On the BEST blog, we’ve been fortunate to have some amazing food and nutrition experts, along with some access to other great resources, to help us serve up healthy food ideas, simple food preparation tips and organization, and other delicious inspirations to keep our brain and bodies healthy and energized. Following, are some links to (more…)
(Editor’s Note: Do you know what Foreign Accent Syndrome is? Writer, longtime BEST blog contributor, and stroke survivor, Isaac Peterson, does a deep dive into this unusual and rare condition. KT) By now you know the common difficulties caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially if you yourself have a TBI. I don’t need to (more…)
Stressed? Anxious? Over-Worked? Meditation is the perfect cure for 21st century malaise. Meditation is an incredibly powerful panacea that can help anyone to become calmer, happier, more productive, more creative… and ultimately just a better version of themselves. Studies show us that meditation can help to increase alpha and theta brainwaves to help induce states (more…)
Meditation is heralded by many as being a cure all – a panacea that can prevent all of your woes and help you to find peace and enlightenment. Though not entirely true, they’re not wrong. Compared with many other strategies, meditation is certainly one of the most effective when it comes to overcoming anxiety (more…)
The dictionary definition of migraine: mi·graine /ˈmīˌɡrān/ noun noun: migraine; plural noun: migraines a recurrent throbbing headache that typically affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. “I’m getting a migraine.” As brain injury survivors, the real definition goes beyond the standard dictionary one: for some, migraines (more…)
