Brain Waves

Here are our practical, brain-injury-informed ways to refresh your mindset as you step into 2026, no matter where you are on your journey.

The holidays can be beautiful…but they can also be loud, busy, and exhausting for brain injury survivors with neurofatigue.

Luke, a newly-minted Specialist (Spec4) serving an Airborne unit at Fort Bragg, was on his way to lunch with some buddies. It was an August day in 2018 and when the group approached a road Luke made it a point to look left, then right, then left again.

Through his professional expertise and personal philosophy, Dr. Patel embodies a holistic approach to wellness: helping patients achieve restorative sleep, emotional balance, and mental resilience, while never forgetting the power of adventure, mindfulness, and connection.

TMS is a unique complement to physical rehabilitation that can be tailored to one's individual needs. Early patient experience and scientific advances offer hope that TMS will play an important role in helping injured brains regain function.

Evan Marshall, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher & Brain Injury Prevention Advocate AND 2025 Return To Work Champion! Meet him at our Virtual Brain Health Leadership Breakfast. 

Susan Fitzell,M.Ed., CSP, is an international speaker, author, and educator. We are thrilled to announce that Susan will join us as a keynote at our Virtual Brain Health Leadership Breakfast. 

Johnny Huggins is an award-winning drummer who said he has "played everything from the church to heavy metal." And though he may have driven a truck to pay the bills and support his family, for Huggins, drumming isn't a side hustle or hobby. It is very much a core part of who he is.

Sharon Krawl shares her story of survival and resilience following a brain injury – and how she eventually worked her way being a virtual Run, Walk & Roll participant in 2019.

Evan Eschker says he has been “technically pre-med since age eight.”