4 Things I’d Like People to Know about Living With a Balance Disorder
This Balance Awareness Week, I want to shed light on living with balance disorders like Meniere’s Disease and Vestibular Migraine. These conditions bring invisible yet significant challenges such as dizziness, brain fog, and unpredictable symptoms. Despite the struggles, I cherish the good days and strive to make the most of them. Greater awareness and understanding can help others offer better support and compassion.
Navigating the Emotional Impact of Hearing Loss: From Grief to Growth
If you’ve experienced hearing loss, you may have found it to be a life-changing experience. Often, learning to live without full sound not only means figuring out the practical implications, such as whether a hearing device might be helpful or the best place to sit in a restaurant to hear the people at your table but also means working through a landscape of emotions. Hearing loss not only affects how you interact with the world but also how you feel about yourself, and for me, the emotional impact of hearing loss was huge.