Life Over Pain - Joseph Ryan - Finding a Purpose in Recovery

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When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…

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Joseph Ryan oozes enthusiasm. He's overcome so many brain injuries that his head seems to have been a target for danger rather than a protected space. As with many who have suffered brain injury pre-2018, his had gone undiagnosed. So he struggled. Smart, energetic, creative, adventurous; yet he struggled. But, his brain wasn't keeping pace.
As years passed and injuries mounted, Joseph finally found help via Pennsylvania's head injury program. This program provided all the elements of help he needed: counseling, PT, OT, out patient. His case manager helped him through financial issues, insurance issues as well as personal growth issues. The people in this program helped Joseph holistically. They helped him to get the home support he needed and to fundamentally turn his life around.
In fact, Joseph has gone from despondent to vivacious. He has a new lease on life and a life purpose to visit all major league baseball stadiums in the US. And he's well on his way having been to 16 of the 31 parks already and will add the minor league parks, too. He's a fan of the Boston Red Sox in spite of his Philadelphia residence (he says it must be the ultimate rebellion because he is the progeny of die hard Phillies fans).
Along with his new-found life's passion, Joseph is on a bit of a mission to share his story hoping to help others who have similarly struggled. His advice: Don't keep it to yourself. Tell someone, because someone else will know how to help. Keep asking questions. Advocating for yourself doesn't always mean knowing what to ask for, but it does mean speaking up and telling your story so someone else can help.
Joseph is very happy to help anyone directly and he has generously offered his contact information here:

Joseph Ryan
C:267-819-6186
E: musingechoes@gmail.com
Facebook contact pages: facebook.com/RSOXGUY215
Facebook profile:
Joseph TBISURVIVOR Ryan (full name). There, you'll also see my baking album photos.

A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music: Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.

Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record this story. You can check it out on their website at: http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb.

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Life Over Pain - Joseph Ryan - Finding a Purpose in Recovery

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Joseph Ryan
C:267-819-6186
E: musingechoes@gmail.com
Facebook contact pages: facebook.com/RSOXGUY215
Facebook profile:
Joseph TBISURVIVOR Ryan (full name). There, you'll also see my baking album photos.

Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record this story. You can check it out on their website at: http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb.

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Life Over Pain - Amina - A Single Mom and Her Son Raise Each Other 51:16

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After three brain injuries over her lifetime, Amina's cognitive ability was impacted in such a way that she was unable to ask for help on her own. But like many of us, it was hard for her to know how much she had really changed as a person. Poignantly, her young son was the one person was able to show her how much she had changed by asking for his "old" mom back. It was an emotional blow and a common hit to our self esteem that is common for those of us with brain injury. Wisely, Amina had a good lawyer who helped her get access to aides to help her with basic admin tasks and some small parts of taking care of her son. But she was there for him as he was there for her., even if their relationship got significantly emotionally strained at times. She knows she has a limited amount of stamina and if it runs out in the middle of a task, she just has to drop everything and go home. It requires planning and she has gotten pretty good at predicting when she is getting low. She has made great strides and is a wonderfully self determined woman and caring mother. She helps us learn from her experience. A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music: Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com. Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record this story. You can check it out on their website at: http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb .…

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Life Over Pain - Bella Paige - An Adrenaline Junkie Pays It Back 55:08

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Bella Paige was a highly competitive show jumper as a younger girl. And she LOVED it. The adrenaline rush alone might have been enough to keep her going but she loved the competition, the horses, all of it. She planned to compete and show horses for the rest of her life. Sadly, injuries intervened. In any sport having to do with 1200 pound animals you can bet that injuries will come, and often. But highly competitive, driven athletes (even young ones) often don't share their pain with others, nor do they ask for help. So Bella kept competing in spite of accumulating injuries and increasing pain. But, finally, sadly she had to stop and she had to drop out of school to heal. Such a set back can be emotionally crushing, and it was for Bella. It took a great deal of time, many dark days with little to brighten them, and a vast amount of help for her to come through her emotional and physical struggles. And she's not done. Bella works on herself everyday. She's found dirt bikes to replace horses, which she sees as less dangerous, but still feeds her need for a rush. A lot of what gives her purpose and, I imagine a bit of peace, is her podcast, her mentoring, and her speaking engagements. All of which she does to share her story with others like her (and me) in the hope that we can all gain some small or big insight from her experience to help us on our path to less pain, more clarity, and a life of value. Find Bella's podcast here: https://www.postconcussioninc.com/podcast and her website here: https://www.postconcussioninc.com . A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music: Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com. Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record this story. You can check it out on their website at: http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb .…

