Monthly Archives: June 2011

Every now and again, I receive feedback from a large number of people in a short amount of time regarding a similar issue, so I write about it here in an effort to help everybody who may be facing the … Continue reading →

I have read that a stereotypical behavior of Parkinson’s sufferers is that we are wanting to be in control of everything, and it is this type of self-driven, adrenaline-driven, perfectionism that leads us to Parkinson’s door. I cannot disagree that … Continue reading →

“What was the turning point in your recovery?” I get asked this quite a bit. I wrote about it last year and here is an excerpt for those of you who have not read it. The turning point in my … Continue reading →

Parkinson’s knocks us off balance physically, mentally, and spiritually. I have written about this before, but the physical balance issue has been on the minds of many of you who have contacted me over the last few weeks. Here is … Continue reading →

If there is anything I have learned in the last year, it is this: Recovery from Parkinson’s is part of a journey called life. My life’s journey did not begin with Parkinson’s and it did not end with recovery from … Continue reading →

As I wrote in my last post, conventional wisdom says that we cannot recover from Parkinson’s…only degenerate, only get worse, never get better. I have explained in the past that on any day where I felt no worse than the … Continue reading →

In Parkinson’s recovery, we must learn to rely on ourselves. Why? Because conventional wisdom says that we cannot recover…that’s right, that you cannot recover. Parkinson’s is defined as an incurable progressively degenerative neurological disease. And, not only is there no … Continue reading →

I have said many times that in my recovery, I had to learn to stop thinking so much, and just “do.” This morning, while reading a passage in Suzuki’s Not Always So, it reminded me how well he makes this … Continue reading →

In Suzuki’s Not Always So, in a section entitled, “Caring for the Soil,” a passage struck me a particularly important for Parkinson’s recovery: “Usually we are not interested in the nothingness of the ground. Our tendency is to be interested … Continue reading →