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Do you ever feel like you're just going thru life after TBI being relatively successful, but not really present in your own life? David will discuss how he has managed dealing with these feelings of uncertainty in today's episode.

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David was born in 1972 in southern California. His family moved to Arlington, Texas in 1977. As a young person, David excelled intellectually throughout grade school and was given an opportunity to participate in an abbreviated class at the university of Texas at Arlington at age 12. Mom broke his heart by moving them to the "country" in 1988. His interest in the intellectual waned a bit, but he embraced the local culture and prospered as a cowboy. David was offered a full ride scholarship to a D1 school for rodeo if you can believe that is a thing :) He finished 6th in the world in 1992 and competed professionally for a bit.On August 14, 2015, he with his daughter riding on the back flipped his "iron horse" on a tame s-curve down a country road. Candy Lane. He woke up 7 days later and began his journey as a survivor. 

   

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In this episode, Meike shares her journey being a caregiver and supporter for her husband, Mitch.

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Mitch and I got married via notary public, October 2, 2023, 6.5 weeks before his accident November 17, 2023. In this accident, he received a traumatic brain injury, left leg amputation below the knee, needed life saving blood several times, ventilator to trach, and feeding tube for 8 months. The brain injury is in both the left temporal lobe and brain stem.  After Mitch’s accident, he spent 3 weeks in ICU, 3 weeks on the surgery floor, and 14 weeks at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia. . 

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Ever wonder how some folks seem to have more resilience, and are able to overcome things easier than others? Join me as I chat with Esty about why this is, and how you can change your own trajectory.

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Esty is an author, writer, speaker and coach in Transformative Divorce. She is a 20+ year family law attorney and mediator specializing in divorce and all things related to it, emphasizing mediating and collaborative problem solving. Esty is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell (highest possible rating) and voted a "Northern California SuperLawyer" and "Top Women Attorneys of Northern California" by California SuperLawyers magazine, "Top Lawyers in California" by American Lawyer Media.  She is co-author of CEB's "Family Law Financial Discovery" and CEB's "California Child and Spousal Support: Establishing, Modifying and Enforcing." She co-researched and co-authored the landmark paper, “Confronting the Challenge of the High Conflict Personality in Family Court” published by Family Law Quarterly. She was a guest speaker on KALW's "Your Legal Rights" and internet-based radio program "Business Leaders Spotlight." She is currently building a divorce coaching practice based on the principles in her Amazon best-selling book “Transformative Divorce: from Broken to Blessed.” https://www.thetransformativedivorce.com/

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In this episode, Emma shares how she is creating a brain injury hub in Australia for folks living with brain injury.

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Emma is a wife and a mother of 3 beautiful children, her best work! Her brain injury has sent her in a new exciting direction in life.Her passion is to open Brisbane's first brain injury hub, to do it for the one's that can't. To create a unique space with programs to help people with ABI’s feel connect to people and the community. she is a go getter, and she sees herself as being made of titanium. Since her Arteriovenous malformation in April 2021, Emma has been involved in several research projects for Brain injury. She has raised money for Outwood Bound for brain injury, she completed Outwood Bound - Potential Unlimited Brain Injury Adventure in Tharwa, NSW.  Emma’s a leadership of the Steps Skilled program for people with Brain Injury. Emma was a guest speaker at an International Women’s Day event in Brisbane, 2024. She has re-joining the F45 gym where her brain injury journey began.Being a school teacher since 2002, and now a Teacher Aid. Emma always loves to help people and combining her skills in the education and her living experience with brain injury she is driving to make a positive different in the Brain Injury community.    
 

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In this episode, Robyn shares the ways in which she was finally able to accept the new her after brain injury. 

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Robyn is a 10-year brain tumor survivor who chose to embrace her new life. Like many others, she found herself struggling to come to terms with the fact that she was a different person. As she finally moved forward, she uncovered a newfound passion for writing by using her craft as a copywriter to help others like herself find the help they need as they journey through recovery. She knows very well how difficult it is to navigate the physical disabilities from TBI, as well as the emotional challenges that come with life after brain injury. Robyn shares her hope for the future through education, enlightenment, and encouragement for both TBI survivors and their caregivers. In addition to her writing, she travels in her RV with her husband, loves exploring new cultures, and spends all the time she can with her grandchildren. Robyn is currently writing her own book and hopes to inspire others to acceptance of their new life. 

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Holly shares with us what it was like to sustain a brain injury as a teenager, and the unique struggles that accompanied it.

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Holly Shea Beavers sustained a traumatic brain injury from a car wreck ten years ago when she was just sixteen years old. Prior to her injury, she was a good student as well as an athlete. After her injury, she struggled with attention deficits, noise and light sensitivity, dizziness, nausea, headaches, and other symptoms which greatly impacted her life. Through a lot of trial and error, she was able to find treatments to help her improve. She will be a contributor to Amy Zellmer’s upcoming Not Invisible: Putting a Face on Brain Injury anthology book.

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