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Almost too much…

At the end of last year when I usually do my Brain Matters fundraiser, I was starting to have several physical problems. I wasn’t able to talk louder than a whisper. At first, I thought it was due to a cold, or a virus, or worst-case scenario COVID, because at that time that’s what everyone was extremely worried about, but I didn’t go many places and wherever I did go I wore a mask. I was diligent about my vaccines, ...

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Dreamed of A Walk!

10 Years ago! Time flies!

It has been 10 years since I was getting ready to begin my walk from my house on Long Island, New York to Massachusetts General Hospital. I had planned over a year for that walk. I started thinking about it after my family and myself had finally moved to a house we had been waiting a long time ...

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Changes! Keep on keepin’ on…

A lot can happen in a year…its been 1 year since our last Brain Matters Fall Fundraiser! It’s hard to believe. In some way it feels like it was just a few months since last year’s fundraiser and in another it definitely feels like it has been a whole year.

So much HAS happened this year! These are just some of those things. My youngest daughter graduated from college, my Mom turned 90 a couple of weeks ago and is movin’ and groovin’. My husband ...

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“Never Give Up, For That Is Just The Place And Time That The Tide Will Turn”

There is a seasonTurn, Turn, Turn; that Pete Seeger song comes to mind for so many reasons. It comes to mind because it musters the image of Fall and the changing leaves, which brings to mind our Brain Matters Annual Fall Fundraiser. It bubbles to mind all the amazing memories of my having walked among the changing leaves almost ...

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Damn Glad To Be Here…Yin-Cloudy, Yang-Bright

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I’ve thought about the quote “I’m Damn Glad to Be Here” many times in my life for different reasons. I’m sure there are those of you who totally get what I’m talking about. There’s the reason to feel glad because you’ve escaped the bad or realize how much worse things could be…the understanding of the “relativity of life”. Then there’s the other ...

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It’s that time of year. It’s National Brain Tumor Awareness Day!

I haven’t blogged in a while. I’ve been busy creating a Transformational Coaching business; please check that out if you have the opportunity, lifecoaching-matters.com. Life Coaching Matters is for all those who are going or have recently gone through some kind of major life transition…most of us know what that’s about. My becoming an accredited life coach was greatly influenced by not only all my own life experiences over these last twenty plus years, but all the people I’ve ...

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