“Ode to Joy” Movie Review From A Person Living with Narcolepsy with Cataplexy
Today, the new feature film, Ode to Joy opens in select theaters (in New York and Los Angeles) and ...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Hypocretin/Orexin: Narcolepsy’s Big Breakthrough
LET'S PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999: Twenty years ago today, a dog named Kahlua was on the cover of ...
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Listen Now: CALM + COZY podcast interview
Apparently I felt comfortable and a bit snarky on the day that I recorded this CALM + COZY podcast ...
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Listen Now: New Interview on Wake Up Narcolepsy’s Narcolepsy 360 Podcast
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Claire Crisp, Executive Director of Wake ...
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Seattle! Speaking Sleep Advocacy and Narcolepsy Awareness
Seattle: I'm so excited to visit soon for three speaking engagements! 1.) Speaking Advocacy at the Hypersomnia Education ...
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Join Us in Austin for the Central Texas Narcolepsy Forum
Friends, I'm thrilled to share the news that Project Sleep is co-hosting a unique one-day event in Austin, ...
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Speaking at Narcolepsy UK Conference 2019!
Honored to share the news that I'll be a featured speaker at the Narcolepsy UK Annual Conference in Manchester on ...
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Upcoming Movie, Ode to Joy, Featuring Narcolepsy with Cataplexy Portrayal
Today, Project Sleep issued the following public statement after receiving many questions from community members about the upcoming ...
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Our Time to Shine! Behind-the-Scenes of Project Sleep’s Recent Advocacy Initiative
I was scared. I didn’t know if you’d come with me on this path. We’d JUST finished the ...
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Sleep Advocacy & Narcolepsy Awareness in Washington DC
“One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began...” — Mary Oliver, The Journey Ten ...
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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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