Brain Injury Journey Magazine – Annual Print Subscription
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Brain Injury Journey Magazine A magazine for the brain injury community FREE of charge via E-mail in PDF format – 6 issues per year. Click here to receive your Brain Injury Journey by E-mail for...
View ArticleBrain Injury Journey – June 2013 Issue is here!
Brain Injury Journey – Hope, Help, Healing We are happy to release our second issue of Brain Injury Journey Magazine – Help, Hope, Healing. Click here to view the June issue of Brain Injury Journey...
View ArticleBrain Injury Journey Magazine – August / September 2013 Issue
http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/wp- Brain Injury Journey Magazine Welcome to the 3rd issue of Brain Injury Journey – Hope, Help, Healing. There’s even more great articles and topics with two new...
View ArticleBrain Injury Journey Magazine – Fall 2013 Edition
Brain Injury Journey Magazine Fall 2013 Edition Hope, help and healing – that’s the mission and message of Brain Injury Journey magazine. Filled with empowering personal stories, interviews with...
View ArticleWho’s Who in This Family Now
Who’s Who in This Family Now By Rosemary Rawlins It happens without warning. One person takes the hit, the bullet, or the fall, while loved ones witness the wreckage. When traumatic brain injury...
View ArticleRunaway Spending by Thomas Henson, Jr. and Carol Svec
Lost Sense of Money The call from my sister started pleasant enough: “Could you send me an early birthday gift?” Ann’s voice sounded light, almost happy. “Sure,” I said. “What would you like?” There...
View ArticleMake Your Life’s Story Better with Journaling by Barbara Stahura
Everyone has a Story after TBI Barbara Stahura When a hit-and-run driver left my husband, Ken, with a TBI just nine months after our wedding in 2003, I was thrown into the chaos of caregiving with no...
View ArticleMapping New Directions in Caregiving by Janet M. Cromer, RN, MA, LMHC
Janet Cromer speaks to caregivers. Welcome to Caregivers Compass! Are you a caregiver for a family member who has a brain injury? Although you may feel alone, you are in good company on your journey....
View ArticleThe Slow Crawl of Brain Injury Recovery by David Grant
So much of life happens between those moments of normalcy. The sun rises, the sun sets, many of us go to work, care for our children, spend time with those we cherish, and never give much thought to...
View ArticleBrain Injury and Grief: Fact or Fiction? by Janelle Breese Biagioni
Janelle Breese Biagioni Grief is most often associated with death. While it is true that the death of a loved one (family member, friend, or pet) and, at times, the death of people we do not know...
View ArticleTBI and PTSD: Navigating the Perfect Storm by Marilyn Lash, M.S.W.
When TBI and PTSD Converge Marilyn Lash So often people talk about the effects of traumatic brain injury or the consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder as separate conditions—which they are. But...
View ArticleHelping Children with TBI Succeed in School by Janet Tyler, PhD
Parents can Help Children Succeed Janet Tyler, PhD While children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are often faced with many cognitive, academic, and behavioral challenges after their...
View ArticleWounded Families in the Aftermath of PTSD: The Invisible Emotional Wounds by...
Sex is not the Same as Intimacy “Be sure to ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough to have sex.” That’s the closing line to a commercial for medication for erectile dysfunction. You’ve...
View ArticlePreventing and Healing Compassion Fatigue by Janet M. Cromer, RN, LMHC, CCFE
Janet Cromer Caregiving for a person with a brain injury can be exhausting Susan couldn’t figure out why she felt so exhausted and down on herself. She had been caring for her husband, Mike, for four...
View ArticleFamily Chaos or Cohesion? by Rosemary Rawlins
Everyone has a family history We grow up in our families knowing where we fit in; and functional or dysfunctional, we come to know what to expect from day to day. Family routines, schedules, rituals,...
View ArticleA Better Approach to Finding a Job after Brain Injury by Dawn Westfall, CCC-SLP
Looking for work after a brain injury? Dawn Westfall When finding the perfect job for a person who has sustained a traumatic brain injury, most speech therapists and vocational rehab counselors look at...
View ArticleWhere is the Love? by Matthew Brown and Cassondra Brown
Matthew’s Voice When I got out of the military in October 2005, I found myself alone and scared, jumping from house to house, staying with friends or sleeping in their cars. Then in December I met a...
View ArticleFive Foundation Skills for Resilient Caregivers by Janet M. Cromer, RN, MA, LMHC
Life is a constant learning process after brain injury. Janet Cromer That’s true for both the survivor and caregiver or care partner. Whether you are a new caregiver or a seasoned pro, there are five...
View ArticleFrom Unlucky, Unlovely, and Unlovable and Unlucky to Lucky, Resilient, and...
Then: Tears of Shame I found myself standing in the middle of the shopping mall with pie dripping from my hands, pie covering the front of my coat, and to my bewilderment, my daughter, Ann, who’d...
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