Hope Survives | Brain Injury Podcast
Have you or a loved one experienced a traumatic brain injury, stroke, concussion, or ABI? This podcast is for you!
Providing practical tools, educational interviews, and inspirational stories, Hope Survives Brain Injury Podcast has been serving the brain injury community since 2020. Hosted by Hope Survives founder Cristabelle Braden, this is an uplifting podcast to bring hope to your darkest days.
Available to listen for free on multiple podcast platforms.
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64. How to Improve Symptoms on Hard Days
Symptom flare-ups and hard days will happen when recovering from a brain injury / concussion - and it can be exhausting and disheartening. But there are actually things we can do to help, if we learn the right things to check and respond to our brain & body’s signals. Our nervous system is more adaptable than we may think! Dr. Jeremy Schmoe is here to teach us exactly how to help ourselves feel better on those hard days.
23. Brain Health - Strategies to Optimize your Brain for Healing
Let’s talk about brain health after sustaining a brain injury with Dr. Jeremy Schmoe.
These are some simple strategies that you can begin to incorporate into your routine to help optimize your brain for healing.
12. Dysautonomia - How Autonomic Nervous System is Affected by Brain Injury & Concussions
Dysautonomia (dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system) can often occur with brain injury and concussions.
Let's learn: What is dysautonomia? How is it related to brain injury and concussions? How do you know if you have it? How is it treated?
Today, Dr. Jeremy Schmoe is back for a follow-up on last week’s episode on the vestibular system, to dig even further into some of the ways that autonomics can be affected by brain injury.
11. The Vestibular System and Brain Injury
The vestibular system can be impacted by brain injury. Let's learn: What is the vestibular system? How does it affect brain injury survivors? What symptoms can be caused by dysfunction of this system? Today, Dr. Jeremy Schmoe is here to answer these questions and so much more.
3. Functional Neurology, Speech Pathology, Clubhouses & Camps
Ever wanted to learn more of the options out there to help with brain injury? Listen for some great information about clubhouses, camps, speech language pathology, and functional neurology.
2. Common Challenges, Strategies, + The Science Behind Why Symptoms Happen
Today’s episode is all about common challenges brain injury survivors face! Let’s talk about how survivors are affected every day, strategies to help, and some of the science behind why symptoms happen.
Cristabelle is joined today by two special guests, Monica Vaccaro (Director of Programs for the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania), and Dr. Jeremy Schmoe (Founder and Director of The Functional Neurology Center). Together, they bring a well rounded view to this topic.
Meet the Host
Cristabelle Braden, a TBI survivor and advocate, is the founder of Hope After Head Injury and host of the Hope Survives Podcast. Her personal journey through brain injury inspired her to create a thriving online community that provides support, education, and encouragement to survivors and caregivers. A talented speaker and musician, Cristabelle shares a message of resilience and hope, earning recognition for her leadership and advocacy, including the 2020 Council on Brain Injury Individual Award.