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Life Over Pain - Pamela Schmidt - Rediscovering Her Inner Superwoman 1:03:08

3 years тому1:03:08

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When you are faced with an existential crisis, it's hard to see what is right in front of you. Brain injury and Lime Disease screw with one's sense of self. Pamela Schmidt was a never-say-never person a superwoman in the flesh. She still knows she is that person in some ways, but then again, she isn't that person. She's had concussions in her past, like so many of us, but nothing like when a window fell on her head. That changed everything. Back in the 90's she was told to keep going, that she was okay. But she wasn't. She had to change her approach to life. So she changed what she did, but not entirely how she did it. She was still all in - home schooling her three kids, being a perpetual volunteer who usually became the lead at those efforts. She's an incredibly capable person in spite of her limitations. Superwoman still reigns. Pamela just doesn't see it herself because she can't be the same kind of superwoman that she used to be. But you'll hear how strong, passionate and talented she is as she tells her story. And you can see it in her quilting. Check it out in via the link in the text. A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music: Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com. Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record this story. You can check it out on their website at: http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb .…

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Life Over Pain - Joseph Ryan - Finding a Purpose in Recovery 1:07:19

4 years тому1:07:19

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Joseph Ryan oozes enthusiasm. He's overcome so many brain injuries that his head seems to have been a target for danger rather than a protected space. As with many who have suffered brain injury pre-2018, his had gone undiagnosed. So he struggled. Smart, energetic, creative, adventurous; yet he struggled. But, his brain wasn't keeping pace. As years passed and injuries mounted, Joseph finally found help via Pennsylvania's head injury program. This program provided all the elements of help he needed: counseling, PT, OT, out patient. His case manager helped him through financial issues, insurance issues as well as personal growth issues. The people in this program helped Joseph holistically. They helped him to get the home support he needed and to fundamentally turn his life around. In fact, Joseph has gone from despondent to vivacious. He has a new lease on life and a life purpose to visit all major league baseball stadiums in the US. And he's well on his way having been to 16 of the 31 parks already and will add the minor league parks, too. He's a fan of the Boston Red Sox in spite of his Philadelphia residence (he says it must be the ultimate rebellion because he is the progeny of die hard Phillies fans). Along with his new-found life's passion, Joseph is on a bit of a mission to share his story hoping to help others who have similarly struggled. His advice: Don't keep it to yourself. Tell someone, because someone else will know how to help. Keep asking questions. Advocating for yourself doesn't always mean knowing what to ask for, but it does mean speaking up and telling your story so someone else can help. Joseph is very happy to help anyone directly and he has generously offered his contact information here: Joseph Ryan C:267-819-6186 E: musingechoes@gmail.com Facebook contact pages: facebook.com/RSOXGUY215 Facebook profile: Joseph TBISURVIVOR Ryan (full name). There, you'll also see my baking album photos. A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music: Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com. Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record this story. You can check it out on their website at: http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb .…

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Life Over Pain - Ethan O'Brian - From a Concussion Filled Youth to A Calling of Service to Others 1:05:34

