Episode 9: Still Fighting Brain Injury Awareness Month

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month — and until this year, it wasn’t even on my radar.In this solo episode of FEARLESS, I share what brain injury really looks like beyond the emergency room, beyond the hospital stay, and beyond the first 72 critical hours.Because when most people hear “brain injury,” they think about the moment it happens — the car accident, the stroke, the fall, the rupture of an AVM. They think about the ambulance ride and the surgeries.But what we’ve learned is that brain injury is not just a moment.It’s what happens every single day after.I talk about Caddie’s AVM rupture, the layered and invisible nature of neurological recovery, the emotional ups and downs of healing, the frustrating fight for therapy within a broken insurance system, and the pressure of the 12–18 month recovery window.This episode is about what awareness truly means:Not just reposting a ribbon — but extending grace.Not just saying “she looks great” — but checking in months later.Not assuming the struggle disappears just because progress is visible.Brain injury changed our life — but it didn’t take it.We are still here.Still healing.Still moving forward.If you’re walking a brain injury journey — or loving someone who is — this episode is for you.