How to Protect Your Mental Health While Living with Epilepsy
What Is Mental Health? Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate…
Don’t Feel Sorry For Me Because I Have Epilepsy
It’s never easy when someone that you know or someone that you love has just been diagnosed with a chronic illness. What can you say to show that you care…
How I Practice Self-Renewal While Living With Epilepsy
What is self-renewal? In reflecting on this, it’s looking at life anew, or maybe even sewing the seeds of things that you’ve been meaning to do for a while. Self-renewal…
What Epilepsy Reminds Me
Over a decade. It has been a long journey and within this journey, I have learned so much, experienced so much, wrestled so many emotions, have had the opportunity to…
6 Ugly Sides of Epilepsy Most People Don’t Like Talking About
It’s no secret that having a chronic illness sucks. There are sides to having epilepsy that are ugly or not well studied, and many people don’t know about them at…
8 Essentials In My Epilepsy Survival Kit
Living with epilepsy can be taxing not only on the body but also the mind and spirit. Finding the right things to make the journey less rigorous is therapeutic. What…
5 Ways I Improve My Memory While Living With Epilepsy
“Memory loss is like system reboot.” Memory hindrances. A topic that I’ve discussed lightly over the course of my journey with epilepsy. Is it a mere coincidence or has my…
Breaking the Ice on Intimacy and Epilepsy
Yep, I’m going there. That awkward, not-often talked about subject coupled with epilepsy. When epilepsy and seizures decide to kill the mood for intimacy in a relationship. Sometimes we might…
The Road Doesn’t End Here
One of the most difficult challenges since my diagnosis with epilepsy is finding reliable means of transportation. Sure. I have my husband and members of family who extend their willingness…
Secondary Epilepsy
“Because I love you, because I care for you, because I know what you endure… you will never endure alone.” – Chris Kairos December 11, 2008, what seemed like a…
How to Beat the Heat Living with Epilepsy
“‘Cause a little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about.” – John Mayer What do you think of when you hear the word “summer”? Vacation, flip-flops,…
What NOT To Do When Living With Epilepsy
Living with epilepsy, I often reflect on new and different ways to embrace the reality of my condition. Over the course of a decade, I’ve pursued and pocketed different suggestions…
Life With Epilepsy In Public
“Do you know where you are?” “Can you tell me who the President is?” These are examples of questions I have been asked when I find myself uncomfortably lying…
How To Love Yourself Despite Epilepsy
When epilepsy enters into your life, it can take a massive shot at your self-esteem. You’re not able to do certain things you once could do, you’ve got to rely…
5 Things That Help Me During A Seizure Setback
In the over ten years that I have lived with epilepsy and experienced seizures, I can’t tell you just how many seizures have pained me, drained me, and unplugged me…
Epilepsy & That Time Of The Month
Yep. I’m going there. That awkward, not-often talked about subject coupled with epilepsy. First thing’s first. That time of the month sucks. An unwelcome guest that barges in and makes…