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It's hard to imagine a time when we didn't know how dangerous a blow to the head can be. But it was just 20 years ago when Ethan O'Brian was playing youth hockey and started getting banged into the boards and ice and other players. He kept playing. No one told him to stop as they might have today. There was little talk of concussion. It's not just hockey and American football or rugby where kids get hit hard and enough times to cause damage to their brains - for boys and girls alike. Thanks, sadly, to the NFL and military, stories about brain injury and CTE have been common over the last few years. Research is being done and parents and schools are waking up to the risks kids face. Unfortunately, that didn't exist for Ethan. He had to learn how to help himself on his own. He's an over-achiever - the kind of kid you wanted to hate but couldn't because he was so damn nice. But as he suffered more and more concussions, he withdrew, became a bit solitary. While he was in university, he found it was hard to concentrate and study. He knew there had to be a solution. So along with his studies, he researched strategies that could help his brain and overall health to improve his performance. It worked though diet, activity pacing, limiting sensory input and more he tells us about. Ethan's journey was always going to be one of success. He's just built that way. Now he helps others with similar health issues find pathways to better health and he and Dr. Blaskovich have written a book called Dr. B's Concussion Breakthrough available on Amazon. Ethan has wonderful, first hand advice for parents and kids who face concussion recovery. A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com. Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record this story. You can check it out on their website at http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb .…

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Life Over Pain - Sameer Bhide - Eastern and Western Medicines in Harmony Help to Heal 1:11:35

4 years тому1:11:35

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UPDATE: Sameer has graciously offered the below special free copy of his book One Fine Day that recounts his stroke experience to listeners: Please enjoy one free copy of One Fine Day: Overcoming Adversity and Embracing the New Normal with Grace and Gratitude, now available on Audible. Redeem the one-time use code below at https://www.audible.com/acx-promo 6HY74BX5S6BFK 7Y229UQWLLLTJ BTW - from Audible (in case anyone has problems using the codes) Are there geographic restrictions to use promo codes? No, as long as the users who are going to receive the promotional codes have an Amazon.com account (for promotional codes for the US marketplace) or an Amazon.co.uk account (for the UK marketplace), the codes can be redeemed without problem. Folks can buy the audio book at Amazon https://www.sameerbhide.com/order-now Sameer Bhide's life was on track. Family, friends, career, many interests to pursue. Then one day, out of no where, his brain says, "Stop!" A stroke. A genetic condition caused his stroke so there wasn't really much he could have done to prevent it. So now he had to deal with the aftermath. A month in a medically induced coma left hime a bit bewildered, at a loss as he awoke to a completely new situation, one where he couldn't talk or move most of his body. On the surface it's hard to see it now, but in many ways he was lucky. He had his cognitive function, he had his family and friends around him. and he had good medical care to help him process his situation. Not everyone has that many factors in the plus column. Sameer made the most of his rehab services here in the states and he made good progress. And on top of that foundation, he then added an extended stay at a facility in India call Nimba. there he continued with the therapy he was doing in the US and he added meditation, yoga and massage, among others. The progress Sameer was able to make in two months at Nimba was vast going from a wheel chair to walking with a cane. He credits his progress to the marriage of both eastern and western medicine. Either one alone would not have worked as well for him, but the two together produced results Sameer is happy with and continuing to build on to this day. His story is rich with challenges as he struggles with recovery, having to leave his career as a business and technology consultant, divorce, and rotator cuff surgery and even getting waylaid in India after that surgery due to COVID travel constraints. He shares this story with us and in his book One Fine Day which is available through his website https://www.sameerbhide.com/. A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com. Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record the intro and outro to this story. You can check it out on their website at http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb . I'm looking forward to using it more completely on my next story.…

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Life Over Pain - Megan Heiser - Creating A Deeper Connection With Her Life 1:12:23

4 years тому1:12:23

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Megan Heiser grew up on a farm, traveled the world, had a career, got married, had a baby. She was a perfectionist. Then things changed, dramatically. An auto-immune disease caught hold of her and has made her take a completely different approach to life. Each of us wake up to a new day with some uncertainty, but we generally have a strong sense of what our day will be like. Unfortunately, that's not true for Megan. Her disease throws her a curve ball every day. She may wake up with pain, fatigue or a whole host of other bodily errors she'll have to deal with that day. To cope, she's had to let go of trying to be perfect - easier said than done. So she tries to look at what is real and what is not real. Is there something that doesn't hurt today? Can she use that piece to help her accomplish what she wants to do that day? Or, does she have to realign her goals for the day to accommodate what she realistically can do. It's a daily balancing act. How does she stay sane? She has a robust mindfulness meditation practice, and even teaches and runs workshops on the topic. She says this type of meditation helps her to settle herself and to learn to be self-compassionate. Also, she learns from her students how to look at the issues and emotions that come up in class from different perspectives, something she might not have done before. She feels all this helps her connect with her life in a new and deeper way than she ever did before. A silver lining. A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com. Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record the intro and outro to this story. You can check it out on their website at http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb . I'm looking forward to using it more completely on my next story.…

