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Veronique Theberge
Jun 4, 20244 min read
Communication Tips for Someone with Aphasia and for Their Loved Ones
Aphasia explained and this article shares tips to help communicating with others as an aphasic person or as a loved one.
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Veronique Theberge
Nov 28, 20234 min read
Christmas after Brain Injury
Christmas after brain injury can come with additional challenges. Find out a range of tips to help you better manage the Holidays.
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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.
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Veronique Theberge
Oct 24, 20235 min read
Tips for returning to work after brain injury
Return to work is an important step following a brain injury. In this blog I provide tips to maximise you return to work.
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Veronique Theberge
Oct 6, 20233 min read
Achieving a family/work balance after a brain injury
Returning to work after a brain injury poses some additional challenges. In this blog I talk about how it affects the work/family balance.
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Veronique Theberge
Aug 28, 20234 min read
The impact of neurofatigue on relationships
Cognitive fatigue after brain injury often translate in managing your situation differently. Here we explore how it affects relationships.
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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.
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Allie Crestwood
Aug 3, 20233 min read
Home Modifications Supportive of Brain Injury Recovery
Weird Wonderful Brain guest blogger Ashley Crestwood talks about home modifications that can be supportive of brain injury recovery.
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Veronique Theberge
Jul 25, 20235 min read
Maintaining a strong relationship with your partner while living with aphasia
Aphasia can impact the relationship with your spouse/partner. We look at some of the added challenges and provide helpful tips.
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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.
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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.
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Veronique Theberge
Mar 6, 20234 min read
Brain injury setbacks
What can trigger a brain injury setback or a flare of symptoms? Do we always have control over setbacks? What can we learn from a setback?
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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.
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Veronique Theberge
Dec 19, 20224 min read
Tips to monitor your Brain Injury Recovery
In this blog, I try to capture a few tips to help you evaluate how far you’ve come and empower you during your brain injury recovery.
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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.
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Veronique Theberge
Nov 21, 20226 min read
Keeping the Faith and Never Giving Up: Jessica Garcia's stroke story
In this blog, I relate Jessica’s story. I address how spirituality became part of her recovery and approach to life after brain injury.
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Allie Crestwood
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Four Great Reads on Keeping Your Brain Healthy
Guest post by Allie Cooper on how reading can help keep your brain healthy. Four book suggestions to combine brain health while reading.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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