One day you’re going about your day and minding your own business. Next thing you know something happens, out of the blue, and suddenly you have a traumatic brain injury. And suddenly, although you had always been calm and mild mannered, you have anger issues. When I first got my stroke-related brain injury, I found (more…)
“We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.” All steps onward and upward, even if small and twisty, matter. 💙
If there is one thing traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors know about, it’s resilience. Being a TBI survivor, I know a thing or two about resilience myself. I get comments about my resilience all the time. I think a lot of people are probably thinking about my physical resilience, how I’ve started to gradually walk (more…)
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There’s no should or should not when it comes to having feelings. They’re part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices on what to do with those feelings.
What is forest bathing? Perhaps it is a bath in a forest, literally? As amazing and interesting as that sounds, forest bathing is indeed different, but in amazing and interesting way, too. Forest bathing is the holistic experience of simply being in the forest. The activity and health practice was developed in Japan during the 1980’s and (more…)
