Owning Your Story is Key to Moving Forward

Clinging to memories of your pre-injury self and who you "used to be" keeps you focused on what has been lost. Focus determines where energy flows, so thinking this way...

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Character Sketch

I am an avid fan of journal writing. I have written about it many times because the benefits of journaling are phenomenal. The most obvious is that is a way...

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Learning From Your “Teachers”

Life offers us many teachers, some quite unexpected, and if we pay attention, we can learn a great deal from them. After a brain injury, to yourself or a loved...

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When Hope is All you Have

Hope is that tense and exciting feeling we experience when desiring a positive outcome. At times, our sense of hope is backed with an expectation that whatever it is we...

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Driving, PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury – New Dangers

The combined effects of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD are creating new risks for service members as they come home and resume driving. Up to now,...

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Overcoming All Challenges

My name is Roger Rizzo. I have three college degrees and traveled around the world twice. I was a civil trial attorney for 13 years and successfully tried some of...

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Workman’s Compensation after Brain Injury

Work Comp Sucks! It sucks you dry. Work Comp sucks your energy, your finances, your physical and emotional wellbeing, your social life, your family life, and your friends. Work Comp...

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Keep the Peace

“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.” ~ Thomas Kempis, Catholic Monk (1380-1471) We all understand what it means to keep the peace in our...

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Where Did My Memory Go after My Brain Injury?

Changes in her memory and speech after a traumatic brain injury were difficult losses for Bridgid Ruden. Formerly a busy nurse practitioner, she now found it hard to do even...

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New Beginnings after Brain Injury

It’s still January, still the beginning of a new year. The time of year we all get a do-over. People make promises to start over: lose weight, exercise more, get...

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Owning Your Story is Key to Moving Forward

Clinging to memories of your pre-injury self and who you "used to be" keeps you focused on what has been lost. Focus determines where energy flows, so thinking this way...

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Owning Your Story is Key to Moving Forward

February 17th, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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Clinging to memories of your pre-injury self and who you “used to be” keeps you focused on what has been lost. Focus determines where energy flows, so thinking this way keeps you stuck in the past, unable to move forward into whatever new life is possible. Instead, if you can own your story, even the parts you would prefer not to, you can make progress away from that stuck point. When you own your story, it doesn’t matter so much that you aren’t who you used to be. It matters much more who you are now and who you can become in the future.

Character Sketch

February 13th, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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I am an avid fan of journal writing. I have written about it many times because the benefits of journaling are phenomenal. The most obvious is that is a way to record time, keep track of our accomplishments, disappointments and transformations. The added benefits are very therapeutic. For example, keeping a journal to record your feelings and thoughts provides the writer with a safe, non-judgemental place to work through what is going on for them.

Learning From Your “Teachers”

February 10th, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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Life offers us many teachers, some quite unexpected, and if we pay attention, we can learn a great deal from them. After a brain injury, to yourself or a loved one, discovering our “teachers” and learning from them can help us settle into our new normal and continue to progress and grow. Journaling for a few minutes about these teachers can enlighten us and point us in new directions we hadn’t considered before.

When Hope is All you Have

February 6th, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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Hope is that tense and exciting feeling we experience when desiring a positive outcome. At times, our sense of hope is backed with an expectation that whatever it is we are wanting is indeed attainable. Other times, our hope for something is more of a wish and often, undermined by a fear that the end result is unachievable.

Driving, PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury – New Dangers

February 3rd, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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The combined effects of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD are creating new risks for service members as they come home and resume driving. Up to now, we’ve been focused on the risks of driving for adolescents and the elderly, but new concerns are arising for our veterans. Everyday traffic noises and sights can trigger flashbacks. Speeding, road rage and impulse control pose real dangers for the driver, passengers and pedestrians.

Overcoming All Challenges

February 1st, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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My name is Roger Rizzo. I have three college degrees and traveled around the world twice. I was a civil trial attorney for 13 years and successfully tried some of the largest cases in the United States.

On June 30, 2011, I was involved in a horrendous motorcycle accident in Tiburon, overlooking the San Francisco Bay. I was the passenger on the motorcycle and not wearing a helmet.

Workman’s Compensation after Brain Injury

February 1st, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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Work Comp Sucks! It sucks you dry. Work Comp sucks your energy, your finances, your physical and emotional wellbeing, your social life, your family life, and your friends. Work Comp depletes you of everything you knew or had before your injury. Work Comp sucks every ounce and every breath you think you have to fight a system that is suppose to help an injured worker, not suck you dry!

Keep the Peace

January 30th, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   No Comments

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“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”

~ Thomas Kempis, Catholic Monk (1380-1471)

We all understand what it means to keep the peace in our communities and in the world. It’s not only important, but it is also the law. However, keeping the peace within ourselves should be equally as important and be second nature to us.

Where Did My Memory Go after My Brain Injury?

January 27th, 2012  |   Categories: Progress  |   3 Comments

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Changes in her memory and speech after a traumatic brain injury were difficult losses for Bridgid Ruden. Formerly a busy nurse practitioner, she now found it hard to do even the simplest tasks and errands. Even caring for her children and managing the household were constant challenges and frustrations as she frequently lost items as well as words. So many losses changed her sense of self and were further compounded by seizures. Yet she has found a new purpose in life and is now a powerful advocate and speaker for the many voices of survivors.

New Beginnings after Brain Injury

January 27th, 2012  |   Categories: Brain Injury Blog Postings  |   1 Comment

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It’s still January, still the beginning of a new year. The time of year we all get a do-over. People make promises to start over: lose weight, exercise more, get that promotion, or spend more time with family. They make these promises because they choose to. They make them because they want to.

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