When I wrote No Ordinary Girl I focused on growing up, my swimming career, winning a Silver Medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games, getting a diagnosis of Dystonia and generally living with a severe mental illness.

My Podcast “Learning to Surf” uploaded to my website in 2025, is a follow-up to my autobiography, No Ordinary Girl, published by Boolarong Press in 2012.  This podcast focuses on what has worked for me in my own personal journey in living with Dopa-Responsive Dystonia and severe mental illness.  It is from a patient’s perspective only (as I have no medical background) but was recorded to provide ideas worth investigating for those with a diagnosis of DRD.

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I hope it can help my followers. Please contact me if you have any questions!