Keisha Greaves, the founder of Girls Chronically Rock, has always been passionate about fashion. Born and raised in Cambridge, MA, Keisha has a bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising and an MBA. At age 24, she was diagnosed with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, and her life changed. But far from being bogged down by it, Keisha decided not only to embrace it but to celebrate Muscular Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses, giving life to her dream of starting a fashion line.  In this episode, Keisha shares how denial and grief became her burnout.  Then she started sharing her thoughts and  in typing out a blog post, she told the world about her diagnosis and people rallied.  She started making connections with others who have the same disability. Learning to live with Muscular Dystrophy and having relationships with peers who understand it. Her recovery most definitely began at the point of admitting the truth about what her body is going through.  In today's recovery moment, we're going to practice our smiling.  Check out my t-shirt line at www.girlschronicallyrock.com      Business Line: 857-208-1022      IG @ girlschronically_rock      Facebook @GirlsChronicallyRock      Podcast @ https://anchor.fm/keisha-greaves https://linktr.ee/girlschronically_rock       www.instagram.com/girlschronically_rock   www.twitter.com/girlschronical1   www.facebook.com/keishagreaves   www.linkedin.com/keishagreaves  If you enjoyed this show make sure to subscribe and leave a review.   Ready to start your own journey to Burnout Recovery? Download your Free Burnout Recovery Reflection Journal here: https://bit.ly/FromBurnout-Recovery

Keisha Greaves is the founder of Girls Chronically Rock, owner of the nonprofit - trust your abilities, she’s a podcast host, and  At the age of  24, she was diagnosed with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, and her life changed. But far from being bogged down by it, Keisha decided not only to embrace it but to celebrate Muscular Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses, giving life to her dream of starting a fashion line.

Today, Keisha is a motivational speaker who talks about spreading awareness of Muscular Dystrophy, balancing life with chronic illnesses, raising money for causes, advocating for disability, and other related topics.

Keisha has been featured in several media outlets like Good Morning America, The Today Show, ABC News, and more! One of her proudest moments is when she was featured in Today Style Heroes 2018. She was featured with other celebrities like Gabrielle Union, Drew Barrymore, Debra Messing, Mindy Kaling, and more, for her inspired clothing line.

On the podcast we chatted about:

-How Keisha found out she had muscular dystrophy

-How it affects her day to day

-Her Girls Chronically Rock brand and the creation of her adaptive swimwear and clothing line

-Her non profit - GCR Adaptive project

-Her hope for others living with a chronic diagnosis

To find Keisha:

www.girlschronicallyrock.com

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In this episode, Misty will discuss how life can throw curveballs at you when it comes to business and it is how you respond that will determine if things are over or just getting started. She is joined by Keisha Greaves, founder of Girls Chronically Rock to discuss how her diagnosis fueled her business combining her love of fashion and desire to help others.

Keisha Greaves is the founder of Girls Chronically Rock, the Massachusetts State Ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), a fashion designer and the 2021 MDA National Ambassador.   Keisha has been featured in Good Morning

www.girlschronicallyrock.com

Visit the website for her non-profit, Trust Your Abilities

www.trustyourabilities.org

Find her on Instagram:

www.instagram.com/girlschronically_rock

www.instagram.com/trust_your_abilities_

Find her on LinkedIn:

www.linkedin.com/in/keisha-greaves-7a1000b

Find her on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/keishagreaves

Check out her podcast:

www.anchor.fm/keisha-greaves

Keisha Greaves is our first Stiletto Award Nominee, and she is here to set the record straight! Girls Chronically Rock! Her mission to make her mark on the world through adaptive fashion is contagious, so join us as we take you through the journey. Kiesha owns a non-profit, Trust Your Abilities, and a business and clothing line, Girls Chronically Rock. She has even begun work with her alma mater to give college students an opportunity to design adaptive fashion in the classroom, and she has big hopes to expand this effort.

Girls Chronically Rock is a movement! To make a purchase or learn more, visit https://www.girlschronicallyrock.com, or on IG @GirlsChronically_Rock, or on Twitter @GirlsChronical1. Also check out Trust Your Abilities at https://www.trustyourabilities.org. To stay up to date with everything that Kiesha is working on, search for Kiesha Greaves on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Rocking Chronic Illness with Keisha Greaves

Keisha Greaves is a motivational speaker, the founder of Girls

Chronically Rock, and the Massachusetts State Ambassador for the

Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Girls Chronically Rock (www.

girlschronicallyrock.com) offers inspired fashion celebrating Muscular

Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses.

Over the past few years, Keisha has been featured in Good Morning

America, Today Show, WCVB Chronicle, ABC News, Thrive Global,

Politico, Improper Bostonian, Boston Voyager, Herself 360, Liz on

Biz, among other outlets on and offline. One of Keisha’s proudest

moments is being featured In Today Style Heroes among other

celebrities such as: Gabrielle Union, Drew Barrymore, Debra Messing

and more. Another proud moment of Keisha is being featured on

Channel 5 ABC Chronicle sharing her story. She’s lent her voice to

audiences at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Charlestown,

Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Muscle Walk, local

“Fill the Boot” events, Cambridge City Hall, and Girl’s Night Out

for Muscular Dystrophy – a Boston-area fundraising event held by

NextonScene.

In this episode of The Self Project Podcast:

* What Muscular Dystrophy is, specifically Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

* Not knowing how your body is going to feel every day

* How Keisha balances chronic illness with everyday life

* Symptoms of Muscular Dystrophy and how Keisha was diagnosed during grad school

* The importance of a community that gets what you are going through

* Keisha’s work in adaptive fashion for those with disabilities

Where to find Keisha:

Visit her website:

www.girlschronicallyrock.com

Visit the website for her non-profit, Trust Your Abilities

www.trustyourabilities.org

Find her on Instagram:

www.instagram.com/girlschronically_rock

www.instagram.com/trust_your_abilities_

Find her on LinkedIn:

www.linkedin.com/in/keisha-greaves-7a1000b

Find her on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/keishagreaves

Check out her podcast:

www.anchor.fm/keisha-greaves

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When many people receive life-altering medical news, they don’t see it as an opportunity. Keisha Greaves does. As the founder of Girls Chronically Rock and an inspiring advocate for the disability community, Keisha embraced her situation and let it motivate her to live her best life.

In the latest episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, Keisha speaks with host Lynne Golodner about being diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy while in graduate school and using such initially devastating news as motivation to start the fashion brand she’d always dreamed of.

In this episode, Lynne and Keisha Greaves discuss:

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