by Chris Maxwell | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Do you feel alone today? Is your life in the singular? If so, find a support group. Be proactive and pursue help. Engage in the plural—a life no longer alone. No, people won’t fully understand and relate to your struggle. Yes, there will always be issues only you can...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 16, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
After reviewing the tests, the doctors decided what to call it. A name I had never known before. A name I struggled to remember then. A name I will never forget: encephalitis. The calendar called it March 1996. My body chose a different march, a lonely march, a march...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
– Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE Glance back at the words we’ve considered in the last few chapters: believing, celebrating, dancing, dreaming. It would be nice if...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
– Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or RIGHT HERE. Our prayers are often not answered the way we hoped. That doesn’t mean they aren’t answered. It might mean they are answered better...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 31, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
– Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or right HERE. The unknown. It’s staring at us all. Will it promote our risks or prohibit them? Five years from today, will we look back...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 29, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
In March I was honored to attend and speak at FACES 2015 Encephalitis Conference in Las Vegas. I was reminded that while so many of us who have experienced encephalitis feel alone, we aren’t. And, that while so many family members of those with encephalitis feel...
