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More Than A Mind
by Cathy Berrouët
More Than A Mind is a restoration ecosystem exploring life after traumatic brain injury through storytelling, practical tools, and intentional rebuilding. What began as a podcast has grown into a collection of reflections, restoration practices, and companion resources designed to support the often invisible work of healing. Whether you are a survivor, caregiver, or someone navigating a season of rebuilding, you are invited to slow down, listen closely, and discover that restoration is not always about returning to who you were—but learning how to move forward with what remains.
Episodes
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S3: "Living a Gentle Life in a Loud World"
Living a Gentle Life in a Loud World Boundaries, Stimulation, and Protecting Peace What if living gently isn’t about moving slowly all the time, but refusing to live in a constant state of hurry? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian explore what it means to live gently in a modern...
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S3: “Redesigning My Inner World”
Redesigning My Inner WorldWhen the Blueprint No Longer Works What happens when the beliefs, goals, and expectations that once gave your life direction no longer fit the person you are becoming? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian explore the deeply personal process of redesigning...
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S3: "Small Rituals Big Stability"
Small Rituals, Big Stability What Your Patterns Reveal About What You Trust What if stability isn't about controlling your emotions, but understanding what you trust when those emotions begin to move? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian explore the relationship between emotional...
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S3: "The Grief of Productivity Culture"
The Grief of Productivity Culture Letting Go of Performance-Based Worth What happens when your external success no longer reflects your internal reality? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian continue their conversation on protecting capacity by exploring the hidden grief that…
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S3: "Protecting Capacity"
Protecting Capacity Perception, Discernment, and Everyday Stewardship When does protecting your capacity actually begin? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian continue their conversation on restoration by exploring what it truly means to protect the capacity we work so hard to...
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S3: "Rest Is A Skill"
Rest Is a SkillMinimalism, Energy Protection, and Intentional Living What makes a rhythm restorative instead of simply repetitive? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian explore the difference between repetition and restoration, and why sustainable rhythms are built on returning...
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S3: Part 5 — "The Language of Capacity"
PART E: The Language of Capacity What happens when you stop measuring your life by what you could do and start paying attention to what you can sustainably carry? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian explore the difference between potential and capacity, and why confusing the two...
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S3: Part 4 — "Creating Environments of Restoration"
PART D: My Environment Shapes My Mind Sensory Environments & Nervous System Regulation What if many of the thoughts, habits, and emotions we attribute to ourselves are actually being shaped by the environments we inhabit every day? In this episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy and Brian begin a...
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S3: Part 3 - "Curating the Inner Environment"
What are we feeding our minds? In this episode, we explore information diets, news consumption, social media, attention, and the practice of curating rather than accumulating. Through the lens of the Farmer’s Market Mindset, we discuss how intentionality, discernment, and stewardship shape the...
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S3: Part 2 — "The Nervous System Learns the Landscape"
Why do certain places make us feel calm while others leave us tense, exhausted, or on edge? In Part 2 of this series, Cathy and Brian explore how the nervous system continuously learns from its surroundings. From busy stores and noisy environments to quiet trails and familiar spaces, they examine...
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S3: Part 1 —"My Environment Shapes My Mind"
What if your environment is shaping your mind more than your thoughts are? In Part 1 of this four-part series, Cathy and Brian explore how the places, people, rhythms, information, and systems surrounding us quietly influence attention, behavior, beliefs, and nervous system regulation. Drawing…
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S3: Curate Instead of Accumulate
Curate Instead of Accumulate explores the hidden cost of modern abundance. Through reflections on minimalism, essentialism, and intentional living, Cathy and Brian examine how recovery revealed a deeper truth: everything carries an energy cost. In a world overflowing with information,...
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S3: A New Pace of Life
A New Pace of Life What if the goal isn't to slow down—but to move in step with the season you're actually in? In this episode, Cathy explores the difference between rushing through life and honoring where you are today. Together, Brian and Cathy reflect on recovery, expectations, resistance, and...
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S3: Prologue
What if language is more than words? In this opening episode of Season 3, I explore listening as a practice of awareness and the foundation of restoration. Together, we'll begin discovering a new language of living—one shaped by attention, faith, stewardship, and intentional living. Visit...
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B7: Cognitive Rewiring Habits
Recovery is not always built through major breakthroughs. Sometimes it takes shape through sticky notes on a mirror, routines repeated one more time, journals filled with small observations, and systems that help carry us when memory and energy fall short. In this post-finale bonus episode, I…
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B6: Do You Ever Feel Like Giving Up?
A quiet reflection on exhaustion, discouragement, and the slow realities of healing. Not a story about having all the answers—just an honest conversation about why hope sometimes looks like choosing tomorrow, one day at a time. www.morethanamind.com
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S2: Living Without a Blueprint (Finale)
Naming uncertainty as sacred space. A soft closing of the season. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at www.morethanamind.com/my-story. Every story helps someone...
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S2: I’m Not Who I Was (But I Still Love Her)
Compassion for your former self – without needing to go back. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at www.morethanamind.com/my-story. Every story helps someone else...
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B5: Faith Practice: When I Can’t Pray Out Loud
B5 — Faith Practice: When I Can't Pray Out Loud Some seasons of recovery leave us without words. In this quiet reflection, I explore what faith can look like when thoughts are fragmented, energy is limited, and prayer feels difficult to express. A gentle reminder that God's presence is not...
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S2: The Relationship Reckoning
Boundaries, clarity, and shifts in social connection. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at www.morethanamind.com/my-story. Every story helps someone else feel a…
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S2: The System is a Second Injury
The emotional cost of healthcare navigation. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at www.morethanamind.com/my-story. Every story helps someone else feel a little less...
