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 Kintsugi pieces. It’s stunning.) Kintsugi is part of the wabi-sabi 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 in ways other than wearing it… Generally, I enjoy cooking 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 Staggs spends the summer of 2023 raising awareness for Epilepsy 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 mark out those who were the property of others or Read more…
In this episode, we celebrate some stories of Presidents whose lives were entangled with seizures or Epilepsy. Were you motivated by the stories of the Presidents described in this episode? We would love to hear any comments you have. You can always reach out to us via email at social@brainablaze.com Read more…
Every country (and state) treats Cannabis (or medical marijuana) differently. This has led to many questions from many people in our Epilepsy community regarding the potential use and efficacy of cannabis to reduce our seizures. In this episode, we try to clear up questions regarding cannabis and its future in Read more…
Our podcast is still on hiatus, but we want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season. We hope you are safe, happy, and of course, seizure-free. Thank you so much for the support during Brain Ablaze’s first year. Contact Us If you have any questions or comments about this Read more…
Many of you have reached out to learn what will happen to our Epilepsy Support Group sessions after Epilepsy Awareness Month ends. We want to answer some of the basic questions that have already been asked about our plans moving ahead. Will You Continue the Sessions? Yes, absolutely. We know Read more…
Because I have had epilepsy for 15 years, I know that having intractable epilepsy, or really any type of epilepsy is debilitating. It is a loss of control of the one thing you were promised to have control over: your body. You have a seizure, you take medicine, you have Read more…
I love words. I find it interesting how our chosen lifestyles, our culture/religion, our environment and what life throws at us creates the landscape of our individual vernacular. I love the fascinating way children learn language, how their interests drive their ever growing vocabulary. I’m not good at learning new Read more…