I just got home from seeing my primary doctor. It was just a routine exam that would let me know how well my self-care program has—or hasn’t– been working out. Turned out the hardest part, as usual, was sitting waiting for my turn. But my overall exam results were good. Here is the outcome: Heart: (more…)
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. This special month marks an opportunity for the brain injury community and the community at large to share awareness, knowledge, support, education, care and conversation. The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) warmly invites you to join us online for some brain empowerment! As individuals and as (more…)
“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” The quote to the above really says it all, doesn’t it? We hate and love change at the same time, but in a perfect world many things would stay the same, but (more…)
What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is noticing what is happening right now. What are your senses and emotions telling you? What is your mind telling you? At the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) we see mindfulness in this way, too: Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience (Jon Kabat Zinn). Through the practice (more…)
I just ran across some new information about sleep. Actually it’s more about how Daylight Savings Time (DST) can affect sleep. I’m not going to get into the history of DST or its purpose. Everybody knows what it is—those two really annoying days each year where we set the clocks ahead or back by an (more…)
