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The Five Yamas

I’ll be the first to say that these suggestions, as we shall call them, are not always easy, but all you have to do is practice.

From the Heart: Double Trauma and Delayed Grief

I found out the hard way that when faced with trauma of this magnitude, your body has many protective layers; and as the layers are slowly peeled back, you find out exactly what resiliency is.

7 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a PTSD Therapist

There are many things to consider when choosing a therapist. Some practical issues are location, cost, and what insurance the therapist accepts. Other issues include the therapist's background, training, and the way he or she works with people.

PTSD: Types of Therapists

A clear overview of the therapists, counselors, and mental health providers who are qualified to treat issues related to trauma

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Intimacy After An Injury

Lee Woodruff of the Bob Woodruff Foundation talks about sex and intimacy after an injury: why nobody wants to talk about it and why we should anyway.

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What Are the Symptoms of PTSD?

Learn about PTSD symptoms and when to get help.

How to Help a Family Member Who Has PTSD

Ways you can help a loved one with PTSD and ways you can help yourself.

Sex and the Military: The Other Invisible Wounds

Sex & The Military: The Other Invisible Wounds

An interactive toolkit to help behavioral health practitioners as they work with service members, veterans, spouses and partners.

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What I Know Now

Brain injury has been a great teacher in my life. This much I know to be true, but as my family prepares for our third Alive Day, I’ve begun to embark on my annual reflection of the specific lessons I’ve gathered throughout our experience with brain injury.

Can Animals Help Us Heal?

It’s hard to feel safe and trust happiness after your father is nearly killed and radically changed. After your mother nearly perishes from grief. But Bianca changed the air in the room.

I have found me a path

Right before my weekly TBI yoga class, a man was telling me how he wanted to do yoga, to give it a try, but for such-and-such reasons he was afraid he couldn’t do it...

The Wonders of Neuroplasticity!

Little did I ever give a thought to the fact that during all those years my brain was quietly remapping in stealth mode. No smoke pouring from my ears, no smell of wood burning, all my healing was happening quietly under the hood.

Making It to Level Eight, At Last!

Growing Older with TBI

Planning for life as an aging adult should be a natural part of life. Is it any different to plan for later life as the partner of someone with a TBI?

Revising the Expectations

In the three years since TC’s attack, I have learned a great deal, and chiefly, I have learned what any good writer knows to be true: in life, and in writing, it is essential to revise.

The Slow Process of Acceptance

A couple of years ago, I was not sure if I would be able to keep the gears of life turning. Time has shown that while the gears occasionally grind, they are still in motion. I am profoundly grateful for that.

An Evidence-Based Discussion of Heading the Ball and Concussions in High School Soccer

Contact with another player was the most common way boys and girls sustained concussions in a study of US high school soccer players, while heading the ball was the most common soccer-specific activity during which about one-third of boys and one-quarter of girls sustained concussions.

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Three Ways Yoga Will Help You Feel Good

I've spent chunks of my life living in the past. Being really sad and angry about my dad's brain injury and all the changes it brought to my family and our lives, as we knew them. My mind was stuck in the way it was. Yoga brings you to the present.

Defying Expectations after Traumatic Brain Injury

Recovery from a traumatic brain injury is not a spectator sport. By better understanding where my deficiencies were, I would be better able to work on them.

A Mission to Move: Thriving, Not Just Surviving, Following TBI

You need a mission. So says Sergeant Bill "Big Sarge" Hansen, a former Marine and a current mentor with the Wounded Warrior Project®. Today Sgt. Hansen has a clear mission: to provide mentorship and support to young veterans carrying the physical and emotional scars of war.

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Two Powerful New Brain Injury Books

As a caregiver, wife, and mother, I have found great solace in sharing my story. I have also learned a great deal from reading first-hand experiences of people who have survived a TBI. I recently read two new books about brain injury that I'd like to share. Both stories add new insight into the way we experience traumatic brain injury in our own lives.

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Drawing on the Strength of Military Families

We talk a lot about the challenges that military families face but we also need to talk about the tremendous strength that they bring to those challenges.

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