Video: Five Important Lessons on the Five Year Anniversary of my Brain Injury
Mother’s Day marked the five year anniversary of my severe traumatic brain injury. Here are five important lessons I’ve learned along the way.
Relearning to Speak after Brain Injury – The Importance of Speech Language Pathology
Relearning to talk after my brain injury was a tremendously difficult and arduous feat. What few people realize is that…
No Such Thing as “Walk it Off” – How Brain Injury Changed the Way I Watch Football
As a traumatic brain injury survivor, watching my home team win Super Bowl 50 was incredibly conflicting.
Podcast 9 – A Look Inside the Brain After Head Trauma
What’s going on inside the brain after injury? We sat down with Dr. Peggy Mason to better understand how can we use that information to prevent and treat head trauma.
FaB – Brain Injury Rehabilitation through Nutrition and Supplementation
People are often curious as to why I, a severe traumatic brain injury survivor, place so much emphasis on nutrition and supplementation during and after recovery.
Nutrition and Supplementation for Optimal Brain Function and Repair
People are often curious as to why I, a severe traumatic brain injury survivor, place so much emphasis on nutrition and supplementation during and after recovery.
Podcast 6 – Amy Zellmer & Finding the Road Back to “Normal”
Brain injury survivor Cavin Balaster and co-host Alek Hess interview fellow survivor, recent author, and contributor to the Huffington Post, Amy Zellmer.
Andrea Nakayama’s Functional Nutrition
In 2013, during the International Conference on Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine in Portland, OR, I was approached by an...
Survivor Stories: My Conversation with Claire
Claire is an incredibly strong person and adamant to get back to stability and return to work. I’m honored to know her and incredibly proud of how well she’s dealt with her difficult symptoms and limited options in the face of so much instability.
FaB – Rebuilding the Brain, Building Bridges – Keynote Speech NORA 2014
In this segment from my keynote speech at the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association conference 2014, I briefly touch on mechanisms of...
Rebuilding the Brain, Building Bridges – Keynote Speech NORA 2014
In this segment from my keynote speech at the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association conference 2014, I briefly touch on mechanisms of...
The Nurses’ Guide to Real Food – My Podcast Interview on Paleocare
I recently had the pleasure of doing an interview with Chelsea and Katy of Paleocare.com. Chelsea and Katy are incredibly kind, well-informed...
