We’re BAAAAAACCCKKK! And better than ever!  Check out Season 2, episode 40 to find out what Mariah and Eryn have been up to and where the show is headed in 2022.  Also, tune in for some great, hard-earned advice on how to help yourself and others dealing with brain injury along with what to look for in a healthcare provider.  These lessons have come hard won by yours truly, Eryn! Join us in celebrating the start of Season Two!! Happy 2022 to you all!! In this episode:Where We’ve BeenBurnoutThe need for seasons, pacing, and restHealth UpdatesThe dangers of all or nothing thinkingLeads to a crashLong term recovery; when the symptoms don’t consume you dailyIdentifying as brain injured, what does it mean long term?Brain injury as a fanny pack, it comes and goes but can be taken with you if chosenLiving in brain injury vs. letting it own you vs. moving away from itYou can move past it and some of us are lucky enough to not have to live in it dailyMariah’s gallbladder surgery: a reminder of needing self-carePriorities shift over time, then you readjust, and they shift againThe power of saying “No”Bye Mariah!! Tata for now.  Thank You!!!!!!!When do you let go of brain injury? Can you? Maybe it is when you don’t need or have to think about it every day?Brain injury as a spectrumNot sitting in the trauma or reliving itThis is not a ‘peace out’ for MariahKrempels Center: a support program for brain injury survivors and caregivers.  It is local in NH but also onlineMariah is working with this agency Allows her to apply lessons learned in brain injury a different wayHaving a brain injury gives her an advantageNew life after brain injury can be a very devisive term.  So many are trying so hard to obtain their old lifeWhere MHP is going in the futureSeason Two starts now!Series on relationships and brain injuryShows on trauma, meditationIG relationships and interactions help to form the speakers and topics for the upcoming season along with being a personal support for Eryn in her recoveryEryn’s updates2021 was 1 mile forward and 2 miles backBlood in brain in now reabsorbed and old, damaged circuits are trying to come back on board.  It’s like using a cell phone with a cracked screen.  It might still work but it doesn’t work wellYes! Final confirmation that Eryn DID have a STROKE.Medical and personal acknowledgement of this has allowed for better resourcesDepression from November 2021 to August 2021It gets darkWhen joy returned Eryn’s brain wasn’t used to the high energyMovie recommendation: Inside OutAutonomic Nervous System DysfunctionEmotional DysregulationHow to help someone or yourself while they’re going through it:Food

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