Hi friends! I wanted to highlight today a podcast episode that came out a few weeks ago – it was a conversation with Jenni Foltz, and there were so many good nuggets that I got from that discussion. I want to share a few of… Read More »Do What Brings In the Joy
Happy New Year! I wanted to share an insight that my friend shared on the most recent episode of The Concussion Coach Podcast. Alyson Lim is an 18-year-old student from Singapore who experienced a concussion when she was 15, and has spent the last few… Read More »Bouncing Forward
One of my favorite concepts to share is “The 50/50.” When it comes to emotions, there are “good” ones (that feel positive) and “bad” ones (that feel negative). We tend to think that if we are feeling negative emotions, that must mean there’s something wrong… Read More »The 50/50
One of my favorite games, which I don’t play nearly frequently enough, is the “I’m Grateful Game.” It’s very easy. You can play it by yourself or with others. All you have to do is come up with as many things you’re grateful for as… Read More »The I’m Grateful Game
Recently, I had a conversation with April Crystal, one of the Cognitive Therapists at CognitiveFX. During this conversation, April shared many helpful tips on how to use life situations as opportunities for improving our cognitive skills. Here are a few of the ideas and principles… Read More »Life as Cognitive Therapy
Summer is upon us (for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere 🙂 This often comes with traveling for reunions or vacations or business trips, etc. Navigating airports and new places can be hard and overstimulating for anyone, but for people dealing with post concussion… Read More »Traveling After A Concussion
Ok, I understand that whether or not taking a hike is actually an option can depend a lot on your symptoms and capacity at the moment, so you don’t have to take the subject of this blog literally, necessarily. But if a hike isn’t an… Read More »Take A Hike
Grief is a topic that can be hard to discuss and hard to understand. It is so personal, and yet almost everyone will experience some degree of grief in their lifetime. Those suffering from concussions and post concussion symptoms are no exception. The losses they… Read More »Grief
Today I spoke to a couple who shared with me that after the wife’s concussion, she was told that she should feel better in a few months and if not, then she should seek extra help. She did feel like her symptoms resolved eventually,… Read More »Irritability
I am going to get a little personal in this post today…I hope that’s ok. The past 3 weeks have been challenging for me in some significant ways. Actually, we only had 2 bouts of particularly challenging things happen (COVID, with the associated quarantining, and… Read More »Be Where You Need To Be
Former monk and instructor of Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania Cory Muscara shared this Chinese parable. I have heard it quoted in multiple places a variety of times, and for good reason. It’s worth repeating and considering. “There once was an old farmer… Read More »Good Luck? Bad Luck? Who Knows?
I told my some of my kids tonight that where we focus our thoughts makes a huge difference for what happens in our lives — that our thoughts tend to be self-fulfilling prophecies, so it’s really important to focus on the things we want in… Read More »We Find What We’re Looking For
We have all heard that mindfulness is important and helpful. (And if you haven’t heard it from me enough, don’t worry — I won’t drop the subject 😉 I frequently tell people to take cues from the toddlers or dogs in their lives if they want to… Read More »Cues for Mindfulness