When someone experiences a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. The most common emotions and feelings family members and caregivers experience according to experts are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness, anxiety, and in time, acceptance. Erin Thompson, a Washington State high school student, artist, BEST volunteer and family member of a survivor, Â decided to represent (more…)
When someone experiences a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. The most common emotions and feelings family members and caregivers experience according to experts are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness, anxiety, and in time, acceptance. Erin Thompson, a Washington State high school student, artist, BEST volunteer and family member of a survivor, decided to represent (more…)
When someone experiences and is impacted by a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. Family members feel a swirl of emotions and feelings after a loved one sustains a brain injury. The most common ones are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness and anxiety. And in time, comes acceptance (and hope). BEST families have all been there. One (more…)
Engage. Energize. Empower. At the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST), these three words are at the core of our passion, mission and vision of supporting the brain injury community. In fact, we’ve launched a new additional logo that illustrates these very important words.  You’ll also see a new hashtag on BEST social media posts that further (more…)
Life sure is funny sometimes. I don’t mean funny in the humorous sense of the word, but in the strange sense (although it can be humorous sometimes). Recently I wrote about how difficult it can be for people with traumatic brain injuries to find housing when they have no income. Well, the day that piece (more…)
Editor’s Note: Here is a blog exclusive interview from writer and BEST guest blogger, Isaac Peterson. Before I begin this blog entry, I thought it would be good to take care of some personal business. First, I want to give my heartfelt thanks to all of you who have read my words here and taken (more…)
