An eight-minute appointment changed everything. Here’s what the first weeks after a Parkinson’s diagnosis really feel like: the shock, the questions, the hard choices, and the quiet strength that begins to surface.

Parkinson’s is often misunderstood as just a tremor, but it is actually a daily negotiation with the body. After 20 years of living with PD, I am sharing the invisible battles, the debunked myths, and why a diagnosis is a change rather than an end.

When I first heard the words “you have Parkinson’s,” I thought my life as I knew it was over. Nearly twenty years later, I know that isn’t true. If this diagnosis has entered your life, I want you to hear from someone who has been walking this road for a long time. You are not alone, and your story is not finished.

In a phenomenally entertaining “hot microphone” moment, the president of France and the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Canada were overheard commenting on the inordinate amount of news coverage afforded the president of the United States. 

For the first time in 19 years, I am performing a new role with a new title. I am no longer a Vice President, Human Resources with all of the notoriety and cache that goes along with the title. I am now an author. Ta-Daaa! 

One of the major challenges facing business leaders is the quality and integrity of the information they receive in order to make decisions. Getting the right information is critical to good decision making.