I’m not broken, I’m just finding my sparkle!
My journals and brain injury tips
I know that living with brain injury Post-concussion syndrome can be a whole load of scary bananas and if you’re a warrior too I want you to know that you’re not alone.
Here you can take a deep dive into my mind as I share some of my Follow My Sparkle Journals. I started a journal after my accident as my brain injury gave me memory issues and I wanted to document what I was going through.
I shared some of my journals on social media as I couldn’t make sense of what I was going through and I felt like no-one in my life understood it either. It turns out there’s thousands of people living with Post-concussion syndrome worldwide and I’m so grateful for the brain injury warrior community I’ve connected with. So now I’m sharing my experience here with you.
You’ll also find tips for living with Post-concussion syndrome which you might find helpful for other brain injuries too.
A new challenge for 2021: Kayaking on Scotland’s lochs
A new challenge for 2021: kayaking on Scotland’s lochs Do you have any fears that you haven’t been able to get past? Has your attitude to your fears changed since having your brain injury? Have you embraced new challenges that the old you would never have done? This...
Coronavirus: 9 top tips to help you survive self-isolation
Coronavirus: 9 top tips to help you survive self-isolation Coronavirus is a pandemic reaching far across the world. Many of us are being told to self-isolate for the first time and here in the UK we’re in lockdown. I’ve had to self-isolate many times over the past 2...
5 tips to help you accept your new life with a brain injury
Five tips to help you accept your new life with a brain injury A traumatic brain injury is life changing and learning to accept your new life with a brain injury can be challenging. Many aspects of your life change overnight, you feel like a completely different...
Where have you gone, girl?
Where have you gone, girl? Day 673: Sunday 5th January 2020 Where have you gone, girl? Where is your spirit of adventure? You used to love dragging your ass up the beautiful mountains of Scotland to see the views you couldn’t see from the roadside. You’d fall in the...
Fun and laughter at Headway BRAW 2019
Fun and laughter at Headway BRAW 2019 Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending time with fellow badass brain injury warriors at Headway BRAW 2019. It was my first Best Relaxation and Activity Weekend experience and I had so much fun! BRAW is an annual event where...
Strength training helps my brain injury
Strength training helps my brain injury Do you want to exercise after a brain injury and feel like it’s never going to happen? Perhaps you’re so tired and in so much pain that it’s a massive effort to stand up in the shower? I have a brain injury post-concussion...
Brain injury fatigue makes me sound like a robot
My brain injury fatigue makes me talk like a robot Headway Action for Brain Injury Week 2019 This week is brain injury association Headway’s Action for Brain Injury Week. This year its campaign Brain Drain: Wake up to fatigue! is raising awareness of fatigue, which is...
Brain injury life is hard
Brain injury life is hard Day 382: Wednesday 20th March 2019 Time for some real honest talk. Ever since I hit a year with my brain injury a couple of weeks ago I’ve been finding things real tough emotionally. I am so grateful for the progress I’ve made but I want...
All the emotions of a year with a brain injury
All the emotions of a year with a brain injury It’s been a whole year since my accident and a whole year I’ve been living with my brain injury, post-concussion syndrome. I went away for a few days’ break to Skye so I could be somewhere positive and I wrote a journal...
