Recently I watched this year’s Best Picture Academy Award winner “Nomadland.” The film strikes me as a very American story about a woman without a permanent home or job who finds herself living a nomadic life after the death of her husband and the loss of her job and community (“Very American” because of the … More Feeling nomadic during a pandemic #TBIthursday
The act of healing implies time passing. However, sometimes it gets hard for time to pass without feeling restless. A book review of “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle is included. … More Restless Healing
As someone who is a lifelong creative and writer, I am now realizing my creativity has ebbs and flows to it. And instead of beating myself up for the ebb, I am giving myself a little grace. #writingupdate … More Writing Update: Meeting inspiration where it’s found
A little essay about the long and varied process of healing after trauma (particularly a coma and TBI). I also discuss the Oscars (coming up on April 25th). … More The many versions of self after healing from trauma
I discovered that I can enjoy podcasts again now that Google Chrome has live captioning for audio and video. This is a huge and happy discovery for me that I am happy to discuss in this weekly post. … More I heart podcasts and I can enjoy them again
I share an original short story for fun for April Fool’s Day. It’s entitled “Support Group.” #aprilfoolsday #shortstory … More A Short Story for April Fool’s Day #TBIthursday
Since March is brain injury awareness month I am dedicating each weekly post in March to brain injury. The focus this week is on writing my memoir, my brain injury story. #mybraininjurystory … More Writing my brain injury story- updated
I discuss a documentary film, “Who Am I To Stop It, ” about artists living with brain injury in this Brain Injury Awareness Month post. … More Movie for Brain Injury Awareness Month
I discuss and share how I use art to cope with my severe Traumatic Brain Injury in this Brain Injury Awareness Month Essay. … More Art as Therapy for TBI- Brain Injury Awareness Month Essay
I discuss the theme from the Brain Injury Association of America’s brain injury awareness month: More Than My Brain Injury. … More More Than My Brain Injury: It’s Brain Injury Awareness month #TBIthursday
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