Podcast 285: Vikki Claflin: Living And Laughing With Parkinsons
b"Todays guest entrepreneur is an amazingly positive lady, who found her life turned around at the age of 50 when many are looking forward to a life of good health into their later years.\\nShe received the diagnosis that she was a victim of Parkinsons disease, which was not the kind of words that anyone hopes to hear.\\nAthough in truth she didn't stay in the victim mode for long.\\nAs after many dark days spent coming to terms with her diagnosis, her natural comic optimism and irreverence began to resurface and she started writing on her blog about the funny side of living with Parkinsons.\\nShe shared the good the bad, the up and downs, the funny and the downright hilarious.\\nAnd alongside her loving family, set off to ensure the world knows that there is a brightside to living with this chronic illness.\\nDelivering her story in the form of the the best selling book Shake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living and Laughing with Parkinson's she has seen her life become a whirl of public speaking and media interviews, as the world looks to be informed about something that can happen to all of us.\\nShe is a humor writer, author, public speaker and former newspaper columnist and regular contributor to the Huffington Post and now a guest on Join Up Dots too.\\nSo what was it that she found in herself, that pulled herself out of the dark and despair?\\nAnd what advice would she give to the listeners who have family members dealing with this on a daily basis?\\nWell lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Vikki Claflin"