Beyond Stillness empowers stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories as gifts of inspiration and hope. Through a reflective story-crafting process, survivors uncover and share the wisdom gained from their recovery. Their gatherings further strengthen bonds and build a compassionate community.
Sara Michelle Photography The 2018 Cheetahs girls volleyball season was off to an exciting start. In the opening game just a week prior, 12-year-old Mariah Fisher’s turn at serving the ball earned her distinction as the team’s highest scorer. She was anxious for game two. In the ...
To stroke survivors Tara and Sean, the month of May will forever hold deeper meaning to them than National Stroke Awareness Month. The couple gathered with family and friends this month to celebrate their wedding and the incredible journeys that brought them together. In 2016, Tara, a native California girl ...
When a 911 call is received in Santa Clara County, emergency dispatchers follow medically-approved protocols to help them determine the type of emergency response the patient may require. Based on the caller’s answers to specific questions, dispatchers alert emergency responders, including the fire department and ambulance, of a possible stroke ...
Stanford University’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance, in connection with leadership advisory firm Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., reports a weighty statistic based on findings from their 2010 Survey on CEO Succession Planning. Over half of today’s companies are unable to immediately designate a successor to their CEO. Why? ...
Rita Ecdao-Lubey exudes confidence. She’s the person who controls her situation, focusing on possibilities rather than limitations. That’s why it comes as such a surprise when Rita explains that her life was once restricted by fear. Stroke changed that. “I didn’t feel afraid anymore,” says Rita, who suffered two strokes ...
The signs were there. First, a hand unexpectedly failed to perform a regular function. Facial numbness followed. “I was in total denial,” says Mark Youngblood, a registered nurse of nearly 30 years who suffered an ischemic stroke in 2014. Mark, 55, rose before dawn on March 31. He looked forward ...
Throughout his career, Phil Matteson had seen countless cases of stroke onset. That’s how he knew exactly what was happening to him on a May morning in 2010, days before his 51st birthday. He was combing his hair when his hand suddenly stopped moving. Luckily for Phil, his wife was ...
Grace Sellers - See's Candies Fall 2013 was a busy season for Grace Sellers. She traveled to Central America with her brother to visit towns and friends they knew from their youth in Honduras as children of missionary parents. She and her husband Richard visited their grandchildren in Oregon, and ...
Crying is part of the healing process. That’s what Lincoln Krochmal, MD, tells stroke survivors and caregivers who attend the peer-to-peer counseling sessions and monthly stroke support group he leads at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (VMC). “People think it’s a weakness to cry. Get it out of your system ...
