Motivational speaker and entrepreneur Kate Milliken delivered an inspirational keynote address at the 2017 Center for HOPE luncheon last week. The event was held May 16 at the Wee Burn Beach Club in Rowayton. ____________
— an announcement from Family Centers’ Center for Hope
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Milliken learned she had MS in 2006, and shared personal accounts of her journey as she came to grips with her diagnosis. Upon learning of her condition, she saw a need for a moment-based, authentic platform to show others what it was like to actually live with an illness. She started the online support forum, MyCounterpane, not only as a vehicle to share her own struggles, but also to stimulate conversation and inspire others to educate the public on MS and other illnesses through short movies.
The Center for HOPE welcomes motivational speaker and entrepreneur Kate Milliken as the speaker for its 2017 Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, May 16. The event will be held at 11 a.m. at Wee Burn Beach Club in Rowayton. As the founder of MyCounterpane.com, an online support forum that allows patients and caregivers to create video blogs about their individual journeys with critical illness, Milliken has been immersed in the personal stories of people living tackling illness head on. When Milliken was diagnosed with MS in 2006, she saw a need for a moment-based, authentic platform to show others what it was like to actually live with an illness. She started MyCounterpane not only as a vehicle to share her own struggles, but also to stimulate conversation and inspire others to educate the public on MS and other illnesses through short movies. MyCounterpane aims to demonstrate insights in the emotional realm of health, while healing and heal people through the power of story.
The Center for HOPE welcomes motivational speaker and entrepreneur Kate Milliken to its 2017 Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, May 16. Milliken started an online support forum that allows patients and caregivers to create video blogs about their individual journeys with critical illness. As the founder of MyCounterpane.com, Milliken has been immersed in the personal stories of people living tackling illness head on. When Milliken was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006, she saw a need for a moment-based, authentic platform to show others what it was like to actually live with an illness. She started MyCounterpane not only as a vehicle to share her own struggles, but also to stimulate conversation and inspire others to educate the public on MS and other illnesses through short movies. MyCounterpane aims to demonstrate insights in the emotional realm of health, while healing and heal people through the power of story.