Stories, encouragement, and gentle wisdom for the healing road.
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TBI & Procrastination
Gentle Ways to Do Hard Things After Brain Injury “Tiny steps still move you forward.” Have you ever stared at a simple task… 📧 Answer one email.🧺 Fold one basket of laundry.📞 Make one phone call. …and your brain says, “Nope.” If you have a traumatic brain injury, you are not alone. One of the…
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Crucial Conversations
Through the Eyes of a Brain Injury Survivor One of the most helpful books I’ve read is Crucial Conversations. It’s about how to have difficult conversations without attacking, shutting down, or damaging relationships. For many people, that’s challenging. For someone living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), it can feel almost impossible. 🧩 Why It’s…
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Stuck in a Rumination Loop?
Have you ever caught yourself replaying the same conversation… over and over? 😔 “Why did I say that?”😢 “I should have done something different.”😡 “I can’t believe they said that to me.”😰 “What if something bad happens tomorrow?” Welcome to the rumination loop. After a brain injury, PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, or even a…
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Is Your Body Getting Enough Love?
We spend so much time trying to “fix the brain.” But what if one piece of the puzzle is simply helping the whole body relax? ❤️ Many healing traditions share a surprisingly similar idea: when we’re stressed, overwhelmed, or anxious, we tend to live “up in our heads.” Their goal is to help us reconnect…
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11 Powerful Mental Models
🪒 Chesterton’s Fence Don’t remove something until you understand why it was put there. Before changing a rule, system, or habit, learn its original purpose. 🧠 The Dunning-Kruger Effect The less we know, the more we tend to overestimate our abilities. Real expertise usually comes with humility. 🎯 Goodhart’s Law When a measure becomes the…
