TBI: Talking Brain Injury with Brain Injury Association of Colorado

In this episode we talk with Daniel Gaspodarek, a mental health professional using a personal history of TBI to help clients confront all variety of trauma, from injury to divorce and cancer.

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 Are you a brain injury survivor? Do you know someone who is? We want to hear from you! Contact Brain Injury Alliance Colorado for the opportunity to be featured on TBI: Talking Brain Injury podcast.

"My TBI was the best thing that ever happened to me."

Laura Renner knows those words are controversial. She tells us how a seemingly minor slip and fall led to emergency surgery, years of recovery, and eventually, deep healing from years of trauma not even related to her TBI.

Check out Laura's book! "No, I'm Not Fine. Thank You."

And her podcast! "Healing #NoFilter"

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 Are you a brain injury survivor? Do you know someone who is? We want to hear from you! Contact Brain Injury Alliance Colorado for the opportunity to be featured on TBI: Talking Brain Injury podcast.

Every traumatic brain injury claims more than one victim. In this episode we hear from Paul and Erica, a father and mother who battled emotion, insurance and even the pandemic when their son, Dylan, suffered a debilitating longboard accident. This is an episoide you can't miss if you have a loved one recovering from TBI.

Read more about Paul and Erica's journey in their book, "Be At My Side: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Traumatic Brain Injury."

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 Are you a brain injury survivor? Do you know someone who is? We want to hear from you! Contact Brain Injury Alliance Colorado for the opportunity to be featured on TBI: Talking Brain Injury podcast.

Zach Ramirez has always been a thrill seeker. An adrenaline junkie. Maybe even a little bit reckless. These traits led to the accident that changed his life, but today they give him the courage and motivation to thrive with a brain injury.

Follow Zach's adventure NOW on his YouTube channel!

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LeAnn Sanchez has lived with TBI longer than she has lived without it. In 1993 she was thrown from a car, but she refused to let it destroy her life.

Today she is a behavioral health professional, helping youth and adults overcome their person barriers.

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 Are you a brain injury survivor? Do you know someone who is? We want to hear from you! Contact Brain Injury Alliance Colorado for the opportunity to be featured on TBI: Talking Brain Injury podcast.

Jenica Miller was fast asleep when a friend nodded off at the wheel, and her life changed forever.

Jenica talks about life before and after a car accident, and the long (but necessary) process of learning to let go of regret.

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Traumatic brain injuries come in many forms. Some are accidental. Others are inexplicable. For Joanna Rosa-Saenz, TBI came from years of domestic violence.

Today, divorced from her husband and raising three boys, Joanna is trying to end the cycle of domestic abuse through her nonprofit, Joanna Saenz Enterprises. She brings abuse awareness curriculum directly to Denver-area classrooms, starting with her son's high school.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you know a survivor, or anyone else affected by violence, call the national hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE

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Contact Joanna directly: JoannaSaenzEnt (at) gmail

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Writing has been a part of Adam Campbell's life since he was a young. So has brain trauma, caused by a childhood tumor.

In his darkest moment, Adam turned his trauma into a book of poetry, "Walking With My Angel." It was the mircale he needed -- and the inspiration for the next chapter in his life.

Find "Walking With My Angel" on Amazon for purchase or FREE download.

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Joe Movick suffered a head injury doing what everyone in Colorado has done at least once: He slipped on the ice. He calls it "an intense trash takout procedure," suffered in his PJs. At the time, he says he was embarrassed. 

But even a seemingly small fall can change your life. Three years later and Joe is still recovering, while working his way through another life change: raising a family.

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Are you a brain injury survivor? Do you know someone who is? We want to hear from you! Contact Brain Injury Alliance Colorado for the opportunity to be featured on TBI: Talking Brain Injury podcast.

Susi Devrient can't stop laughing. It's a side effect of her brain injury, but it's also one reason she has been successful as a TBI support group leader. Her group, Thrivers, is one of many on Colorado's Front Range, where people learn to laugh, live and heal.

Learn more about all the Colorado Brain Injury Alliance support groups and find one near you!

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Are you a brain injury survivor? Do you know someone who is? We want to hear from you! Contact Brain Injury Alliance Colorado for the opportunity to be featured on TBI: Talking Brain Injury podcast.