Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with Episode 111 In this episode we explore a very common theme for those healing from a TBI and their loved ones. Success, what does that look like now? Terry and I review a bit her her journey in defining what this means to her right now. We explore the fact that her teaching career may have helped her from time to time, that choosing you attitude is instrumental as part of the process and how life just changes anyway so try to embrace it. At times throughout the conversation Terry gets emotional because this is not an easy mountain to climb. Bu ..read more

Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with Episode 162, Terry, the inspiration for the program  will join us shortly.... We are back at it again with another installment of Terry's Takes! Today we get after learning of Terry's perspective as it pertains to her ever dancing again, cold showers and how she feels about them and a study that came out speaking to nightshade fruits and vegetables not be so good for TBI Warriors. This lighthearted conversation with lots of laughs, a good deal of banter and Terry's commitment to trying cold showers for a week. She will report back wit ..read more

Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with Episode 161. For today's conversation we had to go without Terry unfortunately, she was having a bad case of "Brain Drain." Despite that we are able to offer a fantastic conversation today with Heather Rendulic!  This special Warrior takes us through her journey of suffering 5 strokes and having to experience an addition brain surgery at the ripe old age of Twenty-Two. These happenings occurred back in 2011 and she has been after it ever since. Heather takes us through those hard times in the beginning, the ongoing recovery and desire ..read more

Here we go with Episode 160 with today's guest Anessa Arehart. The native of the Bluegrass state of Kentucky allows us to peek into her world today! The artist tells us of her two brain injuries over a 53 day window affected her and her life. It is clear to Anessa that Second Impact Syndrome was the culprit. Anessa vividly takes us on her journey which went from living in a city to the quiet of the country. From not even being able to writing her name to writing a book, how her injuries have significantly impacted her art whether it is her painting or her photography. She also takes us thro ..read more

Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! As we all know, a TBI leads to so many things that are unexpected and frustrating. Aside from the medical component, this rings true in other areas of a Warriors life such as relationships and doing things you love. Today Terry and I explore this a bit as it pertains to hobbies and interests. We talk to what Terry has done to shift in this regard and learn about new things she has picked up since her injuries. We also pass along some examples of amazing things former guests have let us know about as well as some followers/ listeners who offered their new i ..read more

Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with Episode 158, Terry, the inspiration for the program  will join us shortly along with today's guest Gregg Grossman. Gregg the native New Yorker, living in Texas has quite a unique story to tell.  He has been a part of the TBI community since 1988 because his brother was in a serious car accident, which left him with a significant brain injury. Gregg had spent the years since as a Battle Buddy to Todd, but to complicate things, Gregg has his own injury to deal with as he was hit by a car jogging in 1992! Gregg takes us on the journ ..read more

Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with Episode 157 with today's guest Kevin McDonald. This is Kevin's second visit to the program. Back in 2019 we shared Kevin's story and all the advocacy work he was doing to help others in episode 44 & 45. Today Kevin updates us on how he is doing, the fact that his non-profit is back at the advocacy, and he also tells us about the new L.A.N.D. program Restart Your Life/Renew Your Mind is rolling out. As we continue on with Brain Injury Awareness Month, it is important to realize that creating awareness also includes advocating politicall ..read more

Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Years ago we used to watch the Chicago Bulls play basketball quite often. At onw point during the Jordan days Dennis Rodman joined the team. The man was brought in purely for one reason - to rebound and he was amazing at it. Unfortunately rebounding is as big of a part of healing from a TBI as the setbacks themselves are. In recent times I feel that Terry has become pretty darn good at it, kind of like Dennis. We talk about this concept today and Terry tells us about how motivation is key, what she ultimately wants to achieve and about not accepting no alo ..read more

Here we go with Episode 155 with today's guest Thea James. We finally get to have Thea on the program! The high energy and positive Warrior tells us a bit about her journey to date. The road traveled includes her Dad having a stroke in the middle of her four concussions in a two year window. We learn about how they help each other to this date. In addition, Thea explains how having a close friend who also has experienced a TBI has been beneficial to recovery. Thea also tells us how she has changes since the injuries which includes going from a painfully shy person to someone full of confid ..read more

Here we go with Episode 154! In recent times we have all been living our lives with a very real strong sense of uncertainty. Don't think anyone has really been unaffected by the pandemic. Unbeknownst to society at large, Living in the Ambiguity is something that runs rampant within the TBI world. Today Terry and I explore this concept a bit and we get to talking about or experiences and strategies related to the concept and how we have gotten to the point of being comfortable living in this space. In addition we pass along some tidbits about how fellow Warriors have helped and some strateg ..read more