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  • The Gifts We Discover After Brain Injury

    Brain injury can change so much. 🧠 Memory can change. 🧠 Thinking can change. 💭 Emotions can feel different. 🔋 Everyday tasks can suddenly take enormous energy. 🤝 Things we once did independently may now require support. And sometimes, abilities we once took for granted are no longer available in the same way. But there…

  • Don’t Waste Your Suffering

    Suffering is something most of us want to escape. When we are hurting, overwhelmed, grieving, angry, afraid, or struggling with something we cannot change, our first instinct may be to ask: “How do I make this stop?” But what if there is another question we can ask? “What can this suffering teach me?” That question…

  • Breaking the Vicious Cycle: How I’m Learning to Heal

    Healing after a brain injury is not always a straight line. Some days, I feel like I am making progress. Other days, something small can happen and suddenly I find myself overwhelmed by emotions, thoughts, memories, or physical symptoms that seem much bigger than the situation in front of me. One of the coaches who…

  • Brain Injury Recovery Is More Than Medical Care

    Safety, Support, Connection & Finding PurposeBrain injury recovery is not only about doctor appointments, medication, and therapy. It is also about feeling safe, having support, staying connected, and finding ways to participate in life again. 💗 A recent issue of BrainWaves from the UAMS Brain Injury Program shared several important reminders for survivors and families.…

  • Being Solution-Minded: Find the Problem, Find a Way Forward

    Problems can feel overwhelming, especially when we don’t know what to do next. But what if we stopped seeing every problem as a roadblock and started seeing it as something we can work through? Inspired by Ariana Glantz’s TEDx talk, “Find Problem, Solve Problem,” here are five tools for becoming more solution-minded. 💭 1. MINDSET:…

  • When My Brain Feels Younger Than Me: Learning to Be Patient With My Recovery

    There are days when I look completely fine. I can smile. I can talk. I can get dressed. I can show up. And sometimes, I can even get back on the tennis court. But what people see on the outside doesn’t always tell the story of what is happening inside my brain. There are moments…

  • Letting Others Help Me Heal

    For a long time, I thought being strong meant being the person who could keep going. Keep pushing. Keep working. Keep holding everything together. Keep going even when my body was tired. Keep going even when I was hurting. Keep going even when I was scared. I became very good at giving, doing, solving, and…

  • Killing the ANTs: A Simple Strategy for Automatic Negative Thoughts

    We all have them. Those little thoughts that suddenly appear and make everything feel worse. “I can’t do this.”“I’m never going to get better.”“Everyone is judging me.”“What’s the point?”“Something bad is going to happen.” These are ANTs, or Automatic Negative Thoughts. The good news is that you don’t have to believe every thought that enters…

  • Lauren’s Brain Injury Story

    Sometimes a brain injury changes much more than the brain. It can change your career. Your relationships. Your independence. Your sense of identity. Your finances. And your understanding of what life is supposed to look like. Lauren’s story is a powerful reminder that brain injury recovery is rarely a straight line. Her journey included a…

  • Conversations With My Higher Self

    What if there is a part of you that knows you are going to be okay, even when you don’t feel okay right now? What if that part of you can see the effort you’re making, even when you think you’re not doing enough? What if your Higher Self isn’t waiting for you to become…

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