<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Morgan Leigh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Morgan Leigh]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:53:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.livingwithanavm.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[5-Year Alive-Aversay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five years ago today, on May 30, 2021, my life changed forever. I was 22 years old and preparing to attend the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law that fall. I had my future mapped out so clearly in my head. I wanted to go into criminal law or human rights law, and I was already working with blood pattern analysts. I loved the work. I loved learning. I loved feeling like my future was right there in front of me. At the time, life felt busy in the best way possible. I had just gotten back from...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/5-year-alive-aversay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1081b02b5c18841b96762a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_350ac4e66ba04ea8afc6343e7a4d324c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Didn't Think I Could Have A Stroke At 22...]]></title><description><![CDATA[May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and for a long time, I thought I understood what that meant. I pictured someone older, someone later in life, someone who had time to expect something like that. Stroke, in my mind, had an age attached to it. It felt distant from me, almost like it belonged to a different phase of life entirely. At 22, I wasn’t thinking about strokes. I was thinking about my future, my plans, my goals, and the life I was building. I felt young. I felt healthy. I felt...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/i-didn-t-think-i-could-have-a-stroke-at-22</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f3b96f6f0bf9cf136ecc9a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:30:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_2648a6b1a7e84491be69d8a26ddb78dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 5 Things People Don’t Understand About AVMs]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first heard the words arteriovenous malformation, I didn’t even know what it meant. It sounded clinical. Distant. Almost unreal. But what I didn’t know then is that those words were about to change my entire life. AVMs are rare. They’re invisible. And unless you’ve lived through one or loved someone who has, it’s almost impossible to fully understand what they take from you and what they force you to become. Medically, AVMs affect less than 1% of the population, and the average risk of...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/top-5-things-people-don-t-understand-about-avms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c559f862a66ccce3b2cf0f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_e4969f7fff0a4cb2aae2b2b1afe321d1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_682,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare Disease Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[February is Rare Disease Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness for conditions that individually affect small populations but collectively impact millions of families around the world. For me, rare disease is not theoretical. It is not just a ribbon color or a statistic. It is personal. It is living with an arteriovenous malformation, an AVM. It is surviving a rupture, a stroke, a craniotomy, and two rounds of Gamma Knife treatment. It is waking up in a hospital bed not knowing what the...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/rare-disease-month</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a8b4ef0df7a7bf5035cbe3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:30:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/14571f_d732ccc490b54b6681d150e8cc9ffb46/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Signs &#38; Symptoms of My AVM Bursting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking back now, I can see that my body was trying to warn me long before my AVM exploded and changed my life forever, but at the time, none of it made sense, none of it felt connected, and none of it felt important enough to question, because everything could be explained away with stress or coincidence or simply being human. There were no dramatic warning signs, no collapse, no flashing lights or sirens, no moment where anyone said, something is wrong with your brain . I even went and did...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/signs-symptoms-of-my-avm-bursting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6973efd1aa29322cefcd0259</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:30:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_0e7e275d2414413d89869bb53041b3f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My 2026 Goals]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve learned that dreams don’t become real just because we want them to. They become real when we name them, commit to them, and keep showing up, even when it’s uncomfortable, slow, or imperfect. As I look toward 2026, I’ve set five goals that feel big, meaningful, and deeply connected to who I am today. Speaking at six different venues. Traveling somewhere every month. Growing my social media presence. Creating a Stroke Warrior  coloring book drawn with my right hand. And turning my book...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/my-2026-goals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6941d0da4d149c1676cfc326</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:12:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_59af4a6e2ac74a5080031bb4b0b71d6a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm 27! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 1st, I turned 27, which feels absolutely surreal. If you had asked 17-year-old me what 27 would look like, I would’ve said something like, “Traveling…lawyer-ing…definitely not falling asleep at 8:30 PM.” But here we are. Twenty-seven years old, and some mornings my body wakes up like it’s lived nine lifetimes. It’s funny, on paper, I’m in my twenties. But in my bones? My nerves? My thalamus? Eighty-five. Easily. Living in a body that’s been through a war few people see Most...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/i-m-27</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692510c89745b3c9f14437ab</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:00:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_c8704404db4e422480f3776215a4b908~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy: My First International Adventure Since My Stroke ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I did it! I went to Italy! This was my first international trip since my stroke, and to say it was special would be an understatement. It was exhausting, exhilarating, emotional, and absolutely amazing . From the moment my plane touched down in Milan, I felt this surge of excitement. Traveling again while navigating airports and managing luggage was a lot. Things that used to feel so simple before my stroke now felt like huge victories. But I was doing it. I was actually there. Lecco – The...