Living with a brain injury and an invisible disability can leave us feeling like the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion in the The Wizard of Oz. Feeling as though we are not smart, that we lack heart (motivation and drive) and the courage (ability/ambition) to follow and live our hopes and dreams one day at a time. But there is good news. We have more smarts, … [Read more...]
Brain Injury — Discovering Our Significance, Self-Esteem and Self-Respect Slideshow Presentation
Sustaining a brain injury can result in a loss of identity. As a result we may have bought into the notion that we are our brain injuries. What was once familiar to us, becomes foreign. We may have lost our sense of significance, self-esteem, and self-respect. But there is good news. Discovering our significance, self-esteem, and self-respect, after a brain injury, is in our … [Read more...]
Brain Injury — Discovering Our Significance, Self-Esteem and Self-Respect
Sustaining a brain injury can result in a loss of identity. As a result we may have bought into the notion that we are our brain injuries. What was once familiar to us, becomes foreign. We may have also lost our sense of significance, self-esteem and self-respect. But there is good news. Discovering our significance, self-esteem and self-respect, after a brain injury, is in … [Read more...]