Face What Scares You and Grow
Brain injury recovery comes with a great deal of unknown and uncertainty. If you find yourself feeling scared, you are not alone.
Brain injury is a beast in itself and many monsters are bound to be faced as you start navigating your recovery. These monsters come in different shapes, colours and sizes too, but we need to find a way not to be too alarmed by them. We need to learn to tame them so they can work with us and not against us. I know, when dark shadows suddenly appear left and right, it can be easier said than done. In this blog, I’ll try to give a few tips on how we can grow from facing what scares us.
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Mindfulness through Vince's Eye
Imagine one day using the practice of mindfulness to compete at an Olympic level in weightlifting; and the next month using mindfulness to reconnect to your worth after surviving an ischemic stroke.
Vince Holland did just that after his brain injury July 4th, 2016.
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Mindfulness in Recovery
Veronique Theberge walks us through what Mindfulness is and what it can look like in recovery. The theme for August 2022 is mindfulness at Heal the Brain and we are attempting a 30 day challenge of 5 minute meditations. Either join along or drop into your own 30 day challenge!
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How To Think Smart not Hard in Recovery
Recovery tips for brain injury survivors from a brain injury survivor herself. Learn more about conserving and protecting your energy after brain injury.
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Cognitive Recovery: Apps for both Hemispheres
In this blog post, I am providing a variety of cognitive exercises in the form of phone applications for you to select from depending on your personal rehabilitation needs and interests. I have downloaded and played all the apps I am recommending and personally found them to be both entertaining and cognitively engaging. Hopefully within this list you will find something appealing, enjoyable, and relatively challenging that you can play anywhere, anytime, to enhance your cognitive recovery.
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Growth Mindset in Recovery
In her TEDX lecture, she explains, “Instead of luxuriating in the power of ‘ yet’ they were gripped in the tyranny of now.” Children missed the opportunity to grow intellectually and lost out on the availability of their brain’s neuroplasticity (the ability of neural pathways to heal, rewire, and develop).
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Top ten tools to better yourself with Etsy
Taking care of yourself is the best way to develop self love. The challenge is find the ways that taking care of yourself make you feel loved. Here is a list curated by our team of the items and types of items that help them with their self care and self love.
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Why People Quit Therapy: A Therapists’ Journey
Why people quit therapy, a therapists’ journey.
When they begin to “have to come” to therapy or you learn that their partner is the main reason for continuing on: This is the one an only time that motivation cannot be built. If all of the effort and desire to change is external, then there is nothing to build on.
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GIVE HOPE
GIVE HOPE: 50% of proceeds will fund services for brain injury survivors.
Instead of settling for a last-minute Amazon find, why not purchase unique handcrafted gifts while making a difference with your dollar? This holiday season, Heal the Brain with Jane is hosting a virtual Holiday Market Fundraiser with exclusively fair trade and ethically sourced products from local vendors.
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