“I’m too busy.” “I’m too tired.” “I have too much company.” “I have too many doctor’s appointments.” These are just a few of the “too’s” I hear from my PD patients when I ask: “Did you practice your speech this week?” Some of these excuses sound familiar — they’re the...
A patient said to me this week: “I wish there was a pill for my speech.” I understood exactly why she said it. We live in a world where Ozempic has made weight loss feel achievable, where a pill can help someone quit smoking after decades of trying. We...
In 2023, I wrote a blog post about a diagnosis I hadn’t expected: scoliosis. (Read it here.) At the time, I didn’t fully realize how much that story had to say about my Parkinson’s patients and others with degenerative diseases. But looking back on...
Why Parkinson’s Awareness Month Still Matters Every April, I ask my patients the same question: “Why should we care?” This year, that question feels more urgent than ever. With ongoing changes to research funding, therapy reimbursement policies, and the rising cost of...
The Voice That Moves You Voice Aerobics® has always been built on a whole-body approach to voice practice — the understanding that the voice does not exist in isolation, but is connected to breath, posture, energy, and spirit. Self-vocalization as a movement tool is...
