Try Focusing On the Positive and Not the Negative! If you can’t stay positive try avoiding to pass on a disparaging word that might impact others. #MotivationMonday
Author: Karl Robb
Karl Robb has had Parkinson’s disease (PD) for over thirty years. With symptoms since he was seventeen years old, Karl was diagnosed at the age of twenty-three. Now fifty-one, he is a Parkinson’s disease advocate, an entrepreneur, an inventor, an author of two books (A Soft Voice in a Noisy World: A Guide to Dealing and Healing with Parkinson’s Disease and Dealing and Healing with Parkinson’s Disease and Other Health Conditions: A Workbook for Body, Mind, and Spirit) with his wife and care partner, Angela Robb. He has blogged for ten years on his website, ASoftVoice.com. He is a Community Team Member to ParkinsonsDisease.net and is a contributor to PatientsLikeMe.com.
His blog, ASoftVoice.com, has been recognized four years in a row by Healthline.com as one of The Best Parkinson’s Blogs of 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015! Healthline.com also listed the book A Soft Voice in a Noisy World in their list of Best Parkinson’s Disease Books of 2017! FeedSpot.com has recognized ASoftVoice.com for 2018 and 2017 as a Top 50 Parkinson’s Disease blog. Karl was a blogger for the 2016 World Parkinson Congress in Portland, Oregon. He is a frequent speaker on Parkinson’s disease issues as well as an experienced advocate for Parkinson’s issues throughout the United States. He is also an advisor and consultant on Parkinson’s disease.
Karl is a board member of both the Parkinson Voice Project and Parkinson Social Network based in Virginia. He was an active board member (6 years) and an advocate (18 years) with the Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN).
In his free time, he is a photographer, constant writer, longtime magician, and a practicing Reiki Jin Kei Do master.
Karl received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been featured by The New York Post, BBC Radio, CBS News, National Public Broadcasting (NPR), in The New Republic magazine and NHK World Television, as well as several Washington, D.C., television stations.
You may reach Karl via email at asoftvoice@gmail.com, on Facebook, or contact him via Twitter @asoftvoicepd.
I’m available for speaking engagements to share my experience living with Parkinson’s disease. Please contact me at asoftvoice@gmail.com if you are interested in having me speak to your group, conference/symposium, or would like me to write an article for your newsletter or blog.
I am not a medical professional and this information is my personal view. I am just sharing my medical journey with you, the reader. I encourage you to seek all avenues that can benefit your condition.
Want To Act Up? It May Be A Break from Parkinson’s! It’s Improv!
Where can you take a break from Parkinson’s disease with a group of friends to go places, laugh, create, and expand your imagination for a while, all without leaving your home? Learn the fun and benefits of improv…
Changes for Better Living
Change is often necessary, yet still painful. We make changes for better living and new opportunities, even if we don’t see them immediately. #MotivationMonday
Conversation about Quality of Life Issues and Parkinson’s with Dr. Bradley McDaniels
Dr. Bradley McDaniels of the University of North Texas joins Angela and Karl Robb for a lively conversation about quality of life issues and Parkinson’s disease.
Affirmations for the Week Ahead
Push you boundaries! Don’t take excessive risks! Expand your limits! Keep seeking for answers! #MotivationMonday
Keeping On Our Path
In this world, full of distractions and misdirection, if we don’t have an itinerary or plan to keep us on our path, it becomes too easy to lose our way. #MotivationMonday
Unshared Knowledge
Unshared knowledge is a gift meant to be disseminated to everyone to educate and not to be squandered, ignored, or forgotten. #MotivationMonday
Media Can Be Helpful
The media gets blamed for a great deal, but it can bring us hope and education. #MotivationMonday I woke to NPR’s show, Hidden Brain…
Happy New Year 2023!
Happy New Year 2023
New Opportunities for Growth In the New Year
New Opportunities for Growth In New Year #HappyNewYear | Karl Robb
Peaceful Landscapes
Beautiful landscapes and serene settings renew our energy and bring on peaceful, calming, and healing feelings! #MotivationMonday
Making Self-Care a Priority
Self-care is about making your care a priority… #MotivationMonday
Savor the Present
Rarely, do we live in the moment. Either we reflect on our past or look to the future.
Try to savor the present. #MotivationMonday
Jonah Hill’s movie, Stutz, is a must see!
Jonah Hill’s intimate, deep and powerful, insightful, and illuminating documentary film, Stutz, unleashes so many important topics for discussion and expression that can lead to healing and understanding!
Give Thanks!
Give thanks for today, yesterday, and for all those who helped make your days possible! Happy Thanksgiving! #MotivationMonday
Sharing your Diagnosis
Sharing your diagnosis can free you from a burden of secrecy and also give your loved ones a chance to participate in your well-being. #MotivationMonday
The more informed that you are, the greater your options!
You are the only one who can decide how you want to navigate your chronic illness. The more informed that you are, the greater your options. There really is power in staying informed! #MotivationMonday
Halloween Dreams
Halloween can bring the child in all of us out, even, just for a night. Scary, comical, mysterious, or heroic, we can all aspire to a character for a night of variety. #HappyHalloween #MotivationMonday
Halloween Gatherings
Halloween is more than candy and scary costumes. Make this holiday a little more special and treat your neighbors to a get together. Celebrate your community with music, sharing, and food. #MotivationMonday
Your Wellness
Your wellness begins and ends with you! #MotivationMonday
Appreciate Nature and Beauty
There is beauty all around you. It is your job to appreciate it! #MotivationMonday
With Support
With the support, love, faith, and inspiration of friends, family and words of wisdom, we can overcome any barrier or challenge. #MotivationMonday
Focus on Self-Care
Living well with Parkinson’s disease or any chronic illness requires dedication and a focus to your own self-care in every detail! #MotivationMonday
Change Tests Our Flexibility and Resilience
The inevitable changes of our lives can come at the most unexpected and inconvenient times. It is the challenges of change that test our flexibility and resilience. #MotivationMonday
Ask Tough Questions
Making your best decision often means asking the tough questions! Know where your money goes and how it is being used. Keep on top of your donations and who you give to! #MotivationMonday
You are the Catalyst
Everyday is unique and special! You are the catalyst to determining the day! #MotivationMonday
Look At Your Week As Art!
Look At Your Week As Art! Think of this week as your own blank canvas to create your masterpiece. #MotivationMonday
Instagram Chat with former Rock Steady Boxing Coach Alec Langstein
Instagram Chat with former Rock Steady Boxing Coach Alec Langstein.
Light Leads Our Way! #Motivation Monday
Light Leads Our Way! Our perspective, our attitude, and our demeanor set the trajectory of our journey. #Motivation Monday
Navigating the Journey
Navigating the Journey – Weather the storm, through rain and gale, Set your course, set your sail… #MotivationMonday
