A little while ago, I asked this: “What if there is a kind of power that everyone has, and it’s power that not is not destructive or coercive, and once it’s applied, only gets stronger and will multiply itself?” Here’s part of the answer: unconditional love. What I mean by unconditional is actually self-explanatory. To (more…)
According to the Brain Energy Support Team’s Jeff Hartson, brain injury is prevalent in correctional facilities and the numbers of those affected to continue to grow. While estimates vary from facility to facility, traumatic brain injury (TBI) typically impacts from thirty to seventy percent of those incarcerated. Those individuals who have a TBI may experience (more…)
The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is pleased to announce the expansion of Our BEST Space in University Place, Washington. While BEST remains in the same building as before, we have relocated to the ground floor in suite 1H. This facility continues to offer a safe, comfortable and fun environment for brain injury survivors and their families; however, (more…)
So, what are we going to talk about this time? Or rather, what did I come up with to talk about this time? How about power? Let’s talk a little about that. When you hear the word power, what comes to mind? Nuclear, hydroelectric, explosives, weapons? Those are all forms of what we consider power. (more…)
At the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST), sharing our personal stories and journeys are important to us. Finding the words and putting those words to the keyboard or to paper, makes a difference, not only for us as individuals, but to us as a brain injury community as a whole. Stories matter. Here’s a list of (more…)
Boy howdy, how some things do change. I used to get told all the time how my smile was one of my best features. To hear others tell it, I could turn the world on with my smile, and take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile. Then I had a stroke, (more…)