How was that for an attention-grabbing headline? Unfortunately, too many of us with brain injuries find ourselves repeating this phrase over and over to neurologists, neuropsychologists, and numerous other healthcare providers. While mental health issues often arise after a brain injury, it’s important to know that bad behaviors and emotional imbalances are as likely (more…)
I know I haven’t written as much about our travels as I thought I might, but oh what a year it’s been. The map looked something like this – Tacoma to Sequim via Longbranch and Shelton, Grays Harbor to Vancouver. We’ve been to Olympia, Seattle, Monroe and up to Birch Bay. Over the mountains through (more…)
I’ve been working with nonprofits for 30 years and every organization or team I’ve ever worked with held the dreaded weekly staff or executive meeting in some fashion. Often they were early in the day, filled with the same repeated updates as all the meetings that went before it, and it was all I could (more…)
In the past BEST has focused on the state of brain injury in Washington State. While our reach has often gone beyond state borders as we change the conversation from brain injury to brain energy our day to day work has primarily been in the trenches of providing support and advocacy for support groups in (more…)
Many thanks to Lou Nash of the Edmonds Support Group for sharing updates and articles of interest. In a recent newsletter Lou sent my way was an interesting piece about aphasia. Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that impairs a person’s ability to process language and occurs as a result of stroke or TBI. Aphasia (more…)
It’s March and Brain Injury Awareness Month. A lot of focus is placed on the cause of injuries, the number of TBIs that occur annually, neurological research, and so many more important-to-know aspects of this “silent epidemic.” At BEST we work hard to change the conversation from “brain injury” to “life energy” and what better (more…)