Mental Health

Veronique Theberge

Jul 63 min read

Parenting with a Brain Injury

Parenting is hard in the best of times, how does brain injury makes this role more complex?

Veronique Theberge

Apr 13 min read

Neurofatigue After Brain Injury

Neurofatigue is far reaching for someone recovering from a brain injury. Nothing make sense once your brain runs out of energy.

Improve your mental wellbeing, no drugs required

Patricia Sarmiento

Jan 163 min read

Improve your mental wellbeing, no drugs required

Guest blogger Patricia Sarmiento provides avenues to explore to improve your mental wellbeing. Have a read to add new tools to your toolbox.

Veronique Theberge

Oct 26, 20234 min read

Brain Injury, Fears and Growth

Are you finding brain injury recovery daunting and scary? In this blog I explore how we can turn some of the associated fears into growth.

Redefining your belief system after brain injury

Veronique Theberge

Aug 14, 20235 min read

Redefining your belief system after brain injury

Are your beliefs supporting or hindering your brain injury recovery? We chat about identifying our beliefs and tips to tweak them.

Veronique Theberge

Jul 29, 20234 min read

Friendships After Brain Injury

It is very well documented that most brain injury survivors go on living with a life characterized by declining relationships...

Tips to Tackle Depression After Brain Injury

Veronique Theberge

May 23, 20233 min read

Tips to Tackle Depression After Brain Injury

Brain injury can result in mental health ups and downs. In this blog, I propose a few tips to help find your way out of depression.

Am I an Introvert or Extrovert Since my Brain Injury

Veronique Theberge

May 9, 20235 min read

Am I an Introvert or Extrovert Since my Brain Injury

Personality changes are common after brain injury. This blog address how your extrovert may now be leaning towards introvert & vice versa.

Veronique Theberge

Apr 1, 20232 min read

Fitting In

How do you fit in following a brain injury? Life is so different, you can often feel lost making you wonder where you and how you fit in.

Veronique Theberge

Jan 28, 20235 min read

Processing Traumatic Memories

Being confronted with painful memories from earlier days of brain injury recovery is inevitable? In this blog, I recall a particular event.

Processing Strong Emotions After Brain Injury

Veronique Theberge

Jan 5, 20233 min read

Processing Strong Emotions After Brain Injury

Holidays are a very special time if the year, but they can also be a harsh reminder that things are different for those with chronic illness

Veronique Theberge

Dec 16, 20226 min read

Alcohol Use After a Brain Injury

Demystifying the potential effects of alcohol on the brain after sustaining a brain injury.

Veronique Theberge

Sep 30, 20224 min read

Nurturing Brain Health & Mental Health

Let's explore how we can better brain heath and mental health through nurturing aspects such as safety, learning and social connections.

Physical Health, Brain Health and Mental Health

Veronique Theberge

Sep 29, 20224 min read

Physical Health, Brain Health and Mental Health

Physical health is an aspect of brain health that is often covered, but I'd like to provide further examples of how they are linked.

Veronique Theberge

Sep 25, 20222 min read

Brain Health and Mental Health

In this blog we explore how brain health and mental health are closely intertwined. But what is brain health? Well let's find out more.

Practicing Gratitude during Brain Injury Recovery

Veronique Theberge

Sep 15, 20224 min read

Practicing Gratitude during Brain Injury Recovery

What is the negative bias, what are example of gratitude practices and how can practicing gratitude be helpful during brain injury recovery.

Veronique Theberge

Aug 18, 20227 min read

Connecting with Brain Injury Survivors

How connecting with other brain injury survivors can be beneficial to your recovery. Tips on initiating connection and sharing my experience

Veronique Theberge

Aug 2, 20223 min read

Mindfulness for Brain Injury Recovery

What is mindfulness and how can you benefit from introducing it as part of your brain injury recovery plan? Example of practices and tips.

Veronique Theberge

Apr 18, 20227 min read

EMDR: Processing Trauma

This is a collaborative blog where Veronique and Dr. Jen share insight on EMDR from a patient & also health professional perspective.

Veronique Theberge

Feb 14, 20223 min read

That's Life

Normalising and learning from the roller coaster ride that is brain injury recovery.