Hurting Like Hell, Living with Gusto: My Battle with Chronic Pain won gold in the Florida Authors and Publishers President’s Book Award contest! I knew I’d won an award but didn’t know it was gold until the banquet (which I missed because I was traveling for other book events). My …
I never thought of research as something I’m good at, but I’ve been knee-deep in it for over a year. It dawned on me this afternoon that I’m very good at researching topics that interest me, but terrible at required academic research. Now that those two concepts are separate in …
I didn’t slept well for almost two weeks. A combination of back pain, anxiety, and staring at my phone too late kept me at no more than four hours of sleep most nights. I downloaded an app called Calm, played some of its music, and diffused lavender oil in my …
