The Mindful Return Podcast: From Brain Injury to Back at Work

Welcome to the first episode of The Mindful Return. I’m truly grateful you’re here. Today, I want to introduce myself and share how I went from surviving a life-altering car crash to finding a new purpose and now speaking with you. My journey is a testament to hope, resilience, and the incredible power we each have to rebuild and thrive, no matter the challenges we face.

Kelly Tuttle

Brain-Loving Advocate

P.S. As a brain injury survivor, I understand the challenges of reintegration into the workforce. If you're also a survivor looking to return to work, please visit my website for my online program: Return to Work and Life After a Brain Injury. 

You can also find my book, After the Crash: How to Keep Your Job, Stay in School, and Live Life After a Brain Injury, and additional resources.

My book, After the Crash, is also on Audible.

My book, After the Crash: How to Keep Your Job, Stay in School, and Live Life After a Brain Injury, can be found on Amazon or at your favorite independent bookstore

I created a journal just for you! Check out My Brain Injury Recovery Journal 

My eBook, Getting Back Behind the Wheel

Please check out my YouTube channel.

My TikTok:  @brainlovingnp

 

🎙️ The Mindful Return Podcast

Hosted by Kelly Tuttle, Neurology Nurse Practitioner and brain injury survivor, The Mindful Return Podcast helps brain injury survivors, caregivers, and employers move from recovery to meaningful work.

After experiencing her own mild traumatic brain injury, Kelly used her nurse practitioner knowledge and hard-won personal strategies to rebuild her focus, confidence, and career. Now, she shares those same tools to help others do the same.

Each episode offers:

🧠 Practical ways to understand and manage your brain injury symptoms

💡 Strategies to improve focus, memory, and communication

💼 Tools to boost your brain’s best performance at work

💬 Real stories of recovery, resilience, and return-to-work success

Whether you’re newly injured or navigating long-term recovery, you’ll find compassionate guidance, evidence-based insights, and renewed hope in every episode.

👉 Subscribe, rate, and review The Mindful Return Podcast — and visit Kellytuttle.org to learn more and access brain injury recovery tools and a free download of my Stressless Medical Sheet, a tool to support your memory during your doctor appointments.