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04/29/2026

Looking for information or resources about aphasia?

Check out the National Aphasia Association’s website: aphasia.org

The NAA website has a wealth of information about aphasia. In today’s post I’ve highlighted five resources, which just scratches the surface:

1. Virtual events and programs
2. Provider directory
3. Ask the Expert library
4. Aphasia ID cards
5. Aphasia Quiz

The info and resources on the NAA website are geared for:

-people with aphasia and their care partners
-SLPs and other health care providers
-aphasia researchers
-students
-aphasia organizations

Do yourself and your patients a favor, and take a few minutes and browse the website: aphasia.org

04/20/2026

Mindfulness doesn’t have to be complicated.

It doesn’t have to take lots of time or energy.

It can be one breath. One pause. One moment of noticing.

And then maybe another.

For people with aphasia or brain injury, simple isn’t “less than”—it’s what helps make mindfulness accessible.

Simple works 🤍

04/14/2026

Looking for mindfulness tools for your brain injury patients?

A blog post I wrote about 2 years ago shares examples of free websites, apps, books, and podcasts where you can learn about and access mindfulness practices.

Visit my blog at lotusslp.com/blog and scroll down or “search” to find it. I will also post the direct link in my stories.

Want to learn more about integrating mindfulness into speech therapy? Stay tuned because I happen to have a new resource in the works…! 👀

💙Katherine

04/11/2026

Today is Parkinson’s Awareness Day, and April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month.

I thought I’d share 10 early signs of PD to help raise awareness (sourced from The Parkinson’s Foundation).

As a speech therapist, my role on the PD care team is to help people with Parkinson’s with their speech, voice, and swallowing. I do this through individual therapy and ongoing voice practice groups. 🗣️

Feel free to reach out with any questions. I am not currently taking new clients, but am happy to be a resource as I can. Somehow the time has flown by and I now have about 15 years experience working with people with PD.

Ps - did you know that the tulip is the symbol that represents Parkinson’s awareness? 🌷

04/07/2026

Love this new resource from the Maine Brain Injury Association: a support group for parents with brain injuries 🧠

02/06/2026

Don’t miss this! ⤵️

Next week’s “Ask the Expert” webinar though the National Aphasia Association will be honoring Dr. Davetrina Seles Gadson and her work on health equity in aphasia.

As always, these webinars are free to attend. If you can’t make it live, the webinar is recorded and posted on the NAA website and YouTube channel.

SLPs: You can earn one professional development hour (1 PDH) for attending the live webinar!

On a personal note: it’s hard for me to believe that it’s been over a year since Dr. Seles passed away. I was lucky to have met her through my work with the NAA. She was truly doing groundbreaking, meaningful work, filling a gap in stroke and aphasia research and clinical practice. She was also just SO cool! She inspired many, and her legacy lives on through her research and those she impacted. I’m honored to get to help put next week’s webinar together in her memory and to help the NAA develop more health equity resources for the aphasia community. I hope you’ll tune in next week to honor her memory - how cool would it be if this is one of our best-attended “Ask the Expert” webinars yet?!

12/26/2025

Happy holidays from the beautiful Maine coast! Very grateful for this community, and wishing you and yours peace, joy, and wellness in 2026. 🪷

10/23/2025

Healthy Aging Tip: Exercise!

We’ve all heard that exercise is good for our bodies. Did you also know that exercise can reduce risk of developing Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia?

ANY exercise is better than NO exercise at all. However, the current evidence recommends 150 minutes of exercise a week.

“Exercise” is any physical activity that “gets your heart pumping”, or gets your heart rate up a bit.

Some exercise ideas:
* A brisk walk
* Yoga
* Gardening / yard work
* Jogging / running
* Tennis or pickleball
* Biking
* Dancing
* Strength training

What are your favorite ways to exercise? How to you fit 150 minutes into each week? Let us know in the comments ⬇️

**This information was from the Maine Initiative for Neurologic Aging and Health (MAINAH) webinar, and the presenter was Dr. Susan Wehry.

09/19/2025

🧠 Concussion Awareness 🧠

The third Friday of September is National Concussion Awareness Day - which means this year it’s Friday September 19th, 2025.

Swipe through today’s post to learn a little about concussions, and how a speech-language pathologist (SLP) can help with cognitive-communication symptoms to help people live their lives to the fullest.

Sources / resources are listed on the final slide.

05/07/2025

May is National Speech Language Hearing Month!

When I reflect on the work that SLPs do, I think of the profound role of communication in our everyday lives. It is so integral to everything we do, moment to moment, day to day. Whether greeting a loved one or neighbor or coworker in the morning; learning or teaching in a classroom; attending a doctor’s appointment; chatting over lunch with friends; doing fun NYTimes games… the list goes on. And on. And on. I’m honored to do this work where I can help people communicate with confidence in their day-to-day lives.

What if we each wrote an example in the comments below of something we use COMMUNICATION for every day. I just listed a bunch of examples above but I’ll start! It doesn’t have to be something big or profound, but just think about how you communicate, verbally or in writing, each day. Go!

03/11/2025

Medicare coverage of telehealth services ends on March 31, 2025 (that’s less than 3 weeks away!) unless Congress takes action this month. And that includes speech therapy!

I have been offering speech therapy services via telehealth since 2021. I created a map showing the Maine cities and towns where my Lotus Speech & Wellness clients have lived. Some of my clients have lived over 150 miles away, and would certainly not have been able to access my services had I not offered them virtually. Swipe through the post to learn more. Because I specialize in neuro rehab, about 2/3 of my clients are Medicare beneficiaries.

I’ve included a link in my bio to the ASHA’s online form where SLPs can email your representatives and ask them to ensure Medicare beneficiaries retain access to critical telehealth services, including speech therapy. It took me about 5 minutes to complete the form (and I even edited the text a little to personalize it to Maine and my practice before submitting. My elected US congressional officials are , , and )

And if you ask me, I think it’s time to make telehealth coverage PERMANENT instead of just extending for another few months. There’s been enough “kicking this down the road” over the past 5 years, which puts beneficiaries and service providers in a tough spot.

Please feel free to share this post to help spread the word!

03/07/2025

Sharon and I co-advised another great “Aphasia and Wellness” conversation group with the National Aphasia Association () yesterday afternoon. Our group members shared some of the activities they participated in over the past month to focus on their own wellness. As they shared their ideas, I created this visual on .

Sharing this here for our wonderful group members, and also for anyone else looking for self-care and wellness ideas, whether or not you have aphasia - these are some good ones!!

Let us know in the comments what YOUR favorite wellness activities or rituals are! ⬇️

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