When your brain goes in near complete shut down mode and the ugly aftermath it leaves behind...time to rebuild my strength once again!

Managing emotions can be a challenge. This blog is a narrative describing a moment when I let that iron armour down after brain injury.

The rollercoaster that is brain injury means that you must often take care of yourself first because you can't pour from an empty cup.

With several changes happening all at once, how do you keep the stress level under control. Follow-up to Perfect Storm Part 1

My work contract is soon coming to an end, but before it all ends, things are ramping up at an incredible pace. How do you manage this?

Depression...there is no one size fits all. Depression can wear many faces and we are all affected differently. Insight on PDD

Recount of a sad moment and the narrative that helped me get out of my funk.

How can you de-escalate your level of anxiety? Why does it suddenly sneak up on you? Account of an event where anxiety grabbed hold of me.

Encephalitis recovery is a long and treacherous road.It can alter a person's psyche to the point where you feel like you are always failing!

How do you manage friendships post brain injury? In this blog I compare friendships to the high and low of executing recipes.

Anxiety...how it comes about for me, my go to tricks to manage it and how my lovely son added a new tool to help me deal with my anxiety.

I love the mountains. There has always been something about mountains that makes me want to conquer them.

When partaking in a social event, I often compare myself to a statue. You are there, but not quite registering what’s happening.

Most would be familiar with the expression two steps forward, one step back...this expression often becomes a way of life for e survivors.

I try to describe the effects an interruption can have on an injured brain. A simple interruption can have far reaching effects.

By trying to be too many things at once, I feel like I end up falling short on so many levels.

When "ambiguous loss" helps define that grieving feeling experienced following encephalitis and brain injury.

As the world moves into self-isolation, let's reflect on what isolation means and the consequences of isolation.

Find out more about the highlights of my latest event and how I came to the conclusion that life is also very much like an adventure race.

Brain injury can leave many residual effects such as aphasia. How would you cope if you were faced with this added challenge?