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Losing An American Treasure—The Loss of John Prine

April 8, 2020 Karl Robb Uncategorized

The 2020 pandemic has robbed us of my favorite living musician, the great John Prine.

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My Halloween Observation!

October 31, 2018 Karl Robb Uncategorized One comment

It’s that perpetual question that haunts us all at this time of year. Family dinner

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Dyskinesia Isn’t A Dance and It Really Isn’t Funny!

September 5, 2017 Karl Robb 2017, Education, Education & Support, Health, Medications, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Wellness 2 comments

The struggles of coping with dyskinesia and understanding how it differs from tremor.

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Karl Robb and Angela Robb

Collaboration with PatientsLikeMe

August 31, 2017 Karl Robb Education, Education & Support, Parkinson's Disease, PatientsLikeMe, Uncategorized

I am so excited to announce that Angela and I will be guest blogging for

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Summer Reprise – “Motivation”

July 14, 2017 Karl Robb Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Wellness

What keeps you motivated? What gets you out of bed every day? What makes you

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Summer Reprise – “Trying to Understand Stress as It Relates to Parkinson’s Disease”

July 11, 2017 Karl Robb Education, Parkinson's Disease, Research, Uncategorized, Wellness

I will be re-releasing this and a few other posts from my archives that I

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Healthline Best Blogs Parkinson's Disease 2017

Healthline Selects ASoftVoice.com Three Years in a Row as a Top Blog for Parkinson’s Disease!

May 22, 2017 Karl Robb A Soft Voice book, Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Uncategorized, Wellness One comment

I am so honored, humbled, and proud to announce that for the 3rd year in

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News May Have An Impact!

May 3, 2017 Karl Robb Education, Education & Support, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Wellness 2 comments

Hyperbole on television, the evening news, politics, the Internet, and especially late night shows, is

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Remembering Those Before Us!

April 26, 2017 Karl Robb 2017, Education & Support, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Support Groups, Uncategorized, Wellness One comment

As Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month comes to a close, as one well too familiar with

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Health Matters!

April 4, 2017 Karl Robb Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, Wellness

It is April and that means it is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month! Everyday ought to

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FeedSpot Top 50 Parkinson Blog

ASoftVoice.com Blog Recognized As A Top 50 Blog By FeedSpot

February 10, 2017 Karl Robb A Soft Voice book, Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Uncategorized, Wellness

ASoftVoice.com has been recognized by FeedSpot as a top 50 blog on Parkinson’s Disease! We

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A Soft Voice in a Noisy World

Adding our books to libraries!

February 6, 2017 Karl Robb 2016, A Soft Voice book, Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Uncategorized, Wellness

Please help us get in your local library! Six copies of A Soft Voice in

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It’s not all in your head–is it?

January 19, 2017 Karl Robb 2017, Education, Education & Support, Health, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Wellness

In the near 200 years, since the discovery of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the theories of

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DC’s newest museum! Before it was done.

September 14, 2016 Karl Robb Education, Media & Trends, Uncategorized

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Five or More… with Robin Elliott, Executive Director & CEO of PDF

September 13, 2016 Karl Robb Education, Education & Support, Interviews, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Uncategorized, World Parkinson Congress 2016

I am so pleased to have Robin Elliott, the Executive Director and CEO of the

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On Turning 50 – Just a few observations

September 5, 2016 Karl Robb A Soft Voice book, Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Support Groups, Uncategorized, Wellness One comment

  Star Trek and I turn 5 decades, 2.5 scores, 1/2 a century, or 50

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A Day of Respite and Amazement

May 27, 2016 Karl Robb Uncategorized One comment

It happened on April 12, 2016, a most unbelievable day in about 30 years! I

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Happy Earth Day!

April 22, 2016 Karl Robb 2016, Health, Media & Trends, Politics, Uncategorized, Wellness

Be kind to the Planet and it’s creatures, today and everyday. Here is something that

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eCareDiary.com webcast April 19th 11am EDT

Join Us April 19 at 11AM EDT for our talk with eCareDiary.com!

April 13, 2016 Karl Robb A Soft Voice book, Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Support Groups, Uncategorized, Wellness

Join me and my wife and carepartner, Angela, for a Q & A as we

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Taking the mystery out of a reiki treatment.

March 1, 2016 Karl Robb Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Reiki, Uncategorized, Wellness, World Parkinson Congress 2016

Calm and Very Cool! The time has come to demystify the word reiki (ray-key). “Rei”

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Viewing of Capturing Grace in DC!

February 19, 2016 Karl Robb Education, Education & Support, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Support Groups, Uncategorized, Wellness, World Parkinson Congress 2016 One comment

Last night, I attended a viewing of Dave Iverson’s touching film Capturing Grace. The documentary

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Making Choices

November 13, 2015 Karl Robb 2015, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Uncategorized 3 comments

Let’s stop worrying about the parts of our lives that we can’t possibly change.

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ASoftVoice.com Reaches to 200th Post

October 27, 2015 Karl Robb 2015, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Wellness 2 comments

It has always been my intention to provide the readers, both Parkinson’s disease related and not, a thought, a picture, or a story that might inspire or spark conversation.

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Fighting Parkinson’s?

July 29, 2015 Karl Robb 2015, Education, Education & Support, Health, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Wellness 2 comments

There is no question that Parkinson’s disease can be a tremendous struggle, filled with changes and developments. My theory is that when we ‘wage war, go to battle, or fight’, we highlight stress, violence, and turmoil.

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Alaska Awareness

June 30, 2015 Karl Robb 2015, Education, Education & Support, Health, Uncategorized, Wellness 2 comments

I am fresh back from Alaska where I was treated to a bounty of natural

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Keys to Health Karl Robb

5 Keys to Health

April 20, 2015 Karl Robb 2015, Education, Education & Support, Health, Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Support Groups, Uncategorized, Wellness

Consider this for your search for health and wellness:

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My Wife-Angela Robb, Recognized As A Champion of Change!

March 21, 2015 Karl Robb 2015, Conferences & Symposiums, Education, Education & Support, Health, Media & Trends, Parkinson's Disease, Politics, Uncategorized 3 comments

UPDATE! Just in case you missed it, here is the video link to the Champions

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Oh Joy!

November 12, 2014 Karl Robb Parkinson's Disease, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Wellness

How do you define a “good day”? The elements that compose the day are subjective

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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month – News and upcoming events

April 18, 2014 Karl Robb Uncategorized

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month – News and upcoming events

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Sunday Connections 8/18/13 with guest Richard London

August 16, 2013 Karl Robb Uncategorized

Join Karl and Angela Robb this Sunday at 5pm EST/2pm PST  as they host Sunday

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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-four, he is a Parkinson’s disease advocate, an entrepreneur, an inventor, an author of two books about living with Parkinson's Disease and Chronic Conditions. He is a Community Team Member to ParkinsonsDisease.net. He is also an advisor and consultant on Parkinson’s disease for various organizations and corporations.Karl is a board member of both the Parkinson Voice Project and Parkinson Social Network based in Virginia. 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. I am not a medical professional and this information is my personal view.

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