Ziggy is a Certified Peer Specialist in PA and currently resides in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Let’s Act committee, a group of peers devoted to raising awareness about mental health care. In his downtime, he enjoys reading novels and watching nature documentaries.
Ziggie
Barefoot Contessa
One of Ziggie's hobbies is cooking and in this blog he writes about Ina Rosenberg Garten, also know as the "Barefoot Contessa." He shares why he finds her inspiring and gives details about her life path. He also invites the reader to respond with their own recipes.
Read more
The Return of The Greatest Athlete: Simone Biles
In this blog, Ziggie shares his admiration for Simone Biles one of the greatest active athletes of this generation. He goes into detail about the high point in her life and also the low points in her life. Click below to find out more on Ziggie's viewpoint on this amazing athlete.
Read more
Pride For You and Pride for Others
This blog celebrates the small changes that have added up to more acceptance of people who identify as LGBTQ+. Ziggie believes that pride is accepting yourself or others as they are without trying to change them.
Read more
A Hopeful Diagnosis (Chronic Pain)
Ziggie talks about how hard it can be to get a medical diagnosis for a painful condition. He shares his frustration with only having fifteen minutes to explain his symptoms to the doctor. It takes many visits to different doctors to find a diagnosis and treatment that works. He concludes "You deserve to be listened to, and hopefully whatever ails you can be treated by a doctor."
Read more
Not Being Believed Due To My Disability
Ziggie find out that self advocacy doesn't always work when his heater where he lives' breaks down. Ziggie feels unheard due to not being believed by his landlord about his broken heater. He learns to be successful in advocating the other person needs to willing to listen and help too.
Read more
A Reflection of ASD Years After My Diagnosis.
Ziggie reflects on how he was diagnosis with Autism and how it changed his life for the better. He was able to learn more about himself gowning up and the Autism community.
Read more
The First ASD Diagnosis – Donald Triplett – Beloved Neighbor and Traveler
In this blog, Ziggie shares the story of Donald Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism and notes how recent this part of history actually is to our current time. Ziggie also reflects on the successes of both Donald and the autistic community since the first diagnosis, and shares his hopes for continued progress.
Read moreLindsay Lohan – Her Recovery and Second Chance
Ziggie blog's about the power of second chances for everyone. He write about how the media can be unforgiving to those in the spotlight. He focus's on several famous people who struggled in the past but now are successful.
Read more
New Year’s Repose – Out with the Old, In with the New
Ziggie reflects on New Year's traditions he holds dear and shares why it's one of his favorite holidays.
Read more
A Trio Of My Favorite Holiday Films
In this blog Ziggie show cases three Holiday movies that are his favorite movies to watch this time of year. He explains why enjoys each movie for different reasons.
Read more
Recovering From COVID-19: My Story
This blog goes over Ziggie's symptom progression when he recently caught COVID-19 despite being careful. He writes about how it's still important to be careful to avoid getting COVID-19 every day.
Read more
Splatoon 3: A unique, vibrant, and colorful experience
Ziggie shares his experience with the game Splatoon 3 and why he enjoys it so much. He describes some of the positive features of the game.
Read more
Re-evaluating Coping Strategies; How to Ask for Help and Support Others Redux
This blog is about Ziggie's experiences in both receiving support and giving support to others. He writes about needing to learn different ways to communicate with people close to him and how that has helped him feel closer to them.
Read more
Cord Cutting Conundrum (The Era of Online Subscriptions)
Ziggie writes about how easy it is to end up paying the same price as cable for social media. He explains how all the social media platforms can add up fast and helpful ways to decrease your bill.
Read more
Get Checked Out: How a Small Pimple sent me to the ER.
Ziggie, explains about his experience with a small health issue becoming a bigger problem. Ziggie writes about the importance of dealing with any health problem right away rather then waiting to see if it gets worse.
Read more