Easy Free Way To Stimulate Your Mind
Okay, everyone knows I have sustained a TBI, so I’m always looking for easy and fun ways to increase–or stimulate–my mind. As many of my readers are aware, I frequent Starbucks a bit. (I’m trying to...
View ArticleSurvivors and Anger
Probably the most famous (or infamous) example of someone having excessive anger without the coping skills to go with it is Coach Bobby Knight throwing the chair across the basketball court. I know...
View ArticleGetting Better Means Working Harder
Just this past week, a friend and I talked about me trying to do some things like not overeating. We have a really good relationship, so she knows she can be totally honest with me. Now, don’t get me...
View Article5 Easy and Fun Ways to Improve Your Mood
5 Ways to stay positive I know that when I was just going through life without a sense of purpose, I had a hard time being happy. Sure, I had more than most people, but that still wasn’t enough,...
View Article5 More Ways to Improve Mood
I had so much fun writing and thinking about ways to remain positive that I kept coming up with other ways which make me, personally, happy. Here are a few more: Read inspirational quotes. Each and...
View Article4 Relationships for Survivors and Caregivers to Be Careful Of
Relationships, as most adults know, are a symbiotic balance of give and take–a two-way street, if you will. Where the relationship becomes a problem is when it goes from being a two-way street to...
View ArticleFalls top list for TBIs of kids
Balance Bike Ridden by Child Wearing Helmet Everyone, parent or not, knows that kids fall. My son ran headlong into doors, fell off tables, and even hit the floor when I fell down the stairs carrying...
View ArticleOl’ Man Winter, ya gotta go.
Enough already! I’m tired of this nasty weather, short days and essentially NO sunlight to speak of. That’s right, Punxsutawney Phil or no, Winter, you need to get a move one. I’ll let you have your...
View ArticleBetter off?
As survivors of TBIs or for that matter, any injury, we have to learn how to make the most of our lives given the abilities we still have. If a lawyer suddenly discovers that he is for the first time...
View ArticleFTD is not just for Flowers
I can remember the first time I heard about Frontotemporal Degeneration. I was at a client’s house, our on his balcony taking a phone call, and the person on the other end–my boss–told me she had a new...
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