Parkylife isn’t just a pack of cards with advice on, it’s a way of living positively with chronic illness

Matt Eagles

Happy Labor Day to those of you in the United States. I hope you are enjoying the last un-official day of summer.

Twitchy Woman is in the media. Two totally different things made my week more interesting!

What is a Parkylife hack? A tip or trick to help with everyday life.

First, a few days ago I was surprised by a tweet from ParkyLife. The amazing Matt Eagles, who was diagnosed as a young teenager and very active in the UK Parkinson’s community, has come out with a deck of cards he calls Parky Life Hacks. Each card has a quote from someone with PD on one side and an illustration on the other. I had seen a few of them in Kyoto, but this one was new and had a quote from, you guessed it, Twitchy Woman.

A press release from Havas Lynx Group in the UK, who worked with Matt to design the cards, says: Parkylife.com brings together a combination of stories, hacks, perks and profiles of inspiring folk who have achieved great things despite their diagnosis. It has been designed by ‘Parky’ people to provide a positive and optimistic outlook on adapting to life with the disease.

For Matt “Parkylife isn’t just a pack of cards with advice on, it’s a way of living positively with chronic illness. It’s unique, it’s never been done before and its changing the way people with parkinson’s view their lives.”

Go to Parkylife.com to see all of the cards and the t-shirt that was designed for the project. You cannot order them yet, but if you are interested, send an email to hello@parkylife.com

Inspire Me

The second thing happening this week is that Twitchy Woman was asked by the PMD Alliance (Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Alliance) to take part in their Inspire Me series of online video discussions. I will be on this Wednesday, Sept 4 at 4:30 PDT. Registration is required to participate. Go to PMDAlliance to learn more about it and to register. I think the session will be recorded so that it can be watched any time afterwards. I will get back to you with the link for that.