Episode 19 – Thankfulness in spite of MS
Jennifer and Dan discuss maintaining perspective and being thankful for what they have; positive things that MS hasn’t taken and positives they wouldn’t have without the disease in their lives.
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Embracing the sparkles that shine through life’s darkness
It must have been the living room lights that made my ring sparkle so radiantly. I was mesmerized by the beauty. All the beauty captured in my wedding ring. Ironic. Beauty forged from an ugly disease. Dan and I give…
Episode 14 – Weighing in on Diet and MS
Chew on this: there’s a ton of information out there about the impact of diet on Multiple Sclerosis. We’re not sure about you, but we’ve had our fill of reading about everything from the Swank Diet to the Wahl’s Protocol…
7 Questions with A Couple featuring Chris Holland
DVine Bar Executive Chef, 3-time Chopped champion Welcome to “7 Questions with A Couple,” a monthly series that includes quick conversations with a variety of experts and influencers from throughout the MS community. It’s quite humbling for us to serve up…
Episode 13 – Famous MSers: Help or hinderance?
For people who are living with Multiple Sclerosis, what does it do for us when a famous person is diagnosed with MS? Does it help our community to increase awareness of the realities we’re facing or does it hinder us…
I owe myself the same grace I gave Christina Applegate
I will admit I was having one of those mornings. You know: one of those toxic, gloom and doom, the-world-is-against-me kind of mornings. Added to the toxicity, everything was my fault. Or at least, I thought I was the reason…
Our post-pandemic MS life: Relearning to beat the heat
Dan and my daily life and routine finally is getting back to normal. Much like the rest of society, COVID-19 put our lives on hold. We limited our risk of exposure to the virus especially because we both are living…
I shouldn’t need a mortgage for my MS medication
I don’t have expensive tastes. For real. I’m content with eating store-brand corn flakes, satisfied with drinking Miller Lite Beer, comfortable driving an 8-year-old used car and wearing Levi jeans that I purchased when I had a 30%-off coupon from…
Possible Post-Pandemic Palaver – after the podcast
Don’t feel bad. We had to look up the meaning of “palaver” too. As a noun, Oxford Languages defines this as an “unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure” or “an improvised conference between two groups, typically those without a shared language…
My telehealth reality and MS advocacy in real time
Everyone uses the bathroom. But for people like Dan and me who are living with Multiple Sclerosis, bladder issues can become some of the largest problems we deal with. From urgency to incontinence and trouble emptying, this basic bodily function…