A Letter to Myself the Day After My Epilepsy Diagnosis
“Life with epilepsy doesn’t come with a handbook. We write it as we go along.” You’ve been diagnosed with epilepsy. Where do you go from here? I know you’ve felt…
7 Things Not to Feel Guilty About Living with Epilepsy
Becoming diagnosed with epilepsy is a life-altering event. Epilepsy does not care about your age, or the time within your life. This condition can happen to anyone. Some are introduced…
5 Things Those Living With Epilepsy Want You to Know
Epilepsy can intrude into anyone’s life, at any time. Millions of men, women and children battle this selfish and at times difficult condition every single day. All of us diagnosed…
Setting Boundaries with Epilepsy – What You Need to Know
Living with a chronic illness means learning to get comfortable setting boundaries and saying “no”. My epilepsy diagnosis required placing certain actions and activities on the back burner to avoid…
5 Things to Remember When Being a Spouse with Epilepsy
I’m nowhere near the perfect wife, but I do know that marriage with a chronic illness is challenging, and takes intentional effort. The Epilepsy Condition Living with epilepsy and learning…
8 Qualities You Can Find in Someone Living with Epilepsy
Often, I reflect back on times that I would tell others that they would never understand what I was going through because they were not living with my epilepsy. Many…
6 People You Meet Along Your Journey with Epilepsy
You’ve been diagnosed with epilepsy. A life-changing experience. Epilepsy doesn’t always show its cards and it can go unnoticed by family, friends and the public. With epilepsy being a part…
Things to Never Do When Someone Tells You They Have Epilepsy
I remember the very first time that someone spoke the words, “Everything will be okay!” speaking about my epilepsy. Fire engulfed my stomach. When a family member spoke this to…
How I Exercise While Living with Epilepsy | Plus What You Need to Know Before Hitting the Gym
This is a topic that many people have reached out to me in regards to and as someone who avidly takes part in exercise, I find it beneficial and very…
Understanding Brain Fog And Epilepsy
Speaking candidly, alongside seizures, brain fog is one of the most difficult – and sometimes exhausting – parts of living with epilepsy. What does brain fog feel like? Brain fog…
10 Most Common Questions People Ask Me About Epilepsy
Over the many years of living with epilepsy, I’ve received a lot of questions about my condition, understandably. Some come up more often than others. Here are 10 of the…
When They Say “I Don’t Know How You Do It” Living with Epilepsy
Living with epilepsy is not a walk in the park. It’s a daily challenge. Not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually. The condition stretches you to your breaking point, like…
How I Upcycle Epilepsy in My Life
“If you give up, you’ll have an attitude of resignation, of defeat that will affect—and infect—the rest of your life. Acceptance is empowering because it’s a choice you’ve made. Even…
Epilepsy and the Dream of Motherhood
I’d always wanted to be a mother. At the age of nine on my birthday, I didn’t ask for barbies or make-up. I didn’t ask for glittery toys, no. Instead…
You Don’t Look Like You Have Epilepsy
I live with Epilepsy. I have lived with this condition for over a decade. I was diagnosed with this condition in 2008. Four short months after marrying my husband. I…
10 Things to Remember When Epilepsy Walks Into Your Life
When epilepsy walks into your life, it’s as if a tornado has unexpectedly tossed about your entire life and you’re left to pick up the pieces and rebuild. For some,…
