I'm a Software Engineer and Entrepreneur. Though retired now, I spent twenty years working in Silicon Valley tech for companies like Apple, Twitter, eBay, PayPal, Microsoft, and a series of small startups.
I'm not a medical professional, but just someone who has dealt with the ins and outs of Epilepsy through more than a quarter of a century of uncontrolled seizures.
I’m not medically qualified in any way but I have been dealing with the not-so-niceties of epilepsy with uncontrolled seizures for 30 years.
I write the Goldilocks Complex blog and am studying a BA (Hons) Arts and Humanities specialising in English Language. I’m based in the UK, living life with epilepsy and a sense of humour.
My name is Rachel and I just wanted to share my epilepsy story for Brain Ablaze with the hopes that I could help others. I suffer from epilepsy, specifically JME (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy), and was Read more…
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pieces of pottery with gold. It’s a clear metaphor for embracing flaws and accepting imperfections. Don’t panic. This isn’t a sneaky art history seminar (although I encourage Read more…
Updated Saturday, November 18, 2023. Purple was one of my favorite clothing colors as a child and young teen but not so much as an adult. Purple is the color chosen for Epilepsy Awareness, but Read more…
November in the United States is designated as National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Each year the Epilepsy community comes together during November to celebrate Epilepsy. Many people are often confused when they see “celebrate” and “Epilepsy” Read more…
As of October 2022, we’ve added another virtual epilepsy support group. Sara Staggs has volunteered to lead a group that will meet every other week on Wednesdays at 12 PM PST (3 PM EST and Read more…
Stigma, Noun. A mark of disgrace or infamy: a sign of severe censure or condemnation, regarded as impressed on a person or thing; a ‘brand’. Oxford English Dictionary. In ancient Greece, the verb stizo described Read more…