Brain Health & Healing: Receiving Adversity's Gifts

What can help you remain open to possibility when stroke recovery feels stalled or someone has told you not to expect further progress? In this episode of Brain Health & Healing, Sandra Lee talks with Tristan Gibson about his experience of surviving multiple brain surgeries and a brainstem stroke th...

How can a stroke change the way you think about success, presence, and what matters most in your life? Sandra Lee speaks with keynote speaker Roderick Jefferson about the experience that interrupted a demanding corporate career and invited him to reconsider what he had been working so hard to achiev...

Can sound, neuroplasticity, and focused attention offer a different way to explore brain health after injury? In this episode, Sandra Lee reflects on two phases of the work she has developed with people living with the effects of falls, accidents, strokes, and other injuries to the head. She first s...

Can rhythm, faith, and a renewed sense of purpose help you find a way forward after injury changes how life feels? In this episode, Sandra Lee talks with Dori Staehle about the accident that left Dori navigating a concussion, whiplash, pain, brain fog, and a growing loss of hope—and the unexpected r...

What happens when recovery becomes less about getting back to who you were and more about becoming who you are now? Sandra talks with Ian Bowen about rebuilding identity, resilience, and self-belief after an unexpected medical crisis left him paralyzed from the chest down. When doctors told Ian he w...