Last week I received an email that really made me smile. It was from the Senior Manager of Inclusion and Diversity in a major U.S. retailer. He is organizing book groups for those interested within a 3,000 member work-group -- to read about and discuss books...

Today is National Write Your Story Day. Telling my story has been an integral part of my recovery. Not my physical recovery—for that I thank the many therapists who have helped me.  But I have come to define “recovery” not just as getting my capabilities...

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Cam and Daniel, who help run the Strokefocus Podcast. The podcast is run by survivors, for survivors. Cam is actually one of the stroke survivors that I interviewed for my book, so it was fun being the interviewee this time...

Well, it's World Stroke Day (http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org/) so a great day to post.  As they say on their site—"Stroke affects everyone - we all have a reason to prevent it." Personally, I want to help raise awareness about and prevent stroke so fewer people have to...

Well, Labor Day was yesterday and it’s now exactly 7 years since my stroke on 9/5/2010.  Recovery has been a long and challenging road. Progress can be slow, and it can be difficult to accept the changes that have occurred.  I’m back at lake Tahoe...

Six and a half years later, I am writing another chapter in my book Identity Theft, while I’m also writing another chapter in my story of stroke recovery.  I spent the month of May in Chicago doing another four weeks of intensive speech therapy at...