“I’ll Never Forget Narcolepsy Now.” -UCLA Medical Student
This fall, I was BUSY spreading narcolepsy awareness to doctors, medical students and researchers across the country. Upon ...
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A Message to the Narcolepsy Community in Italy!
REMRunner's Note: This post is in Italian for the amazing friends I met during my recent trip to Bologna. ...
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Raising Narcolepsy Awareness in Italy!
On Saturday Sept. 24, 2016, I stood outside the fancy lecture hall at the University of Bologna in ...
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When Your Body Says “OH HELL NO” in Italy – Practicing Radical Self Care On The Fly
I felt a scratch in my throat at Stanford's Medicine X conference. Flying to Italy, pressure spread across my ...
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The Magic of MedX 2016
On my birthday, I traveled to San Francisco to participate in my favorite conference, Stanford Medicine X 2016! ...
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Narcolepsy Advocate in Neurology Now Magazine
Hot off the presses! I'm proud to be featured in Neurology Now's article, Self Diagnose Successfully, on becoming an empowered ...
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What Does It Feel Like to Speak to an Audience of 1,000 People?
Wow, the last month has been one of the busiest of my life, but all great stuff (as I ...
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New York Times editor’s The Big Thing features Wide Awake & Dreaming: A Memoir of Narcolepsy
I'm SO honored that New York Times writer and editor, Phyllis Korkki features my story in her new ...
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What is my secret? Am I a “typical” person with narcolepsy?
I received the following comment on my recent blog post and wanted to respond here. ************ Dear N. Leptic, Thank ...
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I am a narcolepsy advocate, speaker, and the award-winning author of Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir of Narcolepsy. Living in Los Angeles and serving as President & CEO of Project Sleep, I love opening people's hearts and minds to the real narcolepsy, a neurological disorder affecting 3 million people worldwide. Thanks for stopping by!
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