Article, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Mental Health, Positive Living
“Do you feel the representation of Huntington’s disease (HD) is accurate on Virgin River?” A close friend of mine asked me today. As I sat in my living room, drinking my morning coffee and scrolling through Instagram, I thought about her question. Funnily enough I had...
Huntington Disease, Mental Health, Podcast, Positive Living
I was interviewed by Kevin Jess on We Have a Face TV about my upcoming book, Huntington’s Disease Heroes. Not only did we speak about some of the inspirational stories that are going to be in the book, we discussed how important it is for us to be able to share...
Huntington Disease, Podcast
Having the opportunity to share our experiences as a community is so important. I am grateful to Kevin Pho of The Podcast by Kevin MD for creating a valuable space to do that. I was on the show speaking about my experiences advocating for my Dad while he was in the...
Adoption, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Mental Health, Podcast
After testing gene positive for Huntington’s disease I told myself, I don’t want this to ruin my life. I want to find happiness again. I spoke to host Dionne Thomson on her podcast about how I found out a genetic disease ran in my family, the depression that followed...
Adoption, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Today I had the pleasure of reading a story I wrote about post adoption depression on the You Are Not Alone podcast. Host, Patricia Tomasi, also asked me questions about becoming a mom through adoption and the mental health challenges I faced. The episode will be out...
Article, Huntington Disease
I spent the first three days sitting next to my dad’s hospital bed, watching his chest rise and fall slowly. He was asleep the majority of the time, fighting off something unknown. Anytime he moved, I jumped up from my chair and stood where he could see me just in...
