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Courage, encouragement, Health, Hope, inspiration, Life Courage, Pain, Positivity

Co-create empathy in relationships & be that person who inspires!

November 12, 2018 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

Use courage to co-create empathy in relationships,
to be that person who will Inspire!

Grateful to The Right Door for the invite to talk about Coraggio! The Courage to Inspire at their annual retreat.  Yet I was the one inspired by their commitment to the important people they serve!

The Right Door Retreat Coraggio Courage to Inspire 11-12-18

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Scotch Bonnet Pain Relief!

October 21, 2018 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

Stayin’ warm as the first snow flies with this fall harvest of
Scotch Bonnet peppers.

Petite yet potent, they have the habernero beat!  Their high level of capsaicin helps to reduce inflammation and pain. 

Feeling good from taste buds to toes!

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Fight for a Cause Larger than Yourself

September 2, 2018 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

“Courage is not the absence of fears, but the capacity to act despite our fears.”

By Sen. John McCain from Why Courage Matters and quoted in Chapter 12 of the first Coraggio book.

Yet we are reminded this week of the Sen. McCain quote that underscores the With Courage I Can philosophy of looking outside of one’s self and one’s woe.

“Nothing in  life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself .”

From Faith of My Fathers 

 

 

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Chase after your dreams…no matter your age!

April 8, 2018 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

Chase after your dreams, no matter your age!

I am thrilled to have met Italian Director Katia Bernardi and Co-producer Davide Valentini, who brought this message alive in their film “Funne.”

Italian Funne film Katia Bernardi e Co-ProducerDavide Valentini

Their heart-warming and humorous story follows a group of older women
from a remote, picturesque mountain village,
in pursuit of  their dream to travel to the sea.
Bravo Katia and Davide!

Grazie organizer of the Italian Film Fest Carmen De Lorenzo!

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#GoRedWomen for Women’s Heart Health and Stroke Prevention

February 4, 2018 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

Liz & Lisa #GoRedMI 

Do you know that sudden jaw pain is a sign of heart attack in women? 

— with Lisa Gigliotti and Elizabeth Wudyka Smalley at Soup Spoon Cafe.

                    #GoRedMI Feb 3, 2018

#GoRedforWomen 

Perfect meal for Wear Red Day–heart smart vegan chickpea veggie stew

served over sweet potato mash.

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That’s Amore!

January 28, 2018 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

That’s Amore 

How can you help but express joy when being in the presence of the great love between this couple?

And the amazing families who celebrate their love!

Photo by Veronica Dana

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Gratitude=happy! Science proves that dopamine increases when you are grateful

January 18, 2018 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

Gratitude=happy!

Neuroscientists prove  feeling grateful activates the brain stem region that produces dopamine, the neurotransmitter that leads to feelings of being happy.

See articlehttp://www.businessinsider.com/a-neuroscience-researcher-reveals-4-rituals-that-will-make-you-a-happier-person-2015-9

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Fourth of Four Days of Thanks-giving

November 29, 2017 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

I give gratitude for the God-given inspiration for the Coraggio book series

and for the men and women I have met along the Coraggio presentation paths

who have taught me enormously about courage, faith, and hope.

                 Coraggio Presentation Photos

I am humbled and strengthened by their valor.

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Day Two of Four Days of Thanks-giving

November 28, 2017 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

I was blessed by Fruzi and Greti who greeted us when we arrived in Hungary this September, spoiled us with a home-cooked traditional meal of soup and stuffed Hungarian peppers, and who kept my mother Julia and grandparents Zoltan and Anna’s memories alive for me and passed to Eric. I experienced profound gratitude that I could once more gaze at the Danube River that flows through Budapest, Hungary with Fruzsi and Greti.

Bridge over the Danube River in Budapest with Fruzsi and Greta

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Four Days of Gratitude = Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2017 by Lisa Gigliotti No Comments

This Thanksgiving weekend I reflect on the 11 months since the surgery to fix my knee prosthesis. I give gratitude to the health professionals who performed a successful surgery and without narcotics.


I thank the family and friends who cared for me through recovery; their love made all the amazing events since then more meaningful. I am grateful to God that I breathe and walk today, for I know these are miracles.

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About the Author

Lisa Gigliotti is an attorney who has lived for more than twenty-five years with severe rheumatoid arthritis and serious myasthenia gravis. Through those years’ thirteen major surgeries and use of a wheelchair Lisa has maintained a fulfilling and positive life.

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