by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 10, 2020 | Resilience
Making Adjustments During Corona Season #3 I often share with patients and caregivers that it’s not “laugh OR cry,” but rather “laugh AND cry.” During this season of Corona, you have probably been able to pinpoint some ways in which you...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 3, 2020 | Resilience
Making Adjustments During Corona Season #2 Disorientation. Normal has been upended. Everything seems to have changed. And it changes daily. You have probably experienced changes to your routines, habits, and people interactions. Whether you are highly organized or...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 27, 2020 | Resilience
Common Experiences During Corona Season Normal has been upended. You may have noticed yourself grappling with some of these dynamics in the past few weeks: Disorientation. Everything seems to have changed. And it changes daily. Grief. You may have a sense of loss of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 28, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #3 Midge and John are two of the most resilient people I know. John has been living with Parkinson’s disease for over twenty years. He has done Deep Brain Stimulation, all kinds of meds, and he keeps going…and well at that. John has...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 21, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #2 Limping and waddling his way toward me, his cheek-to-cheek smile greets me long before his aching body arrives. Wayne is one of my heroes. Disease and life experience have sabotaged his health, but he continues to expose his jumbled...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 14, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #1 Service to others. This is the life they have known and lived. He worked for 33 years as a public official. For more than a decade, he continued to work through the inconveniences of Parkinson’s disease. Always quick with a joke or a...
