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Raising Brain Injury Awareness

BlogFebruary 6, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability for Canadians under the age of 40. An acquired brain injury in Canada is 44 times more common than a spinal cord injury, 30 times more common than breast cancer, and 400 times more common than HIV/AIDS. Every single hour, twenty Canadians will suffer a…

Rethink Your Perspective

BlogJanuary 10, 2022869Views 0Likes 0Comments

When you change your perspective, you change your life. "Looking at life from a different perspective makes you realize that it’s not the deer that is crossing the road, rather it’s the road that is crossing the forest." ~ Muhammad Ali There is great fear and anxiety as a result of what is reported in…

Look for the invisible in the visible world

BlogDecember 31, 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Many of us may have a side that we keep hidden from the public. We are all very unique, regardless of the challenges we face. A Brain Injury is an invisible disability, and often results in very unique challenges for a survivor, making it difficult for a survivor to fully participate in society. Coping and managing…

Spirituality and Trauma

BlogDecember 19, 2021984Views 0Likes 0Comments

Spirituality and trauma are interconnected. Spiritual practices can help build resilience when healing from a trauma which in turn supports spiritual growth. Trauma looks and feels different for everyone as our lives are very unique. Spirituality is the belief in one's own higher power and it has to do…

Perspective

BlogOctober 30, 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

When your life changes because of a Brain Injury you search desperately for anything that will help. Your life has changed so drastically and you feel that you have lost everything that was important to you. You feel lost and terrified. Everything that you used to know has changed or is gone, and you don’t…

The Hidden Life Within

BlogAugust 28, 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Guiseppe Penone is an Italian artist and sculptor, known for his large-scale sculptures of trees. In the attached picture, Guiseppe Penone carves out a young tree with an older tree to reveal its past, showing us what once grew inside so that it may now “live in the present.” I am really interested…

Your ABILITY silences disABILITY

BlogAugust 5, 2021837Views 1Like 0Comments

There is a lot of attention on the Olympic games. Rightfully so as these athletes have all trained very hard to cope with some extreme challenges. Many brain injury Survivors might also feel as if they have had to compete in an Olympic final every day since they sustained a brain injury. Similar to an Olympic…

The Wave of Life

BlogJuly 31, 2021804Views 0Likes 0Comments

“Some days you feel so-so, and some days you feel downright awful. But you wade through those days to get to the one or two days a week that satisfy you.” Our physical world is made up of energy that is carried by repeating patterns called waves. A wave will transfer energy from one…

“bRAIN DROPS Keep Falling On My Head” # 4 – True Nobility

BlogJuly 14, 2021674Views 0Likes 0Comments

True nobility to a Brain Injury Survivor is being better than their previous self. The dedication, commitment, and the hard work needed to recover is often invisible and unknown to most others . Brain Injury Survivors may share some of the following similarities to an Olympic Athlete in training. ****Note: Please share if you think…

Grounding :)

BlogJune 1, 2021680Views 0Likes 0Comments

I had a terrible sleep last night. I only got 3 broken hours of sleep so obviously I woke up feeling horrible. My neuropsychologist suggested I try "grounding" to help me feel better in the morning and to help me with my sleep. After I did my "grounding" this morning, I felt an almost immediate…