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Awareness is the First Step in Healing

It’s Brain Injury Awareness Month. Awareness is the first step in healing. We can take that step together.💚 BEST loves sharing … Facebook0TwitterPinterest0tumblr0Linkedin0Reddit0Email0

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Brain Injury Awareness Month Marches On!

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…)

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Monday Motivation: March 21, 2022

Hello Spring! Blossom by blossom the spring begins!  Read BEST Executive Director Gloria Kraegel’s spring message, here.  BEST loves sharing … Facebook0TwitterPinterest0tumblr0Linkedin0Reddit0Email0

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Lucky

Thank you, BEST friends.  We are so lucky to have you in our lives.🍀So grateful for your kindness, friendship, support, and care today and every day.  Always remember you are the BEST!  BEST loves sharing … Facebook0TwitterPinterest0tumblr0Linkedin0Reddit0Email0

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Befriending Yourself and Your Experience

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…)