BEST Local Artists: Let’s Make Art!

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…)

WA State TBI Conference: Scholarship Applications Due March 8, 2019

The 2019 Washington State TBI Conference will be held on April 15, 2019 (from 3 pm to 7pm) and April 16, 2019 (9 am to 4 pm) at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Spokane, Washington. Registration is REQUIRED to attend. Registration can be done online (see flyer below) and all registrations are DUE April 5, 2019.   (more…)

The Power of Cleaning

(Editor’s note: Is cleaning a chore or is it a practice of self-care? BEST gives a warm welcome to BEST guest blogger Marysa Rogozynski, who has some important and compelling points on cleaning and will make you see cleaning in a brand new way! Thanks, Marysa! KT).  If someone would have told me that cleaning is (more…)

Creative Time is the BEST Self-Care

🎨💚Celebrating art and friends: As we kick off our themed month of “Super Self Care” in March, Here’s a short video of this week’s “Creative Time” activity led by Diane Rasch at Our BEST Space in University Place, WA. Being creative and making art is a great form of self-care! Creative Time is held each Wednesday (more…)

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month.  March is an important month for sharing, caring, and having important conversations about brain injury and brain injury awareness.  The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is excited to announce our theme for 2019’s awareness month: Super Self-Care.  BEST will be exploring different ways that we can practice self-care, such (more…)

BEST Superhero of the Month February 2019

If we needed to find a brand new adjective for loving kindness, we’d look no further than our BEST Superhero of the Month for February 2019.  Meet Jennifer Adams.  Jennifer is a positive ray of light and love to other brain injury survivors and the community at large. She brings messages of constant support, encouragement, (more…)