Stories, encouragement, and gentle wisdom for the healing road.
-
Trusting Your Intuition
Finding your voice after a brain injury isn’t something that happens overnight. For many survivors, recovery begins with confusion, fear, and uncertainty. It can be difficult to know what to believe when your symptoms are invisible and others question what you’re experiencing. In this conversation, Carole Starr reflects on her own recovery journey and explains…
-
Two Books That Inspire Brain Injury Recovery
Finding trustworthy resources after a brain injury can be life-changing. In this conversation, Carole Starr introduces her two books – To Root and To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury and Silver Learnings: Practical Wisdom for Living with Brain Injury. Drawing from her own lived experience, she explains why she wrote these books and how they are…
-
Learning to Think
Thinking is something we do every day – but genuine thinking takes effort. In this video, Jordan Peterson explores the idea that many people react automatically instead of carefully examining their beliefs, assumptions, and decisions. True thinking requires curiosity, humility, and the willingness to question what we already believe. For people living with a brain…
-
The 7 Steps to Making Good Decisions
These seven steps can help you make the best decision possible with the information you have. Simple decisions may take only a few seconds. Bigger decisions may require more time, research, and planning. 1️⃣ Identify the Desired Outcome Ask yourself: What do I want to achieve? Knowing your desired result helps guide the rest of…
-
When the Body and Brain Stop Sending Signals
One of the most difficult parts of brain injury recovery isn’t always what others can see. Sometimes the greatest challenge is losing the connection between your brain and your body. Signals that once felt automatic – recognizing fatigue, managing balance, sensing pain, or knowing when to slow down – may no longer work the same…
-
Cognitive Privilege
Most of us don’t think twice about remembering a conversation, finding the right words, or making everyday decisions. These abilities often feel automatic – until they’re not. For Dr. Eric Sternlicht, living with a brain injury brought a new awareness of what he calls cognitive privilege: the ability to think, remember, communicate, and process information…
-
What Brain Injury Taught Me
Life after a brain injury is rarely the journey anyone expects. For Dr. Eric Sternlicht, recovery became more than regaining cognitive abilities – it became an opportunity to rethink priorities, discover inner strength, and appreciate life in new ways. While he would never have chosen this path, the experience taught him lessons that continue to…
-
Rediscovering Independence
Losing cognitive abilities after a brain injury can feel like losing a part of yourself. Simple activities that once required little thought may suddenly become overwhelming. Everyday decisions, routines, and responsibilities can take more time and energy, making independence seem out of reach. In Part 6 of Dr. Eric Sternlicht’s Journey, he reflects on what…
-
Balancing Cognitive Healing
Recovering from a brain injury doesn’t mean life suddenly slows down. For Dr. Eric Sternlicht, one of the greatest challenges was learning how to heal while still managing everyday responsibilities. Work, relationships, family obligations, and daily tasks continue to demand attention, even when the brain needs time to recover. In Part 5 of his journey,…
-
Good at Tests, Different at Thinking
After a brain injury, progress isn’t always measured by a test score. Someone may perform well during an evaluation yet still struggle with everyday tasks like staying organized, making decisions, remembering conversations, or managing multiple responsibilities. That’s because standardized tests can measure certain cognitive abilities, but they don’t always capture the full complexity of daily…
