Acceptance After Brain Injury
Acceptance, seems so simple right? What words have helped you being more accepting of the new you after brain injury?
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Veronique Theberge
- Oct 7, 2021
- 5 min
Encephalitis Recovery & Rehabilitation
Recovering from encephalitis and acquired brain injury takes a team & lots of effort. Who's been part of your brain injury recovery journey?
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Veronique Theberge
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Loving ourselves after brain injury
Recovering & living with a brain injury comes with many challenges, learning to love ourselves again being one of them. Sharing my thoughts.
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Veronique Theberge
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
Sound the Foghorn
Brain fog after brain injury...What is brain fog? What triggers it and some tips to try to alleviate brain fog.
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Veronique Theberge
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
Help anyone?
Do you ask for help? When not reciprocated, how does it make you feel? Why was your call unanswered? How do you process/interpret this?
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Veronique Theberge
- Jun 17, 2021
- 4 min
Trauma, the Chicken or the Egg?
What causes trauma, how does it manifest itself and how do you best learn to move on?
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Veronique Theberge
- May 29, 2021
- 2 min
Moments of Grief
I’m very familiar with grief. Since e and abi occurred, it feels as though I’ve been learning to grieve the old me...
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Veronique Theberge
- May 14, 2021
- 5 min
Emotions After Brain Injury
How can brain injury hinder emotions regulation?
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Veronique Theberge
- Apr 17, 2021
- 5 min
Retiring my adventure race bib
I reflected on a lot of things following the back-to-back races. I’m addressing some of the reasons which lead me to retiring the bib.
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Veronique Theberge
- Apr 12, 2021
- 6 min
Adventure racing on a wonky brain
What are the effects of a payback after overexerting your brain following encephalitis & brain injury? This blog recounts an event.
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Veronique Theberge
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
Motivation, strength or dare I say absence of it!
When a set back sucks all your energy, motivation and strength. How do you slowly find ways to build yourself back up?
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Veronique Theberge
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
When Hope Translates into Running for the Hills
Years after encephalitis and ABI, I am still expecting for a magical solution to be presented by my neurologist to reboot my brain.
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Veronique Theberge
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
Something is wrong here
Moments where you think “something is wrong” because your brain operates better than “normal” after brain injury.
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Veronique Theberge
- Feb 17, 2021
- 5 min
Paula’s story with encephalitis and OCD
This is a short narrative or Paula's story with Encephalitis, ABI and OCD.
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Veronique Theberge
- Feb 10, 2021
- 3 min
Let’s talk about raising awareness
Raising awareness is not an easy task regardless of the cause. But where do we sit in regards to raising awareness of mental health?
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Veronique Theberge
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Finding Direction After Brain Injury
At one point or another all of us will be looking for some directions to move forward in our lives. Lessons learnt from e on finding my way.
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Veronique Theberge
- Jan 19, 2021
- 4 min
Beyond the Physical Impacts of Encephalitis and Acquired Brain Injury
Beyond the physical impacts of encephalitis and abi sits a very important aspect...mental health.
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Veronique Theberge
- Jan 9, 2021
- 5 min
The Real Challenges of Surviving Encephalitis & Acquired Brain Injury
Addressing the challenges no one told me about when I was sent back home. Because surviving e is one thing and living post e another.
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Veronique Theberge
- Jan 4, 2021
- 3 min
Brain Shutdown
When your brain goes in near complete shut down mode and the ugly aftermath it leaves behind...time to rebuild my strength once again!
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Veronique Theberge
- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
Emotions Galore
Managing emotions can be a challenge. This blog is a narrative describing a moment when I let that iron armour down after brain injury.
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