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Life Over Pain - Marcia Moran - 57:58

5 years тому57:58

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I don't think anyone is prepared to have a stroke, even if you've had them before, or you doctor has told you to beware. It's a life changing event. When Marcia Moran's life changed in this way she found herself laughing at everything. Perhaps that was a blessing because she was in sever pain, and couldn't talk or walk. After leaving the hospital and rehab, she pursued additional therapies like massage, acupuncture, laser, speech and neuro-feedback to name a few. As a patchwork of treatments, each offered value to help her regain capability and, moreover, confidence. She now leads Toastmasters groups in her area, which she began attending initially to help with her aphasia. Marcia firmly believes that one should try something new every day. Because, one should never believe that there is a limited time to recover. Every day is a new opportunity to to get better. Marcia has a written a book called Stroke Forward and has a website strokeforward.com.A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.…

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Life Over Pain - Paige Speers - Choosing Greater and Making it Happen 43:32

5 years тому43:32

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One way many people create a life of value as they live with whatever cards they have been dealt is to give back in some way. That is a key reason why most of the people share their stories on this podcast are so generous in doing so. And Paige Speers is a fine example.Paige suffered a pulmonary embolism which left her with an acquired brain injury. She went through the standard rehab and medication protocols as she fought back from this trauma. Those only took her so far. So she looks for more resources, and let me tell you, Paige is very good and find them. Not only did she find functional neurologists, but also she found therapies that where based on things she loved to do in her youth like horseback riding and dance, all of which were rolled onto a holistic approach. Now Paige is on a mission to help others find resources that will help them with the right kinds of therapies for them. In fact she has shared links to some of the resources she uses below along with her business email.Here is a list of resources Paige offered:International Association of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitationhttps://iafnr.org/member-referral-directory/A web search can also be done by state.Therapeutic horseback riding(I was fortunate enough to find my stables through the brain injury support group where I had therapy in Illinois, and was referred to the one in Missouri)https://www.pathintl.org/path-intl-centers/path-intl-centersAmerican Chiropractic Neurology Board practitioner directory(Mine was recommended by a local chiropractor/guest speaker at the support group in Missouri)https://www.acnb.org/DoctorLocator.aspxIntegrative medicine (another category to search: functional nutrition)https://www.aihm.org/search/custom.asp?id=4620Personal (business address)paigespeersspeaking@gmail.com"A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.…

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Life Over Pain - Scott Olson - Living Life Wholly 1:08:27

5 years тому1:08:27

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No one knows the value of love and support from family and friends better than Scott Olson. When he was eight, doctors took out one third of his brain. They said he wouldn't walk, talk or use his arm again. But Scott was undeterred and his family kept telling him that they loved him - his grandmother even snuck hamburgers into the hospital for him. He got back on track to school, walking and talking and living life with gusto and creativity and love. Getting here wasn't easy. His story is one of courage through great adversity where mostly the best advice was just the straight story so as not to create false hope, like, "kids can be mean." There are more challenges in Scott's life than most of us could even imagine and in the past he may have wrapped his identity in his disability. But he has separated from that view much more now. Scott produces a podcast and website with his wife about budgeting called Centsable Chat (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/centsable-chat/id1448371755). And, he is a poet, and a musician - imagine that after being told you can't use your arm you become a musician! He has be gracious enough to share one of his songs with us called LaughWithMe. It's at the end of his story.A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.…

