A Message for Youth Brain Injury Survivors
It’s AVM Awareness month which means I have a message for the youth. If you, someone you know, someone you teach, employ, or live with is recovering from a brain injury, please watch the video below. As a survivor myself, I want to make sure young survivors have tactical steps to accelerate their recovery. If …
Manage Suicidal Thoughts with These Three Steps
https://youtu.be/3Otmn5poSRw The video above is a reading I did of an article previously published on my blog. The steps discussed transformed my life for the better. Please share this video with anyone who you think these steps would help.
Mental rehab post-brain injury: How to be resilient and adapt
This past week I was honoured to be asked to speak at the Brain Injury Association Waterloo Wellington Support Group. In this talk, followed by a question & answer period, I discuss my experience post-brain injury, challenges, deficits, loses, and how I now risk manage my life for happiness. If you are a brain injury …
3 Instantly Effective Ways to Secure Your Mental Wellbeing
Have you ever likened airport security to the security of your mind? Well, after 3 years of studying risk management and airport security in grad school, I came to recognize the two entities as nearly one in the same. Allow me to explain … Biopolitical Security – The Key to Optimal Airport Security The plain …
Three Mandatory Steps for Auditing Your Habits in 2020
It’s crazy to think that 2020 is just around the corner. And you know what that means, right? … “New year, new me!” But how many years have you said that to yourself, yet never committed to change?How many times have you tried to lose that same 10 pounds or run that same 5k race, …
Why I chose to take responsibility, and why I desperately want you to choose it too
“Life is at its best when everything has fallen out of place, and you decide that you’re going to fight to get them right.” ― Thisuri Wanniarachchi Do you want to know the hardest part about life? …living. In fact, until age 23 I didn’t even think I could do that. Before that point, I waited …
🤔 How to be Happy On a Monday
Happy Monday! … Right? *insert awkward silence* … What? You mean you’re not happy? You’re telling me you’re miserable because you have 5 days left of work before you can relax again? Damn… Ok, well I really want you to be happy! And before you start questioning whether I’m oblivious to life’s problems, I’ll straight-up …
Why I Don’t Want You to Kill Yourself … and Neither Should You 🙏❤
“It gets better,” they say. And if you think they are lying, I will tell you first hand, they aren’t. I’ll tell you it get’s better. From the absolute bottom of my heart I will tell you it gets better. But most importantly, I need you to believe that’s true. You need to hear the …