When life goes out of focus, it’s hard to see a way forward. After a cancer diagnosis at thirty, I learned that sometimes the only thing we can change is the lens we look through — and that shift can change everything.

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A few weekends ago, I paused on a run at this sign. “You Are Here.” It struck me that no matter what we’re trying to accomplish—whether it’s running, losing weight, finishing a project, or even rebuilding after a setback—we always start from here.

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Growing up during the Cold War, I was haunted by the threat of nuclear disaster—so standing in Hiroshima decades later was a moment I’ll never forget. But what struck me most wasn’t the tragedy—it was the resilience.

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With the launch of my newly redesigned website, I’m excited to get back to writing regular posts. Like I do with my speeches and my music, I hope to bring you stories that inspire…

I’m super excited that my TEDx talk has posted to YouTube and wanted to share it with you. I talked about my experience with cancer and how I use my story and the music I wrote about it to help drive compassion and connection.

It is always fulfilling to be a part of Georgia State University doing innovative things to help our students succeed. The total student engagement dashboard is a solution we created to unify data from numerous sources across the university to improve our efforts with student success.

I created a time-lapse using Gimp from photos I took with my Google Pixel 3 of Sunday’s Super Flower Blood Moon.

What a wonderful virtual session with a terrific group of over 300 oncology nurses at the Oncology Nursing Society ONS Congress last week. Anne McSweeney, LCSW and I of Center Stage Education had the privilege to present to an incredibly engaged awesome audience of the angels of healthcare!