I realize that I have been subconsciously apologizing for my brain injury making me different and I decide to stop apologizing. I discuss in this essay. … More Stop apologizing for what makes you different, including brain injury.
This blog post is a writing update with some actual writing news (a link to some of my published writing) and a discussion of more to come. … More Writing Update: Poetry and Puttering
Living with a brain injury is like battling yourself sometimes. … More Battling your brain #TBIthursday and Hearing Loss Technology
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 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
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