I’ve been continuously questioned about returning to practice since I was in the throes of autoimmune encephalitis (and astonished that anyone would ask such a thing?!) up through just weeks ago on a Wednesday.

Jackie was recently on NBC's North Dakota Today to talk about mental health post-autoimmune encephalitis.

Unwillable changed Jackie's life in the best possible way!

”Jackie is pure lightning when it comes to sparking inspiration in me. "

Jackie and family join Governor and First Lady Armstrong for Encephalitis Day North Dakota.

Jackie joins local CBS station's Studio 701 and video podcast "Pass the Popcorn."

It’s not cliché, it’s the truth: Each passenger must first don her oxygen mask before she can turn to her struggling seatmate.

1. WEAR something (anything!) RED 2. Take a WALK (anywhere, anyplace, anytime!) 3. TAG ME on social media with a cute photo of your red adorned self and #Red4WED

And I decided then and there, I had to do whatever it took to be able to bike with her. In Kate Bowler’s words, I had to try to try.

At the bare minimum, seeking contentment began with me saying, “I am enough.”

The message to me is clear: Get online, so you can figure out how to live offline.

Just like that wise man and his various social media apps, I’ve decided to use different reading styles for alternative purposes.

The truth is, AE humiliated me. The truth also is, AE humbled me.

Taken together, those books, television dramas, and shirts were simple yet important ways I took action against an unwillable situation.

Jackie's story was recently published in "Better Because Collective."

Jackie has entered the (Substack) chat!

Just like I’m an active learner, I’m an active pray-er. When it was my health, and I could only do so much to manage the unmanageable, I turned to my rosary. When I had nothing but fear, faith, and a dash of hope, I repeatedly prayed Hail Marys. And I won’t stop.

I hallucinated a clock. And have endlessly discussed it. Cool.

As I look back, hope never lied to me or led me astray. It promised me life would be hard, but it also assured me that I was up to the challenge. It guaranteed mountains, but gave me the courage to climb them.

With music being such an integral part of my March madness, you’d think I’d want to run from it. Not a chance. I’ve decided to lean into it.