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A couple of weeks ago, I embarked on a year-long quest to heal my eyesight working with Dr. Yu at the Wellspring Clinic in Vancouver, Canada. Wellspring, which utilizes Chinese medicine, has been working with RP patients for thirteen years and has had helped a lot of people struggling with Retinitis Pigmentosa to maintain and even improve their vision. Continue reading
One of the most surprising and rewarding outcomes of sharing my journey with Retinitis Pigmentosa in my new memoir, Focus, has been the numerous emails and Facebook messages I’ve received from others who are struggling with RP or another blinding … Continue reading
While the rest of us are making the rounds to holiday dinners and cocktail parties, Sharon Rosen will remain at home. While we’re feasting and fretting about inevitable holiday weight gain, she’ll be nursing her spinach-laced protein shakes and nibbling on rice and crackers, hoping to take in enough nourishment to keep ninety-two pounds on her five-foot-three frame. Because as much as she desperately wants it, food makes her sick. Continue reading
When I was diagnosed with RP eight years ago, I chose the path that I felt would keep me safe: denial and hiding.
I was scared that people would discriminate against me if they knew I was losing my eyesight. And I was petrified of showing the world that I was vulnerable. But after six years of living in the closet, I finally realized that talking openly about my degenerative eye disease was empowering and educational. I realized that if I was okay with who I was, other people would be too. And if not, so what? Continue reading
This has been an amazing week for me. Today, an excerpt from my memoir Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story is being featured in a story on NPR’s Snap Judgement! ..And earlier in the week, Readers Digest Recommends spotlighted … Continue reading
I’me excited!!! I just discovered that my memoir, Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story, has been named Best General Non Fiction book at the eFestival
of Words — an online festival that focuses on honoring the best in indie books. Continue reading
Author Marketing Guru and Writer Laura Pepper Wu recently asked me to share my thoughts regarding my journey as an indie author–including my ongoing marketing strategies and the advice I have for others who are considering taking the indie author plunge. Continue reading
My daughter teamed with a friend, Kayla Moore, to make a book trailer of my memoir Hippie Boy in her 7th grade TV production class. It stars Syd and my husband as my dad and I at that age. Continue reading
If you are wondering what can happen when teens find their voice and claim their power, watch this story clip with student authors from Scriber Lake High School, an alternative high school in Edmonds, Washington. Then read their new book: … Continue reading
Sometimes this whole process of going after dreams is TOUGH. And there are days when it can get downright discouraging. I’m having one of those days so I went in search of some inspiration and found this amazing quote by Alan Cohen. Continue reading