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I just had to let it go

“I just had to let it go.” 🧡 – John Lennon, Watching the Wheels That line hit me like a freight train the first time I really heard this song after my Dx. And honestly, this post is aligned with every lyric. This song is my anthem… maybe play it

Practical Innovator

Practical Innovators 🧡

Practical Innovators are entrepreneurs who don’t have the luxury of quitting. People depend on us — financially, emotionally, spiritually. And no matter what life throws our way, that role? It never changes. That’s why I’m here: To create relatable awareness through entrepreneurship, sales, and technology. Because life doesn’t pause for

Inspiration and Advocacy

This Is for Us

An Anthem for People with Disabilities, Especially Autoimmune Warriors. This one’s for us – the fighters, the warriors, the survivors. The ones carrying invisible battles that others can’t see. The ones who wake up every day and choose to show up, even when nothing about life is guaranteed. Some mornings,

Forward With Fire

I May Have MS but MS doesn’t have me

“What stands in the way becomes the way.” – Marcus Aurelius When I was diagnosed with MS, a storm of emotions hit me like a freight train — fear, sorrow, disbelief. I mourned the version of me I thought I lost… I still do.. There were moments when I felt

Forward With Fire

Undiagnosed MS was my Sixth Sense

Navigating Life, Work, and Purpose With an Unseen Compass For most, a sixth sense is just a gut feeling – a quiet whisper of intuition. For me, it’s always been there, but I didn’t recognize it for what it was. I thought it was normal. Just part of life. A

Superpower

The Power of Being Underestimated

Living with an autoimmune condition is like playing a game where the rules change daily – without warning. For years, I struggled with things that didn’t make sense. Why couldn’t I catch a ball?  Why did stairs feel like mountains? Why was my right foot hesitant to move? And the

Inspiration and Advocacy

The Art of What’s Possible with a Chronic Disease

I’m a tech sales veteran, so I help businesses see the art of what’s possible – how technology could improve efficiency, solve problems, and change the way they worked.  Now, I apply that same mindset to my own life. Because when you’re living with MS and Trigeminal Neuralgia, the art

Inspiration and Advocacy

Finding Power in the Truth

When “Normal” Wasn’t Normal For years, I did what I always did – I pushed through. I showed up. I delivered. Hustle wasn’t optional; it’s how I operate. But something was off. Skipping evening events after a long workday? I wasn’t being antisocial – I was spent. Completely, utterly drained

Passion

Jimmy V – Ordinary People do Extraordinary things

  Just keep going! You’re always going to run into obstacles and adversity, but if you stop moving, you’ve essentially given up. Jimmy Valvano was the coach of the NC State NCAA basketball team who beat Houston in 1983 to win the National Championship. To call them underdogs is an

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