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/italy-my-first-international-adventure-since-my-stroke</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ec0553ca59494200838e83</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:30:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_11196c5e43e64cb1b620e0e93dc20e6f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is an AVM? Understanding AVMs, Aneurysms, and Strokes]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to brain health, terms like AVM , aneurysm , and stroke  often get mentioned together, and for good reason. They’re all...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/what-is-an-avm-understanding-avms-aneurysms-and-strokes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c5b0d61b086e7d4adc029e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_00a1041f2cb0428e932baeed8be4f089~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grieving My Old Self (and Everyone I’ve Lost Along the Way)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grief isn’t only about losing someone we love. Sometimes, it’s about losing ourselves , the version we used to know so well. The day my...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/grieving-my-old-self-and-everyone-i-ve-lost-along-the-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6897aee9ce404ed5f5e3e722</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:11:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_1709f7d70d884078af25c48f206e19dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traveling With A Stroke]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently took a trip to Rhode Island to visit one of the most important people in my life—my best friend, Galen. This trip wasn’t just...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/traveling-with-a-stroke</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68702fdb7183254306bbac83</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:00:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_5bb28a48f672494d8bf736cd29ac8e90~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yoga After Stroke: Moving Toward Myself Again  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[After my stroke, I had to relearn everything—how to move, how to trust my body, how to feel safe inside of it. Walking wasn’t a given....]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/yoga-after-stroke-moving-toward-myself-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680ab29f6be0a2b59f066ce3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:00:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_68e698e393b541ef98acaed7b0e453d8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Years Alive: Horseback on My Stroke Anniversary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four years ago, on May 30, 2021, my life changed in an instant. I went into cardiac arrest and suffered a stroke due to a ruptured AVM....]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/four-years-alive-horseback-on-my-stroke-anniversary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683c9b12fcb48d92d0867385</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:00:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alive-aversary: Four Years Since the Day My Life Changed Forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[May 30, 2021 — the day my AVM ruptured, the day I had a stroke, and the day I became a survivor. It’s hard to put into words what it...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/alive-aversary-four-years-since-the-day-my-life-changed-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68349086f9ceab41119fd471</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 13:00:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying Everything Under the Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you’re living in a body that no longer feels like your own, you become a seeker. You chase hope like it’s your full-time job. Every...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/trying-everything-under-the-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680596c60306f55bd56e1bc6</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 12:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_84035a8b91c84158843e81a36ed75514~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Things You Should Keep Doing After an AVM (Even When It’s Hard)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recovering from an AVM is not just about surviving—it’s about finding ways to truly live  again. Some days feel like a victory, and...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/5-things-you-should-keep-doing-after-an-avm-even-when-it-s-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e9a96b3352fee7c94a0c93</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:38:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_015d66f1cbf64b62bfbd4ab51da19c6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Guest Appearance on the 'Before You Bloom' Podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently had the incredible opportunity to be a guest on the podcast Before You Bloom , hosted by Hayley Kinneavy, a remarkable woman...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/my-guest-appearance-on-the-before-you-bloom-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bf8d0b989d8654a6670641</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:56:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_5584ddf3ca524412b47ab471fce9733b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Support Group Recap: January 26th]]></title><description><![CDATA[On January 26th at 1 PM Arizona time, I had the incredible opportunity to host my very first support group for AVM, stroke survivors,...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/support-group-recap-january-26th</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a55d4f3584de7563807973</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:45:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/14571f_f74fcfe1763a402182f61fee0ba476e8/360p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gamma Knife Pt. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 12, I had my second round of gamma knife treatment. The doctors recommended gamma knife again, since I didn’t really want to...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/gamma-knife-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">675df5d93ee299bac7146f41</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14571f_ccd705ab7d1545fda7139300bfca362c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grateful for Being Alive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each morning, I dedicate a few quiet moments to grounding myself in gratitude. It’s a ritual I’ve cultivated over time, and it has become...]]></description><link>https://www.livingwithanavm.org/post/grateful-for-being-alive</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67452dc8ab2e23aa572fda89</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Morgan Bailey</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>