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B4: Light Sensitivity Toolkit
Some symptoms are easy to explain. Others quietly shape your entire day. In this bonus episode of More Than A Mind, Cathy shares the practical tools, accommodations, and emotional realities of navigating life with light sensitivity after a brain injury. From the embarrassment of wearing…
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S2: How I Talk About It (And When I Don't)
Navigating identity, communication fatigue, and narrative ownership. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at www.morethanamind.com/my-story. Every story helps someone else...
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S2: Faith In The Middle
Practicing belief when there’s no visible finish line. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at www.morethanamind.com/my-story. Every story helps someone else feel a little…
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B3: Building the Invisible
A reflection on the invisible work of rebuilding a life after awareness changes everything. Curate your own restoration frameworks and explore more practices at: https://linktr.ee/MoreThanAMind
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S2: Migraine Mornings and Cancelled Plans
Episode 4 of More Than a Mind: Rebuilding in Real Time explores the unpredictable side of recovery — the days shaped by migraines, cancellations, and guilt. Cathy reveals how setting boundaries, practicing gentleness, and leaning on faith help her turn unplanned pauses into moments of healing and...
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S2: Rest Is Not Recovery
In Episode 3, Cathy redefines what rest really means after a brain injury. She shares how stillness without gentleness left her exhausted, and how learning to listen, slow down, and accept her limits became the doorway to true healing. Through faith, she discovered that rest isn’t an absence —…
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B2: My Anchor Verse
A gentle bonus mini-episode from Cathy sharing the scripture verse quietly anchoring her through brain fog, uncertainty, fear, and the unfinished middle of TBI recovery. A reflection on stillness, faith, and remaining spiritually grounded when healing feels unclear. Curate your own recovery...
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S2: When The World Moves Too Fast
In Episode 2, Cathy describes the invisible battle of overstimulation and how she learned to slow down, listen to her limits, and seek connection in the quiet. The grocery store, the streetlight, the hum of a crowd — everyday moments that can feel like a storm when your brain is healing. In When...
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S2: Where Am I Now?
In this first episode of More Than a Mind: Rebuilding in Real Time, Cathy takes listeners into the “middle space” of recovery — the messy, uncertain place between who you were and who you’re becoming. She reflects on identity, faith, and the quiet courage it takes to rebuild from the inside out....
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B1: Brain Break Rituals
A gentle bonus mini-episode from Cathy on one of the simplest brain break rituals used throughout her TBI recovery: intentionally stepping outside before the noise of the world takes over. A reflection on sensory pacing, nervous system overwhelm, and noticing beauty again in the middle of…
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S2: Trailer
Season 2 of More Than A Mind is about rebuilding in real time. Cathy, a TBI survivor, invites listeners into the middle of recovery—where healing isn’t linear, setbacks meet faith, and small victories matter. Through candid reflections, she explores overstimulation, rest, identity shifts, and the...
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S1: Will I Ever Be The Same Again?
The emotional and spiritual reckoning that comes when identity is fractured. This episode explores grief over lost abilities, the myth of “getting back to normal,” and what it really means to begin again — not as who you were, but as who you’re becoming. Restoration Tool: 5-Phase Overstimulation...
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S1: Rebuilding Trust In Your Brain
After a brain injury, even your own thoughts can feel unfamiliar. In this episode, Cathy shares the slow, vulnerable process of learning to trust her brain again — and what it took to rebuild confidence in her cognition, instincts, and inner voice. Restoration Tool: 5-Phase Overstimulation Reset...
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S1: The Shameful Spiral
Exploring the emotional weight of shame, the pressure ot recover quickly, and the pain of comparing your healing to other people's expectations -- or even your past self. Restoration Tool: 5-Phase Overstimulation Reset Workbook A guided restoration workbook designed to support overstimulation...
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S1: Cognitive Grit
What does effort look like when it’s invisible? I unpack the exhausting mental labor of daily life with a brain injury, and share tools that supported me through therapy and micro-wins. Restoration Tool: 5-Phase Overstimulation Reset Workbook A guided restoration workbook designed to support...
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S1: The Fog No One Sees
I looked okay on the outside, but I was unraveling inside. This episode explores the invisibility of brain trauma and the emotional toll of not being understood — even by those closest to us. Restoration Tool: 5-Phase Overstimulation Reset Workbook A guided restoration workbook designed to…
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S1: The Day My Brain Changed
The moment of impact — a bike ride turned life fracture. I share the story of my accident, the first signs something was wrong, and how it all became the beginning of the climb. Restoration Tool: 5-Phase Overstimulation Reset Workbook A guided restoration workbook designed to support...
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S1: Trailer
What if the most challenging experiences in life hold the keys to our greatest growth? In More Than A Mind, Cathy, host and traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor, shares powerful insights and practical strategies for navigating adversity and building resilience. This podcast isn't just about...
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Begin Here
What happens when the life you knew no longer fits? When your body changes. When your mind changes. When your plans change. When the map you've been following suddenly disappears. Welcome to *More Than A Mind.* A podcast born from one woman's journey through traumatic brain injury, but ultimately...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
More Than A Mind is a restoration ecosystem exploring life after traumatic brain injury through storytelling, practical tools, and intentional rebuilding. What began as a podcast has grown into a collection of reflections, restoration practices, and companion resources designed to support the often invisible work of healing. Whether you are a survivor, caregiver, or someone navigating a season of rebuilding, you are invited to slow down, listen closely, and discover that restoration is not always about returning to who you were—but learning how to move forward with what remains.
HOSTED BY
Cathy Berrouët
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