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Irritable Gratitude Syndrome

If you are caregiving for a loved one with TBI are you tired of hearing, “Isn’t it a miracle he’s here? Think of all the blessings you have in your life!”

The Dog Tag Story

Two injured vets—Marine Cpl. Lalo Panyagua and Army Sgt. Josh Tredinnick—explain how the non-profit Dog Tag Bakery has helped them learn about business and get ready for a new career.

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An Unexpected Miracle

I was finally able to do something that I’ve not been able to in several years. And I was able to do it with new hope.

Pittsburgh Proud

This was such a big night. LoveYourBrain, Lulu Lemon, and I had officially brought yoga for TBI to a very large Pittsburgh crowd. The moment was surreal. I smiled at the audience. I was pretty Pittsburgh proud that night.

Traumatic Brain Injury: A Lifetime of Recovery

Traumatic Brain Injury â€“ A Lifetime of Recovery

I am a very average “TBI Guy.” I have ongoing memory challenges. Word-finding challenges and aphasia are my constant companions. Add a splash of vertigo and half a cup of tinnitus and you have the perfect recipe for a pretty average post-concussive life. And amazingly, today I am okay with that...

Help with Ongoing Symptoms

Concussions affect everyone differently. Not all symptoms improve at the same rate—some take longer than others.

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Captain Sue Davis: The Road to Recovery from a TBI

Former Air Force Captain, Sue Davis, shares her road to recovery and advocacy after sustaining a severe TBI “because of a poor decision."

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How a Brain Injury Made Me Smarter

Ann Zuccardy offers candid, witty insights gleaned from her personal struggle after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) changed her life.

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Snowboarder Kevin Pearce, From Crash to Giving Back

How a traumatic crash on the half pipe transformed Kevin Pearce to a new kind of leader in the snowboarding community through his Love Your Brain campaign.

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Second Wind

Over the last few months, as my five-year anniversary passed, I felt an internal change. No longer was I simply trying to keep my head above TBI water. A new passion started to stir inside of me...

"You Look Great!" -- Living Inside a Brain Injury

John Byler's short film offers a rare view of what it's like to live with traumatic brain injury.

My Strategies for Surviving Social Minefields

Remembering to follow survival tips is probably the most important thing you can do to live better with even a mild brain injury.

Living a Complicated Life After Brain Injury

Recently, life unfolded in a way I never saw coming. The raw, gut-level emotional pain was unimaginable. And for the first time ever, I decided that a topic was too raw, too real, and too emotional to even consider writing about. Until now.

Brain Injury — What's next?

A brain injury can change life forever for the person who sustains the injury and for those in a relationship with that person. Recovery is a lifelong journey with a series of changes, challenges and rewarding experiences.

4 Essential Steps to Getting the Most Out of Support Tools

The Center on Brain Injury Research & Training offers the following suggestions for how to teach, practice, and review selected support tools.

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Have You Seen My Old Life?

Over the last few years, I have come to the slow realization that there is no way to wholly rebuild a life shattered by traumatic brain injury. There will always be a few pieces that are missing.

Shattering the One Year Myth

Like so many others who share my fate, I get a bit reflective every year around TBI anniversary time. I now allow myself to look to the future with hope, a realistic hope that I will continue to heal. But there was a day that someone stole my hope and left me completely and utterly devastated.

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.

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!

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.

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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