Creative Time is the BEST Self-Care

🎨💚Celebrating art and friends: As we kick off our themed month of “Super Self Care” in March, Here’s a short video of this week’s “Creative Time” activity led by Diane Rasch at Our BEST Space in University Place, WA. Being creative and making art is a great form of self-care! Creative Time is held each Wednesday (more…)

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month.  March is an important month for sharing, caring, and having important conversations about brain injury and brain injury awareness.  The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is excited to announce our theme for 2019’s awareness month: Super Self-Care.  BEST will be exploring different ways that we can practice self-care, such (more…)

BEST Superhero of the Month February 2019

If we needed to find a brand new adjective for loving kindness, we’d look no further than our BEST Superhero of the Month for February 2019.  Meet Jennifer Adams.  Jennifer is a positive ray of light and love to other brain injury survivors and the community at large. She brings messages of constant support, encouragement, (more…)

Local BEST Artists: What is a Superhero Made Of?

What are superheroes made of? Here are some words that come to mind:  Now, what if we had the opportunity to answer that question and explore the answers through art? How would that look like?  Here are some examples:    The photograph above of the lion is the symbol of being brave. Brave is a superhero word, (more…)

Learning and Living: A Virtual World Awaits

Did you know that the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) exists in not one, but two worlds? 🌍🌅 That’s right! BEST has a dedicated presence in the virtual world of Second Life.  We have created a virtual presence for reaching out to those with brain injury and their caregivers.  BEST hosts a variety of social (more…)

Calling All Local BEST Artists: Community Art Show Fall 2019

What are the traits of a superhero? Brave? Strong? Never gives up? Offers hope to all? Now, what if we had the opportunity to answer that question and explore the answers through art? The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is thrilled and honored to share that we have that very opportunity coming this fall. BEST (more…)