Myth vs. Fact: About Empowerment

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As we reach the end of Brain Injury Awareness Month 2022, we know one thing for sure that won’t end: empowerment.  All month long, we’ve explored how to empower our brains, individually and collectively, through learning about self-care and wellness practices, educational opportunities, and connecting with each other.  There’s more. As a community, we’ve debunked (more…)

Brain Injury Awareness Month Marches On!

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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…)

Coping with Change

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“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…)

Befriending Yourself and Your Experience

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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…)