David Fajgenbaum was in medical school when his body began shutting down. A former college quarterback, he lay in bed, nearly helpless, as a priest read him his last rites. Then a doctor pitched a Hail Mary pass by administering seven different types of chemotherapy, hoping to blast Castleman disease out of Fajgenbaum’s body. It worked. He returned to medical school and to life.| Susannah Fox
It’s that time of year again! Every September, Pratham Books celebrates One Day, One Story (ODOS) to mark International Literacy Day. ODOS is a volunteer-driven initiative where our Reading Champions conduct joyful storytelling sessions with children across India and the world. These sessions take place in schools, libraries, community centres, parks, and even living rooms […]| Pratham Books
Jill Dopf Viles suspected a killer was hiding in her family’s genetic code. Symptoms popped up among her siblings, her father, her uncle, her grandmother, but, despite 15 annual visits to the Mayo Clinic, no clinician suggested anything more specific than muscular dystrophy.| Susannah Fox
Imagine the nerves behind one of your eyes suddenly bursting into flames of pain, relentlessly burning for hours. The pain recedes, then roars back, day after day. You try to describe what is happening inside your head to your family, your clinicians, even yourself, but words fall short. It is the worst pain a human can endure.| Susannah Fox
This post is the latest in my series of “Wow! How? Health” stories, also shared on LinkedIn if you want to follow the conversation on that platform. When Michael Katz was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, he was fortunate to connect with someone who had recently completed treatment, the “just-in-time someone-like-me” that could guide him. He vowed to do the […]| Susannah Fox
Jean Nidetch and six friends decided to try to lose weight together, meeting at her home to encourage and support each other in their quest. Their success drew more friends and in May, 1963, Nidetch launched a company based on the idea that peer support is key to weight control. Over 400 people showed up to the first official meeting in Queens, New York.| Susannah Fox
This post is the latest in my series of “Wow! How? Health” stories, also shared on LinkedIn if you want to follow the conversation on that platform. It starts with a story that long-time readers of this blog will hopefully recognize! Ten years ago this week my friend Delina texted me: I am sweeping the kitchen and just found […]| Susannah Fox
So you've created a Culture Plan. How do you implement it? Who's involved? What are best practices for implementation?| CX Journey™
Strap in, folks, this is the summary of 8 years of roleplaying. Back in 2013 I started a new Champions campaign with my oldest sons and many of their friends. They players have changed and everyone followed my 'every players has multiple characters' rule, and we ended up with multiple games with multiple GMs in a shared universe, so there have been a LOT of PC heroes! The 8 years of real time have equaled about 8 years of game time, for various fun reasons involving session timing. Because o...| Don't Split the Party
Hello, all! Over the last 60 days we've done about 12 Champions sessions from San Mateo to Atlanta to Teens. Some of these had play reports on the Discord, others for Patrons only, and a few will be in upcoming podcasts. Here are some of the highlights.| Don't Split the Party
As a change of pace the crew decided to play villains for a while! We started off with the following:| Don't Split the Party
I finally get to play a new Champions character!| Don't Split the Party
