Ingredients for Neuroplasticity: Curiosity, Creativity, Tenacity

(Editor’s note: BEST is delighted to welcome guest blogger, Marc Macialek of recoveringfromtbi.com, to the BEST website blog! Marc gives us some excellent insight, advice and information about neuroplasticity and brain injury awareness in his first article. Thank you, Marc! KT) After my traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the spring of 2012, I learned how (more…)

Superhero Tuesday: You are Someone, You mean Something

You only have your thoughts and dreams ahead of you. You are someone. You mean something. Batman 🦇 Yes, really. Batman was onto something! It took real-life superhero, Robin Spicuzza,  some time after her traumatic brain injury (TBI) to regain her superpowers of meaning and being; with help from fellow BEST Superheroes and super-powered tools, she (more…)

The Definition of Community

(Editor’s note: What’s the definition of community? Writer and stroke survivor, Isaac Peterson, has an excellent, must-read definition of our community in his latest article. KT) Since I got a traumatic brain injury (TBI) of my very own, I’ve seen many references to the TBI community, but I’ve never really seen that community described or (more…)