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Stories, encouragement, and gentle wisdom for the healing road.

  • Start the Day Right

    How we begin the day can influence the way we move through it. This video offers a series of positive affirmations centered on self-care, gratitude, compassion, love, peace, and consciously choosing how we want to approach each new day. For someone living with brain injury, difficult mornings can sometimes come with fatigue, poor sleep, pain,…

  • Tiny Steps, Big Support

    The last few weeks have been really difficult for Adeline. A friend hurt her deeply, and she found herself dealing with emotional pain on top of the challenges she already experiences after a traumatic brain injury. She shares something important in this video: even when you are in the middle of a really difficult moment,…

  • Epiphany About “Normal Life”

    After a brain injury, even simple daily activities can feel completely different. In this conversation with Adeline, Dr. Eric shares a powerful moment from his own recovery. He remembers living in a two-story house where he initially needed a hospital bed downstairs, doggy gates at the entrances and exits, and 24-hour nursing care. Eventually, he…

  • Still Here, Still Helping

    A brain injury can change your abilities, your career, your identity, and the future you once imagined. But it does not necessarily take away your ability to make a difference. In this conversation with Adeline, Dr. Eric shares how he came to terms with the enormous changes in his life after his brain injury and…

  • Your Body Remembers

    Brain injury can change abilities that once felt automatic. In this conversation, Dr. Eric shares his personal experience of going from running half marathons and marathons at about a six-minute-mile pace to struggling to run faster than a 12-and-a-half-minute mile after his brain injury. His story is a powerful reminder that recovery is not always…

  • Brain Injury Made Me a Target Again

    Brain injury can affect far more than memory, speech, or physical abilities. For some survivors, it can change judgment, boundaries, decision-making, and the ability to recognize when someone is taking advantage of their vulnerability. In this conversation with Dr. Eric, Adeline openly discusses how her behavior and vulnerability changed after her brain injury and why…

  • When Anxiety Hits

    An anxiety attack can feel frightening, especially when it happens in the early hours of the morning and you are already living with the challenges of brain injury recovery. In this conversation with Dr. Eric, Adeline shares what happened during one of those difficult moments and how she responded based on her previous experiences with…

  • Love Love Brain Meditation

    Living with chronic pain can affect more than the body. Pain can bring tension, stress, frustration, and exhaustion. Finding moments of calm can become an important part of learning how to live with discomfort. In this mindfulness meditation, Dylan Serpas, Therapist at OmidInstitute.org, guides listeners through a gentle practice designed to encourage relaxation, comfort, safety,…

  • LOVE LOVE BRAIN

    Better Brain, Brighter Being™ A personal journey of brain injury, recovery, hope and learning to live again. 💔 1. Life Before and After Brain Injury An acquired brain injury (ABI) can completely change your life. I was 50 years old when I sustained my brain injury. Before my accident, I didn’t struggle with depression, anxiety…

  • Plan Some Joy

    After a brain injury, so much of recovery can focus on what is difficult. Appointments. Therapy. Rest. Symptoms. Things you can no longer do the way you used to. Sometimes, it can be easy to forget about something just as important: joy. In this video, Adeline shares how joining a brain injury book club reminded…