10 reasons why I’m thankful

On being thankful

This time of year gives us a chance to stop, take a moment, and appreciate all the wonderful things in our lives. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for reading, commenting, submitting and questioning Living Well With Epilepsy. Your feedback continually improves the site, so keep it coming!

Recognizing great epilepsy advocates

I also want to recognize all the great ways you have been raising epilepsy awareness.Living Well With Epilepsy covered some amazing projects and discoveries this year. I get the sense there is much more to come. For now, I’m thankful for:

1 Amazing epilepsy advocates

2 Finding the good amidst the bedpans

3 A champion triathlete living with epilepsy

4 Creating new programs with your help

5 High school students brave enough to make a difference

6 A medic alert band that speaks when you can’t

7 New tech diagnosing epilepsy in under-resourced regions

8 Your smiles that are changing the world

9 Your moving personal stories

10 A wonderdog named Flame

I’m also grateful to my family for their love and support. To those of you in the US, have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Thanks to you all,

Jessica Keenan Smith

Founder and Managing Editor

Living Well With Epilepsy

Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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