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Tag: brain injury memoir

  • Book Review: “How To Survive After A Stroke” by Wolfgang Wolf

    Listen to this post:  I introduced you to Wolfgang Wolf, The Stroke Mentor on an earlier post on this blog. I wanted folks to have a chance to dig into his blog and website. And now it’s time to look at his book, “How To Survive After A Stroke”. Before I review it, I want to…

  • Book review: I had brain surgery, what’s your excuse?

    Listen to this post:  The weirdest thing happens when people trip near me. They laugh nervously and say, “And I don’t even have an excuse like you do!” Insert extra chuckle there for good measure. It’s not really needed, that extra laugh. I mean, I don’t even trip that much. I’m never sure why people say…

  • Faiza Siddiqui’s “Diary of a Headcase” and the wisdom of a community

    Listen to this post: I’ve been told countless times (or maybe not that often, but I can’t remember) that it’s a damn good thing I had my speech therapy degree before developing impairments from traumatic brain injury. When I tell someone about a new strategy I have for improving my day, it’s amazing how often people…

  • Guest Blogger Thomas E. Hartmann on Gardeners and Cowboys

    Listen to this guest post read by Cheryl:  I really love this new guest post below written by Thomas E. Hartmann, author of Broken Mind, Persistent Hope: A Memoir of Recovery from Brain Damage and Manic Depression. Here’s a little info on Tom to get you warmed up! You can purchase this book in print or download…

  • Ann Millett-Gallant Memoir Reading

    Listen to this post:  Last September on this blog, I let y’all know about Dr. Ann Millett-Gallant’s memoir around traumatic brain injury and art called “Re-membering: Putting Mind and Body Back Together Following Traumatic Brain Injury.” Now she’s doing a live reading from the book, which is something you don’t want to miss! If you’re…