Our E-Newsletter Welcomes You to 2022!

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The first 2022 BEST e-newsletter has launched to inboxes today!  And like the tree, we are grounded in information, connected with our community, looking forward to new things, bending with the changing times of Covid-19, enjoying our individuality, and ready to continue to grow! In this issue, we cover the following: the importance of sleep (more…)

Recognizing Our Personal Strength

Elephant in the jungle, raising it's trunk

Have you ever seen a circus elephant standing serenely, tied to a little peg in the ground?  How does that work?  I mean, elephants can grow to be over a ton.  Why does an elephant just stand there? Why doesn’t this creature, one of the most powerful animals in the world, just rip the peg (more…)

Happy 2022: Reflections, Plans and More

Washington State's Mt. Rainier with a forest in the foreground

With 2022 just around the corner, we’re expanding our resources to help you live a quality lifestyle. And to help our community stay strong and confident in what’s right with the world, we’ve committed our energy to ensure you have the most accurate information and the best resources to make navigating the challenges of each (more…)

Oxymorons

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It’s been quite a while since I wrote an essay about writing. Some people had let me know they were interested in writing, but had no idea how to get started writing, so every once in a while I devote a column to that topic. This time I thought I’d get back to how I (more…)

Meet Our Community!

We’d love to have you meet (and join!) our community! 💚 Check out the video attached below!  Thank you for sharing your superhero care and support for brain injury survivors, their caregivers and their families. You’re the BEST! (Note: there is background music in this short video. Please adjust your volume as needed).

On Confidence

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I got some advice in my younger years that has worked very well for me since and no doubt will continue to be valuable for many years to come. That advice was from a (then) well-known actor. In an interview he was asked about stage fright and what he did to get over it. His (more…)