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Marcia Moran has written over fifty business plans and helped entrepreneurs strategize over how to differentiate their companies in changing environments. After helping other entrepreneurs start their companies, she decided to found her own business consulting practice, Performance Architect, in 2012 and co-founded Positive Business DC that same year.
Marcia suffered a major stroke in 2014. She applied those skills in planning and strategy as she strived to become whole. She never gave up. Over time she learned to walk again, but Marcia struggled with aphasia, a language disorder. She joined Toastmasters International® hoping to regain her speaking abilities. It helped some, but in August 2017 she discovered a technological breakthrough that minimized her speaking disability. She then pushed beyond her comfort zone to become a Toastmasters International Club Officer in 2017, then Area Director in 2019.
Marcia created Stroke FORWARD because she felt there is a need to share hope to stroke survivors and their caretakers. Learning to become her own health advocate one step a time and exploring holistic methods for healing are keys to her recovery. Marcia speaks and shares her message of hope, inspiration, healing, and a way forward as she goes across the country. She welcomes new opportunities to help individuals affected by major health crises move forward.
Marcia lives with her husband Jim, two very loud cats, and two birds near Washington, DC. Jim played a role of caretaker and advocate. His observations and experiences are also captured in Stroke FORWARD.
On weekends, Marcia, Jim, and the cats go to Deep Creek, Maryland where Marcia paints watercolors. In the evening Marcia and Jim sit out on the deck and watch fireflies flit by.
Marcia holds a B.S. in Political Science with a magna cum laude from the University of North Dakota and a Master’s in Business Administration, from Chapman University, in California. Marcia attended school in Sandefjord, Norway to study art. She also earned a certificate in Well-being Foundations of Personal Transformation from the Personal Transformation and Courage Institute in Virginia. Marcia became a certificate Health and Life Coach from Health Coach Institute in 2021.
Stroke
Aphasia
Advocacy
Neuroplasticity
Neurofeedback
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Coaching
Is there an average age for someone having a stroke?
What are some of the symptoms from having a stroke?
What is aphasia (a communication disorder), and why do you say you got better through neurofeedback?
How can Low-level Laser Therapy help stroke patients?
How much does neuroplasticity come into play?
Why did you write about advocacy?
How many people in the U.S. have strokes?
What's the most appropriate thing to do when you see someone struggling from a stroke?
Do holistic or functional doctors make a difference in treatment?
What do you do if you don't agree with your doctor?
Heads Up with Pete Burland, Margaret Sauer, October 31, 2019
Power Up for Profits with Kathleen Gage, November 19, 2019
Stroke Forward with Amy Zellmer, November 19, 2019
A Cloud Nine Moment with Jordan Gross, December 5, 2019
Stroke Forward with Tracey Osborne, December 11, 2019
A Carotid Artery Dissection, or Stroke, Bill Gasiamis, January 29, 2020
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