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"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastA Very Special EpisodeHi, this is Jack Greenman. In honor of national MS Awareness Week, which this year is March 9-15, I’m excited to bring you this very special episode of “A Fortunate Man with MS”! For the first time on this podcast, you will hear my brother, Gil Greenman, tell his story in his own voice. 2025-03-0304 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastReasons for OptimismIn my work on mindfulness, I open to what arises: sounds, sensations—including pain—and then, of course, thoughts. They arrive like waves on the ocean. Occasional waves of reality-based optimism are appearing.2024-10-1403 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastOur Summer on the Bay DowntownMy amazing wife Lisa shared an idea: “I think Gil and I should come [to the Edgewater Hotel} every Friday in the summer and spend the night. We can have drinks in the bar in the middle of the day with one set of friends and then later have dinner with another group.“ And so it began...2024-09-2408 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastLet's DanceWill the chronic inflammation and lesions that have plagued me and brought a dramatic worsening of my condition for almost two years start to calm down?2024-06-2905 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastPurposeAs my acute troubles continue - chronic brain inflammation with new lesions, losing my vision, inability to feed myself, and confusion- I have been thinking about purpose.2024-06-1203 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastThe Old StreetFor me, 2018 was like navigating this street in a wheelchair. I am currently sitting stuck in the largest pothole.2024-04-1503 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastLessons from Mr. Rogers "It’s you I like, It’s not the things you wear, It’s not the way you do your hair– But it’s you I like The way you are right now . . ."2024-04-0503 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastSamuraiLying on the wood floor, I played a game with myself. I imagined that I was a samurai sleeping across the threshold of his Lord. Samurai slept on wood without anything else, I thought. So “samurai! Bonsai!”“ Whatever. I was still stuck.2024-03-3103 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastGet Busy Living“Please call me asap” read the text from my neurologist. This could not be good news. 2024-03-1803 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastMindful Through TerrorThese days, my experience of walking feels like climbing a rock face.2024-02-2903 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastChristmas WolvesThere is a story about a Cherokee grandfather teaching his grandson about life. 2024-02-1201 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastGratitude showers our lives with GraceGrateful and together, we celebrated on Thanksgiving. Now we move forward in Grace to the next moment. And the next.2024-02-0502 min"A Fortunate Man with MS" PodcastAn Urban Symphony with Extra Needles After my needles were in, I stared at the ceiling and tried to meditate on my breath. Not today. Frustrated, I smoldered until a set of sounds came together in my conscious mind.2024-01-2903 min