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…)

No More UGHS for this Girl!

(Editor’s note: BEST welcomes back writer, blogger and BEST guest blogger, Kirsten Short, who shares a terrific and informative article on some helpful tools and strategies to engage your goals and journey forward in 2019. Thank you Kirsten for your important words and support! KT)  Happy New Year!  Yup, you heard me correctly; Happy New (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…)

Nominate Your Superhero Today!

There are superheroes among us and we want to hear about them! Do you know a survivor, caregiver or community supporter who is putting the power in personal empowerment? Soaring to new heights? Doing cool things?  Bringing superhero-size support to the brain injury community? Nominate your superhero for the BEST Superhero of the Month for some superhero (more…)