While we feel we can provide the best listening experience for The Brain Ablaze Epilepsy Podcast here on the web, did you know that we’ve expanded everywhere? Social Media In addition to our vibrant community on X (which used to Read more…
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 diagnosed at age thirteen. Which 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 you to check out some 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 I wanted to share purple 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” in the same sentence. We 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 8 PM GMT). While Sara 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 tattooing of the skin to Read more…
In sharing my story, I hope to help you understand you aren’t alone. I understand you feel like it and the best advice I can share with you is to know it’s a process of accepting your diagnosis and there Read more…
To Chris with Love. Thank you for always being there. “You have epilepsy.” Can you imagine hearing that? Have you heard it yourself or know someone who has? How did you feel when hearing words like these? Were you ready? Read more…
Just when I thought life couldn’t get any harder, I became pregnant with my second child. This was not unplanned, mind you, and I was not upset. My first pregnancy had been very easy – one seizure in nine months, Read more…
Having seizures in college and succeeding in college is a big juggling act. There is no doubt in my mind that people with epilepsy can go to college, and more than that, be successful in college. I am a full-time Read more…