Every January people everywhere start talking about New Year’s resolutions, such as getting healthier, more productive more motivated but, for someone navigating through a brain injury recovery, traditional resolutions can feel unrealistic, overwhelming or even discouraging. If you are living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or neurological challenges, your brain doesn’t need pressure, it needs support. This year, instead of setting resolutions that fight against your brai

For a long time journaling wasn’t something I naturally leaned into. After my brain injury, my thoughts felt and overwhelming. Sitting quietly with them didn’t always feel productive, sometimes it felt like opening a door to chaos. What I eventually learned, through my own recovery, years of coaching and working alongside survivors and caregivers, is that journaling isn’t about controlling thoughts. It’s about creating a safe place for the brain to organize itself again. Afte

There is a part of brain injury recovery that I never used to talk about because I simply couldn’t relate to it. Emotional Dullness. My own injury led to the opposite problem, an overflow of emotion. Everything I felt came out intensely such anger, sadness, excitement...nothing stayed quiet; so, when people described feeling emotionally numb after a brain injury I listened, but I didn’t immediately understand. I didn’t want to speak on a struggle that wasn’t mine just to soun

Caregivers rarely talk about the moment when anger after a brain injury no longer feels like frustration, but more like like rage. The moment a raised voice isn’t just loud it feels unpredictable. The moment you find yourself asking a question you never imagined having to ask about someone you love... “Am I safe?” Aggression after traumatic brain injury is not uncommon. In one study of first-time TBI survivors 28.4% displayed aggression within the first three months, most of