What can I say – it’s a very exciting day!!! The official release date of Identity Theft -Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke. It was very cool when I first got to hold the physical book in my hands about two weeks ago (advance author copies), but today feels...
Less than a week to go until Identity Theft hits the shelves next Tuesday, May 14th. I’m nervous! I’m flying today to Seattle for a gathering of the May Meaning Meeting – a group of academics that have been meeting for more than 10 years – people who want...
It's official, nine years post-stroke, Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke has been launched (the official release date is May 14th). I loved thanking friends and supporters while signing hardcovers last night at the launch event at Stanford PACS, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. During...
I am honored to be guest speaker @Amazon HQ with their Worldwide Ops Inclusion and Diversity team. I discussed Tempered Radicals & my new book, "Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke." http://bit.ly/2D7AaoJ This was the perfect place to be on #InternationalWomansDay2019. Thank you Amazon for the opportunity to...
I'm excited to be working with Jonathan Stutz and Solomon Wilkins with Amazon's Inclusion & Diversity Worldwide team. This week, we attended the workshop, "Addressing Sexual Harassment with Institutional Courage" be led by Dr. Jennifer Freyd hosted by Stanford's Clayman Institute for Gender Research and VMware Women's Leadership...
The manuscript is almost in final form and we have locked in the book cover! A special thank you to Diane Marsh at Andrews McMeel Publishing for the design. Stay tuned for more information as we move toward our “on the shelf” date of May 14,...
I just got back from a great vacation with my family. With my three kids spread across the country in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York, it is always a treat to get everybody in one place. This year we decided to explore Mexico City together. We...
Four and a half years after I got the idea to write a book, we “hit send” on the manuscript this week – sending it to our publisher for “their process” – copy editing, layout, proof reading, etc. We currently expect it – Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves...
I suffered it when I was 29 years old. By the time they identified it being a TBI there wasn't much they could do in forms of any of the medications that they were able to do. It was 2003, so I was deeply immersed...
On July 17, 1997, at the age of 37, I suffered a massive hemorrhage that resulted in a paralyzing stroke. At the time, I was at work, where I was a software support manager. When the hemorrhage occurred, it was like a volcanic eruption in...