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Create New Brain Connections Subscribe Going public with my FND recovery story was very much because of a desire to share ideas that could lead others into their own recovery, but my decision to start a blog to help others …
Default Settings- a new way to look at FND Subscribe As technology becomes more complicated, it seems like it is easier for little glitches to take place in our electronic devices that are so frustrating to figure out. Sometimes the …
Subscribe Coaching Yourself to Better Health In my experience, one of the keys to recovery from Functional Neurological Disorder lies in your willingness to discover those thoughts and beliefs that lie deep within yourself and your ability to accept what …
Subscribe Sensory Sensitivity “Sensory Overload” was a painting I did when I needed to express how overwhelming the world felt to me. Naked, vulnerable, curled up in a bubble, trying to shut out the noise, lights, and crowds in the …
Subscribe Connect with your body How well do you know your body and respond to its signals? Years ago, a friend of mine pulled into a restaurant, frustrated with me. “Good grief, Max! Don’t you even know when you need …
What Recovery Means to Me Subscribe Sometimes other people with Functional Neurological Disorder will ask me, “So, are you back to 100% then?”. If that means I am back to the hard-driving, multi-tasking, “Wonder Woman” of my pre-FND days, then …
Subscribe Self-acceptance One of the things I love about blogging is that I have the freedom to change my mind. If I wrote a book, and I still might, once it’s out there, you can’t take back your words. With …
Subscribe Stop the Stigma My heart is hurting. This has been a rough couple of weeks in the media for Functional Neurological Disorder. On the one hand, at least FND has gotten some long overdue recognition. Unfortunately, it feels like …
The Zone of Healthy Function Subscribe With Functional Neurological Disorder, the normal function of our nervous system gets derailed. Instead of the usual normal automatic movements most people take for granted, we end up either losing movement, such as paralysis …
Energize your Brain Subscribe As I have learned to live with my Functional Neurological Disorder, I’ve discovered the importance of balancing and budgeting my energy. Do I have it all figured out? Not hardly! However, I am getting better at …