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Communication Tips for Someone with Aphasia and for Their Loved Ones

Jun 44 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.

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.

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.

Tips for returning to work after brain injury

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.

Achieving a family/work balance after a brain injury

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.

The impact of neurofatigue on relationships

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.

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.

Home Modifications Supportive of Brain Injury Recovery

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.

Maintaining a strong relationship with your partner while living with aphasia

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

Tips to monitor your Brain Injury Recovery

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.

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.

Keeping the Faith and Never Giving Up: Jessica Garcia's stroke story

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.

Four Great Reads on Keeping Your Brain Healthy

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.

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.