narcolepsy memoir
SLEEP WALK 2012 Video
Yes, we got our groove on during SLEEP WALK 2012! Check it out: Thank you, Ethan Crawford for creating this awesome video! Thank you, Suzworks‘ Suzannah Weiss and Sue Dambrauskas for getting the party started with Nia. More fun videos here. More about Wake Up Narcolepsy here.
Read MoreGuest Post on AASM’s Sleep Education Blog
I’m so excited to announce that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine invited me to write a guest post on their well-respected Sleep Education Blog. I wrote about my struggle to get a good night’s sleep and the upcoming SLEEP WALK! Please check out my post here.
Read MoreMy Writing Marathon
“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.” http://www.matthewspaulding.com/ Writing a memoir feels like running 100 marathons back to back. I’ve felt euphorically triumphant AND deflated and hopeless. Slowly but surely, I’m making…
Read MoreSo, You Want To Start A Blog? REM Runner’s Guide to Reaching Blogosphere Nirvana
“Everything starts as somebody’s daydream.” – Larry Niven Thinking about blogging? Start today. It’s a new year, after all! There’s no “right way” to blog, but I’ve listed the four things I most wish I’d known when I started two years ago. 1. Set moderate goals (i.e. – one post a month). Your blog is NOT…
Read MoreA Dreamy Year
“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau 2011 was an exciting year of “firsts” for me, including: 1. the first SLEEP WALK in Washington, DC 2. Marie…
Read MoreREM Runner Julie Flygare Featured in I AM Modern Magazine
I am so honored to be featured in I AM Modern Magazine’s Holiday 2011 Edition. I AM Modern is a Health, Beauty & Lifestyles Magazine for Modern Woman of the Washington DC area. It’s a social media fueled magazine and offers great articles about the Washington DC suburbs. Since moving to the area, I’ve enjoyed…
Read MoreSAY IT LOUD: I’m a Person with Narcolepsy and I’m Proud!
“I really don’t care what people think…I just do my own thing… I like being loud and letting people know I’m here.” -James Brown We should all do our own thing and not care what others think, but easier said than done. How do we ignore judgement? How do we celebrate the things,…
Read MoreNBC Washington Features Julie Flygare in Narcolepsy Report
Just 15 minutes into the 5 o’clock news today, NBC Washington featured an in-depth report about my experience with narcolepsy and cataplexy. Please share to help raise awareness! Watch here: View more videos at: http://nbcwashington.com. Description:“Julie Flygare had the world in the palm of her hand. She was in law school, she was an avid…
Read MoreNBC Interviews REM Runner Julie Flygare On Narcolepsy, Memoir and Yoga
Watch here: View more videos at: http://nbcwashington.com. I had the extraordinary opportunity to practice my narcolepsy communications skills with NBC Washington’s Medical Producer yesterday. But first, I got to practice yoga with NBC! I met Lauren and Chester at my yoga studio, Tranquil Space to record B-roll footage at 10am. Yoga plays a major roll…
Read MoreReview: MTV True Life I Have Narcolepsy Shines Bright Light on Narcolepsy and Cataplexy
I turned on my TV and cataplexy starred back at me. I smiled. The program information for MTV’s True Life “I Have Narcolepsy” described: Two young women, Julie and Katie, discuss in detail the challenges they have had to endure after being diagnosed with cases of Narcolepsy, which causes extreme sleepiness, and Cataplexy, which causes sudden…
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