows advice. […]

Saying I used to be a stress case doesn’t even begin to cover it. I was the quintessential Type A personality – super assertive and rather impatient. A perfectionist who didn’t feel valued without validation from others. And I feared feeling my emotions, opting instead to push them into a tight little ball way down […]

One of the most frustrating games we can play is “if I knew then what I know now”. It’s almost guaranteed to show us something we “should have done”, but didn’t. What can make the “If I knew then” game so prickly is that we tend to beat ourselves up about not knowing these things […]

Hope can be hard to hang onto when you have multiple sclerosis. This illness can sneak up on you, evade detection, or even live strongly within you while others fail to see what’s going on. We can feel like we’re going nuts. MS can be audacious in its attempts to bring us down. That’s why […]