Katerina Dejkoska - Macedonian Survivor, Filmmaker, Overcomer

Having a personal experience with Traumatic Brain Injury, Katerina Dejkoska was exploring the topic of Traumatic Brain Injury in her Master of Fine Arts project, a documentary about TBI “OVERCOMING”.Katerina Dejkoska documentary about Traumatic Brain Injury “OVERCOMING” is the topic of our show."OVERCOMING" exposes how individuals cope with the consequences of TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY that are different in any one of them.Most importantly the documentary "OVERCOMING" shows the possibilities of moving on with positivity after sustaining Traumatic Brain Injury.Besides TBI survivor stories Dr. Joseph Giacino from SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL in Boston comments on TBI with medical facts.Also Marilyn Spivack, the founder of the Brain Injury Association of America, is featured in the documentary.Dr.Arciniegas and Dr.Giacino are medical consultants for the documentary. Also, there are 5 TBI survivors with different degrees of TBI.The documentary is regularly shown at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Brooks  Rehabilitation and was also shown at Harvard University, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, International Brain Injury Association IBIA 2017, Emerson College, Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and was shown on March 15th 2019 with 10 short videos at the International Brain Injury Association IBIA 2019 in Toronto, Canada.In addition to the documentary are 32 short videos about causes, consequences, support systems, rehabilitation, classification of TBI, disorders of consciousness etc.The documentary and the short videos are in English, and are translated in: Spanish, Italian, French, German, Polish and in her native Macedonian.   The goal of the documentary is to raise awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury and to provide more information about its consequences. See: https://tbiovercoming.comTHE TRAILER OF THE DOCUMENTARY "OVERCOMING"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A6tpJup3sk&list=PLoJ0QQg0adJIWcFo1Apspm6Zb9PLYtuex&index=4ENGLISHhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoJ0QQg0adJIWcFo1Apspm6Zb9PLYtuex  YOU TUBE PLAYLISTS in Spanish, French, Italian, German. Polishhttps://www.youtube.com/@KaterinaDejkoska-OvercomingTBI/playlistsRecovery Now is a gathering place for anyone seeking relief from the challenges of life on life's terms. We discuss useful tools that have helped us lighten the load, of our journey through recovery.More will be revealed! This is a "we" recovery program, because it is in the "we," that we find the new "me."We focus on the four A's of Recovery: Awareness, Acceptance, Action and Adaptation. This is a place for survivor's striving to become thrivers, which takes a good bit of Warrior!Hosted by Kim Justus, author of In a Flash: Miracles Here and Beyond as well as Hootie’s Hollow and the Magic Tree. For more information see inaflash.org and "Like" me at facebook.com/inaflash.org too!** Our shows are also found on iHeart, Spotify, Amazon and many other podcast networks! **