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Life Over Pain - Phil Terry - Joy and Value By Going Slow 1:16:26

5 years тому1:16:26

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It's hard to imagine living for a few months without being digitally connected, watching TV, listening to the radio, reading a book or just going out. But that is what Phil Terry's doctors said he needed to do to start his recovery. Phil suffered a concussion after he was hit by someone on a bike in NYC. It's called cognitive rest and it's a protocol that is being adopted for kids who get hit playing sports at school. For an adult who's company (Collaborative Gain) teaches people how to ask for help and who is constantly organizing others, coccooning himself was an anathema. He began to embrace his quietude over time as he embraced taking things more slowly not unlike the slow art movement he started long ago (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-the-brain-the-beholder/201411/the-slow-art-movement-its-more-meets-the-eye). For example, Phil has always been a voracious reader, so when he began reading in print again, he did so with an eye to new details in the writers' approach, like metaphor. That attention to detail and creativity he then built into his own work and made him a better writer in the long run. Going slow allowed him heal, and it allowed him to find even more joy in things he loved to do. He shares his top takeaways from his time sequestered at home.A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.…

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Life Over Pain - Stefan Weiner - Musician Finds His Voice Again 1:36:20

6 years тому1:36:20

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In life, each of us must overcome the slings and arrows aimed at us. Stefan Weiner had to survive more than most. Imagine having your life's passion taken away and replaced with pain. Stephan's passion is music and his pain made it impossible for him to play. His body failed him time and time again. Sadly, doctors were unable to find a unifying cause. Moreover, his pain continued even after his body healed from each injury. No one knew where his pain was coming from, yet his pain was very real. Eventually, Stefan was able to get to the Mayo Clinic. There, he was diagnosed with Central Sensitivity Syndrome. As a result, the clinic was able to provide treatment which helped Stefan learn to manage his pain. It's a life-long effort for Stefan, but the outcome is that he gets his music back. He plays his song Thunderclap for us at the end of his story. You can find more of his music on all streaming platforms under his artist name Stefan Alexander.A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.…

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Life Over Pain - Jennifer Ward - Coping Through Humor and Holistic Wellness 1:13:17

6 years тому1:13:17

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Jennifer Ward has built a full life after a bike accident left her with a traumatic brain injury at 19. In fact she tried to go one with her life like she was largely unaffected after she got out of treatment. She went back to work as a lifeguard and back to college. She did realize she had to slow down a bit over time. And she still managed to get married and have children, become a reiki master and nutritional advisor. She does struggle with memory loss and emotional regulation, like so many of us with traumatic brain injury. In fact she and I met because we both went through the Mt. Sinai Emotional Regulation program in NYC. It's helped us recognize how we are triggered to react with immediate, outsized emotions and try to take action beforehand. Her kids even help her. Jennifer is trying every day to move through this space more elegantly.A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.…

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Life Over Pain - Zazel Chava O’Garra - Turning Setbacks into Comebacks 1:27:06

6 years тому1:27:06

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Zazel sat in front of a room full of people at the audition yet she couldn't speak her lines. She wasn't nervous, that's not Zazel. She was having a seizure. She just didn't know it. For years doctors couldn't find anything "wrong" with Zazel even though she would have these "episodes" and other symptoms. Finally, they found the giant tumor that was causing all the chaos. Removing the tumor was a very dicy operation but Zazel came through it with the help of her family, excellent medical care and the healing waters of her native Montserrat. As she recuperated she found mentors who helped her find ways to use her existing talents toward a new passion of helping people in the brain tumor and brain injury community. Now she is a social worker and activists and works with organizations in NYC such as The Brain Injury Association of NEW York State. And, she founded ZCO Dance Project. Part of ZCO's mission is to encourage the integration and inclusion of people with disabilities in dance and in society. Zazel has outsized personal gifts. She is dynamic, charming, talented, giving and she has a giant heart.A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.And a big thanks to Paul Kondo who has helped me learn what podcasting is about and edited this story.…

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Life Over Pain - Monique Lussier - Unique Monique 43:27

6 years тому43:27