The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) was honored to participate in the 2019 Saying It Out Loud all-day conference at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center on April 29, 2019 in Tacoma, Washington. The conference, now in it’s 18th year, was hosted by the Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) Behavioral Health Administration’s (BHA) Division (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…)
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…)
(Editor’s Note: Sleep is critical to our health and well-being to every human being. Writer, BEST guest blog contributor and stroke survivor, Isaac Peterson, explores all things sleep in his latest article. KT) Having a traumatic brain injury (TBI) sure is a real grab bag full of goodies and surprises, isn’t it? But none (more…)
(Editor’s Note: For Brain Injury Awareness Month, I reached out to our BEST Team and BEST guest bloggers to gather their thoughts, ideas, tips and strategies on self-care. Marc Macialek, writer, mentor and creator of recoveringfromtbi.com , shares some important ideas and thoughts in his latest guest article below. Thank you, Marc! KT) Kim wrote me (more…)
