Today I was reminded why I do what I do for a living and what pulled me off the track of the life I had before-after becoming very ill. No one believed me. I was dreadfully unwell and no one heard me. They said it was all in my head. My story is long. Some of you know it and others perhaps don’t. But, in the end, I won the battle over my struggles. I ended up going back to school. I saved myself. And after getting my Ph.D., I managed to change lives all around the world for the better. My heart has always been in reaching out-regardless of the way in which I would do so (the old me or the post-illness me)- from that place deep inside of my heart.Today I heard someone’s tears because SHE too was not believed. She is stuck inside of a body that isn’t working the way it is supposed to. Today I am reminded that my choice to help so many people like her was a really important thing-for others, but for me as well.

Today I feel really blessed to have gone down a road that I did not know would ultimately lead to where I am today.

Dr.M