It’s been two years since the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) began the BEST Superhero of the Month recognition award, and this month, April 2019, we have a first! BEST will be honoring an entire TEAM of superheroes for our first team award. We are thrilled to present the BEST Superhero of the Month (more…)
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, most (more…)
Want to be a superhero? Then visit us at the Superhero Shoppe for all your superhero and gift needs! Here are all the details: Who: All Superheroes and their friends! What: A shoppe that offers fun and unique superhero gifts, accessories and more. Proceeds from the Superhero Shoppe support the superheroes of the brain injury (more…)
(Editor’s Note: Writer and BEST blog contributor, Isaac Peterson, shares a beautiful and heartwarming story of friendship in his latest personal essay. Thank you Isaac for sharing your friend and important words with us. KT) Let me tell you about my special friend, Gary. Life hasn’t been especially kind to Gary. He was born with (more…)
In case you missed it, BEST shared recaps and a video for both days of the 2019 Washington State TBI Conference in Spokane, Washington on April 15th and 16th. The recaps provide additional informational links and the video shares our virtual photo album of the event. As a social media bonus, we did a video (more…)

  Having a traumatic brain injury (TBI) sure is a real grab bag full of goodies and surprises, isn’t it? But none of the surprises are good ones—like the one about how hard it is now to get regular sleep. Sleep disorder studies have shown people with TBIs are three times more likely to have (more…)