“Kiss Me, I Have Narcolepsy!”
In honor of National Sleep Awareness Week (March 7-13), I've decided to do something out of my comfort ...
Read More Rain Showers Bring Energizing Powers
Rain makes me drowsy. On rainy days, all I want to do is curl up with a book ...
Read More A Dreamy Valentine’s Day
The stage was set for a perfect Valentine's Day. Walking into my boyfriend Ben's house, I saw flowers ...
Read More Adventures of the Sleepy Yogi Part III: Traveling the World in Search of Peace
Just call me World-Traveler-Extraordinaire. Two days ago, I took a boat-ride alongside the highest dune in Europe - the ...
Read More The Ugly Truth About Getting Back In Shape
There is nothing romantic about getting back in shape. I don't care how joyous the lady on the ...
Read More REM Runner versus the World Wide Web
HTML coding is not my idea of a good time. Until about a month ago, the words - ...
Read More Adventures of the Sleepy Yogi Part II: From Hallucinations to Inner Peace
I woke up and slowly climbed out of bed, still wrestling with sleep. A few minutes ...
Read More Racquetball & Cataplexy
My boyfriend, Ben plays racquetball recreationally. I'd never played racquetball before, but as a college squash player and ...
Read More The Pause-and-Nod
So, it’s the holidays and I travel a lot around the holidays. Recently, I sat next to a ...
Read More Moving Research Forward
As I arrived in Boston this morning, nerves tumbled in my stomach. I walked through a picturesque snow-swept ...
Read More Welcome!
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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