92. Grieving and Growing through TBI - Survivor & Caregiver Perspective (with Kelly Lang)
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Living with brain injury is an emotional journey for the entire family. There is a grieving process that we go through, and it’s important this side is acknowledged and not ignored. Let’s dive deeper…
Today, Cristabelle Braden engages in a heartfelt conversation with Kelly Lang, a brain injury survivor and caregiver to her daughter who sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2001. She is a bestselling co-author of “The Miracle Child: Traumatic Brain Injury and Me,” co-leads the Brain Injury Association of America’s Advisory Council and serves on the Virginia Brain Injury Advisory Council, along with being a keynote speaker and many other advocacy and research projects for TBI. In this episode, she shares her story, especially as related to the grief process. We also talk about the invisibility of brain injuries and the misconceptions surrounding them, with encouragement and hope for survivors and families going through their own journeys.
Meet Our Guest
Kelly Lang, bestselling co-author of The Miracle Child: Traumatic Brain Injury and Me, is a brain injury survivor and caregiver to her daughter who sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2001. She co-leads the Brain Injury Association of America’s Advisory Council and serves on the Virginia Brain Injury Advisory Council. Her advocacy experience includes working with the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems’ Brain Injury Learning Collaborative and serving as a member of the Traumatic Brain Injury Leadership Group and the Person-Centered Advisory Group. Kelly has been the Keynote speaker at several state and national brain injury conferences and conducted workshops and webinars. Kelly co-created and facilitated a series for brain injury survivors interested in getting more involved in their communities. Kelly is also a Communications Trainer with INOVA Health Systems and has worked on projects with the Coalition for National Trauma Research. Kelly received her BA from American University and previously worked in the Human Resources field.
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