S2 E 41: Skills for Recovery with Eryn

A first ever solo episode! Join Eryn as she delves into all the skills that have helped her post brain injury.  Listen to learn more about pacing, the value of a broad support team, monopolizing on your new ‘slower’ brain, and for some awesome pod, book, and movie recommendations. You won’t want to miss this one.  It’s all that and a bag of tricks! (Just a little biased:)In this episode: **note: this was recorded before our season opener, we WILL be releasing episodes every week starting Jan. 3, 2022Value of restValue of the community.  We got you! I know they had me and still do.Lessons learned in recovery:Reaching out and helping othersNot here to preach to others on what to do or not to doValue of life coachingSee links below for Joanne SusiBrain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA)–has great support group resourcesThe pitfalls of doing what you “should“ do or some rule you need to follow…this is your ego talking.  Your mind’s voice. The ego is based on what you have done in the past and values keeping you safe.  Left unchecked, it can keep you stuckThe other voice is your spiritual self i.e. god, intuition, universe, etc..it can help you try something newThe art of slownessSitting and reflectingBrain injury may make you feel slow, the art of getting through brain injury is figuring out how to monopolize on thisRestPrioritizationSuggestion: write dpwn each thing you need to do and then put it away. Take a rest. Come back to it.  Narrow down which things need to stay on the to-do list based on the due date.  What date is it actually due? Do you really need to get this done ahead of time? Do things for when they are actually due.  Work on a piece of each thing gradually.  You don’t have to over-achieve or have things done early. Time out how long common tasks take you.  This will help you plan so that you can avoid overbooking yourselfTime blockingTry to avoid rigidity.  Leave some flexibility in your scheduleIn order to time block you have to know how long each thing actually takes you (on average)Once you know how long things take, were you scheduling realistically or trying to cram too much in?Do you have realistic expectations?Reflect on how you use your timeThe dangers of unsolicited advice and trying to force moments with other people.  What you want might not be realistic“Brain injury strength”: the opportunities found in hardship; where you see the beautyMovie: Collateral Beauty- seeing the beauty in the hard timesBeauty still occurs while awfulness is happening. The world is filled with oxymoronsIt's ok to be human; to be imperfect.  Dichotomies exist.  We have to be flexible. It’s not black and white.  Good exists with the bad. Look for the collateral beauty. Brain injury journeyI lay out what I’ve been...