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As the founder of the first devoted Caregivers Clinic in the country, clinical psychologist Dr. Allison Applebaum is no stranger to the intensity of being an unpaid, untrained family caregiver. She al...
Anyone who has fallen off the conveyer belt of mainstream health care and into the shadowy corners of illness knows what a dark place it is to land. Where is the infrastructure, the information, the g...
Trisha Kennedy has never liked roller coasters. She doesn’t like to feel out of control and is more of a kiddie ride type of person. But here she is, gasping for air while lunging side to side t...
Feeling defeated by your problems? There are times in our lives when problems are battles. The intensity and frequency of the problems cause us to be at war in our body, mind, and soul. You can choose...
In 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic stretched into its second year, a different kind of disease was brewing inside of Lisa, a 47-year-old vegan and yoga practitioner. Without any of the classic risk fac...
Already facing a wretched cancer diagnosis, a young man’s prospects for survival dim as he learns his treatments have not worked. Writing against the clock, he feverishly authors a story of prof...
Beginnings are scary; endings are usually sad. Fortunately, it is the middle that counts the most. In 2013, Marsha Berman’s son Brad suffered a catastrophic stroke while training for the New York Ci...
No Gloom and Doom by Melanie and John Balzer is the story of Miss Melanie Balzer after her diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Her tenacity, perseverance, and unwavering positive attitude are d...
In December 2018, Les Whitney went outside to play his ukelele after a long surf session in Baja, California—and he couldn’t play. His left hand wouldn’t respond to his mental commands. Later th...
