Several days ago I wrote this article, 56 Years After My Traumatic Brain Injury and What I Would Have Liked to Have Known. I did so, as the title states to share what had helped me if I had only known. Today, I am going to make a video presentation of the article for people who learn through watching and listening. Intro to the Article and Video Presentation 56 Years after My … [Read more...]
Building Self-Esteem after Brain Injury
Self-esteem is slowly stripped away following a brain injury. The individual often find that their relationships have changed. The relationship they had with people and the relationship that they had with themselves. What was once familiar, may now seem foreign. What was once a way to build a sense of self may no longer work. As a result the individual living with a brain injury may have a difficult time relating to themselves and to other people. Articles in this category are written to help the individual living with a brain injury to re-build a relationship with themselves.
In the process of rebuilding a relationship with ourselves we gain a sense of self. In the process, we create our new sense of what it means to esteem ourselves. As we build a relationship with ourselves and gain a sense of self we gain the power to follow our dreams. Follow our dreams in ways that work for us. In the process we learn how to relate to other people in ways that work for us. In the process, we build self-esteem. Although our relationships may have changed, we discover the value of having a relationship with ourselves.
Empowering Ongoing Brain Injury Recovery: Key Concepts and Principles for Success Video Presentation
This morning, during my morning meditation, I thought about an article that I wrote several days ago: Making Our Lives Magical after a Brain Injury and Stroke. In that article I shared what helped me to begin living my life magically. The theme that I use to write my articles has a feature that records each time that I revise the article before publishing. After I published … [Read more...]
Beyond Brain Injury Symptom Management — Resources to Empower an Ongoing Holistic Brain Injury Recovery Process Video Presentation
What I need to remember and encourage: “I am (we are) not our brain injury, symptoms, deficits or limitations. They do not define us, because we can create hope beyond symptoms, deficits and limitations.” Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA That although I (we) are powerless over the impact of our brain injury, symptoms, deficits and limitations, we can create a good life. We can create … [Read more...]
Unveiling Resilience: Navigating Life’s Truths After a Brain Injury
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is … [Read more...]
Embracing Change: A Three-Stage Journey to Learning and Success
In my experience, I have come to realize that all learning involves a series of steps. With all new learning there needs to be an incentive. An incentive to focus on the solution, not on the problem. A motivation and a desire to not give up. Not give up even in the face of discouragement, despite what may not make sense, now. What I Discovered My process in learning … [Read more...]