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June is brain injury awareness month in Canada

June 6, 2018Leave a CommentTagged With: accident, acquired brain injury, Alberta, back country, brain injury awareness month, Canada, challenges, fall, June 2018, off highway vehicle, OHV, outdoor activities, overcoming obstacles, prevention, province, rehabilitation, safety, sales, summer, terrain, warm weather

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Did you know that over 50% of brain injuries are preventable? Like many others, I knew very little about brain injuries, and the potential long lasting impact one can have…

Safety doesn’t happen by accident

June 1, 2016Leave a CommentTagged With: accident, ATV, brain health, brain injury awareness month Canada, brain safety, camping, diving, exercise, golfing, helmet, hiking, hospital, injury prevention, June 2016, March 2016, media campaigns, off road vehicles, outdoor activities, rehabilitation, risk assessment, risks, safety, soccer, summer, vacation, warm weather

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June has arrived and today marks the start of Brain Injury Awareness month in Canada. In the United States, March is the designated Brain Injury Awareness month and if you…

Three ways to find your unique gift

February 24, 2016Leave a CommentTagged With: activities, brain injury, caring, emotions, fear, gifts, giving back, happiness, inspiration, memories, miracles, offerings, reality, rehabilitation, sharing hope, sharing your care, skills, strengths, talents, unique

Earlier this week I had the good fortune to speak a group of brain injury survivors and their caregivers at a local hospital. Even though I have been volunteering there…

The art of deception and how to spot it

January 13, 2016Leave a CommentTagged With: allegations, alright dollar, brain health, brain injury, cognitive decline, cognitive impairment, concussion, consumers, deception, Doctors, Dr's, greed, helmets, injury prevention, Luminosity, medical professionals, mental health, money, motivation, movie, NFL, protocols, rehabilitation, reports, research, Will Smith

Concussions have gained a lot of attention in the professional sports world over the last several years and it’s a word that has become synonymous with the NFL. Several weeks…

What would the world be like if the phrase “that could never happen to me” didn’t exist?

August 19, 2015Leave a CommentTagged With: abuse, brain injury, death, electric shock, Fentanyl, greenies, horses, illegal drugs, illicit drugs, preventable injury, rehabilitation, sleep walking, suicide

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I think there would be a huge reduction in the preventable injury rate and in a recent post I shared that we are spending $26 billion dollars a year in…

How to get the emotional support you need, when you need it

July 8, 20152 CommentsTagged With: acceptance, compassion, emotional support, healing, life story, openness, rehabilitation, understanding, vulnerability, your story

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As I work on completing my memoir, where I share how I was able to create a life I love after I sustained a traumatic brain injury, many people have…

Concussions can occur more often than you’d think, here’s what you need to know

June 10, 2015Leave a CommentTagged With: anxiety, assessment, behavioural, brain injury prevention, cognitive, concussions, depression, dizziness, Doctor, double vision, frontal lobes, headache, irritation, medical exam, mTBI, nausea, physical, rehabilitation, sensitivity to light, symptoms, TBI, tinnitus fatigue, traumatic brain injury, vomiting

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In last week’s blog I listed a statistic that 75% of traumatic brain injuries are considered mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), also known as concussions. Concussions are often misdiagnosed or…

It’s brain injury awareness month in Canada!

June 3, 20151 CommentTagged With: ABI, acquired brain injury, concussions, death, direct costs, economical, healthcare, indirect costs, injury, mild traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation, social, survivor, TBI, traumatic brain injury

June is Brain Injury Awareness month in Canada with the objective being to highlight awareness on the effects and causes of acquired brain injury. In the United States March is…

Here’s one example of how yoga can benefit the brain

April 15, 2015Leave a CommentTagged With: benefits of yoga, brain health, brain injury, brain injury prevention, courage, death, determination, disability, healthy brain, Kevin Pearce, LoveYourBrain, rehabilitation, resilience, TBI survivor, The Crash Reel, traumatic brain injury, yoga, yoga poses

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Yoga has become so mainstream now everyone is familiar with the benefits it brings to the mind, body and spirit. What I find myself wondering though is if everyone is…

Need an attitude adjustment? Here’s how to get one!

January 28, 20151 CommentTagged With: attitude, change, difference maker, discouragement, failure, fear, glass half empty, glass half full, healing, journey, obstacles, opportunity, problems, rehabilitation, successes, traumatic brain injury

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What thoughts come to your mind when you hear the phrase “difference maker?” Do you think of someone at work who has a knack for always coming up creative ideas…

Is music the new medicine? The answer may surprise you.

December 17, 2014Leave a CommentTagged With: alzheimer's, ARBI, autism, brain injury, calming, cancer, cognitive functions, dementia, dentist, healing, immune system, learning disability, memory, music, music therapy, pain, rehabilitation, relaxation, stress, stroke

Music plays an important part in your life. It’s around you wherever you are, whether you’re shopping in the mall, dining in a restaurant or exercising at the gym. And…

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