To read the full article, click on this link: Living with a Brain Injury, Feeling Rejected, Excluded, Cliques and “The Breakfast Club” Movie  Introduction to the article and video presentation Living with the impact of a brain injury can leave us feeling alone and isolated from ourselves and other people. In our isolation, we may then also feel rejected, excluded, … [Read more...]

When I began to confront my own denial after my brain injury, I found myself challenged by family and friends with the message of “its”:   “It’s just up in your head and if you just…then you would not be impacted by your brain injury”. What was becoming apparent to me, was resisted by what could not be understood or accepted by family members and friends created … [Read more...]

In my experience, finding my way after my traumatic brain injury took a lot of time, trial and error. Nevertheless, I am thankful for the grace of God on my life and that I did not give up on my search. My name is Craig J. Phillips and I sustained an open skull fracture in 1967, at the age of 10, with right frontal lobe damage, a severe brain bruise with brain stem … [Read more...]