Stay tuned for our SIXTH podcast episode! — Hammer Time with Nikki and Kate

Get ready for “Hammer Wars: Return of the Nikki”! 😂 Just kidding!! But in all seriousness, stay tuned later this week for our next podcast episode regarding the division of labor and responsibilities within a relationship. Kate and Nikki will be reunited, and it’ll feel so good! 😉 We’ll talk about how couples divide responsibilities […] […]

Interabled Couples and Families

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: July 8, 2018 As I read journalist Ben Mattlin’s fantastic new book, In Sickness and in Health: Love, Disability, and a Quest to Understand the Perils and Pleasures of Interabled Romance, this past week, it made me think about my own interabled marriage. Mattlin describes an “interabled couple” as one […]

Check Out Episode 5 of Our Podcast, “Self-Hate and Female Rivalry” — Hammer Time with Nikki and Kate

Hi again, everyone! While half of our dynamic duo is still on her hiatus (during which time, she’ll be creating and starting her own online nutrition-based education/coaching system – Go, Nikki!), the other half, Kate, is here to give you our fifth podcast episode, “Self-Hate and Female Rivalry.” This podcast episode focuses on how we, […] […]

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: June 3, 2018 Ok, so I have been going around for quite some time, claiming to feel like I am an active mind and spirit trapped inside a diseased body. I’ve made this claim, knowing full well that I could have it a lot worse: I could actually have become […]

Could We Teach Empathy Through VR?

What if a VR game existed that could teach the user empathy towards others?

Listen to my latest podcast episode, “Being Your Own Health Care Advocate”

Hey there, friends! I hope you’ll take a listen to the latest podcast episode from “Hammer Time with Nikki and Kate: A Disabled Lawyer and a Personal Trainer Walk into a Podcast.” In it, I talk a lot about the power and influence medical professionals have over our lives; the importance of putting advanced care […]

World Book Day

Happy World Book Day! Here’s hoping that by next year’s event, I can celebrate it with the publication of my own book! 🤞🏻📝📖🤓👩🏻‍💻

Life Unfinished

My fears about my upcoming neurosurgery

The Importance of Finding People Who “Get It”

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: March 4, 2018 It’s been a long, long journey since I started feeling the symptoms of my spinal disorder in December of 2015. Since then, I’ve retired from my job (today, actually), gone through a number of painful medical procedures and nauseating pain meds, lost a good deal of mobility […]

Learning How to Be “Full of Beauty”

My thoughts on Glennon Doyle Melton’s “Love Warrior” memoir