Another Fork in the Road
NEWS FROM THE CAREGIVER'S PERSPECTIVE:
More than 69 million people in the world live with a brain injury, and millions of folks, the actual number is unknown, are caregivers for those survivors.
If you are a survivor, a caregiver, or just someone who wants to learn more about brain injury, you’ve come to the right place.
Another Fork in the Road airs every 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at 5:30pm Pacific Time.
Please join us.
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- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 77 minutes
- Episodes
- 141
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Another Fork in the Road - Gratitude & Attitude
You have a brain injury. Your whole life has been upended. You want to scream at the world. Go ahead and scream. Scream and yell and stamp your feet and . . . do it again. Then breathe! It seems hard…
00:11:15 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Another Fork in the Road - Tis the Season to Be Jolly - Even with a Brain Injury
Tis the Season to Be Jolly - Even with a Brain Injury?? We'll focus on talking about the holidays, how we prepare for them, what we expect them to be, how we deal with them after brain injury, and h…
01:16:31 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
Another Fork in the Road - Acceptance & What it Looks Like
Acceptance & What it Looks Like! Acceptance of a new normal after brain injury does not mean to Give Up. It's more like making lemonade from lemons. Acceptance is how others welcome back the surv…
01:16:48 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Another Fork in the Road - PANEL - Talk About It! with Kelly 110523
Anything Goes! We're talking about anything B--R-A-I-N- I-N-J-U-R-Y! Be a fly on the wall and listen in. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his…
01:19:46 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
Another Fork in the Road - Talk About It - with survivor, Deb Brandon
Anything Goes! We're talking about anything B--R-A-I-N- I-N-J-U-R-Y! Be a fly on the wall and listen in. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his…
01:15:38 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Another Fork in the Road - PANEL - Changing Relationships After Brain Injury
Relationships are tricky at the best of times. Throw a brain injury into the mix and the relationship equation may be completely upset. Tune In to hear my panel discuss their changing relationships.…
01:21:37 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Another Fork in the Road - Kelly Tuttle - Survivor & Author "After the Crash"
Join me to hear survivor, Kelly Tuttle talk about her experience with brain injury. Learn more about her book, "After the Crash." Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the ro…
01:16:13 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Another Fork in the Road - Living with Exhaustion After Brain Injury
What is neuro-fatigue? Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his or her life-plan. A car accident, a fall from the roof, doing one more chin-up, or a …
01:17:51 |
Mon 04 Sep 2023
Another Fork in the Road - What Survivors & Caregivers Want/Don't Want to Hear
Survivors and caregivers want to have support. They crave empathy and understanding. They want to be heard, but they do not want common platitudes. Often folks don't know what to say to a survivor o…
01:13:58 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Another Fork in the Road - Dealing with Emotional Changes After Brain Injury
Do you ever feel the up and down swings of emotional imbalance? Most people do at various times in their lives. It's natural. Emotions play a huge role in everyone's life, but when emotions fall out …
01:13:33 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
Another Fork in the Road - Bob Millsap - Caregiver/Author "Shake Yourself Free"
Bob Millsap is no stranger to calamities in his life. In his book, SHAKE YOURSELF FREE: Take Control of Your Life to Move Through the Pain, Bob writes about how he lost his fiancée who was killed in …
01:16:05 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Another Fork in the Road: Free for All - Talk About It! Talk About It! 070223
Tonight’s show is one of those open-ended talk shows. My panelist and I will talk about whatever pops up in our conversation. Come listen in! We don't mind. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has …
01:14:24 |
Mon 03 Jul 2023
Another Fork in the Road: Balancing Life After a Parent's Brain Injury
Janna Leyde Hockenjos, author of He Never Liked Cake, shares her life as a teenager after her father had a brain injury. She talks of trying to understand the new normal in her life all the while bal…
01:17:12 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Another Fork in the Road: Panel - Rehabilitation & Recovery After Brain Injury
Every brain injury is different. So is every manner of rehabilitation and recovery. Join my panel to hear more. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has divert…
01:19:23 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
Another Fork in the Road: Norma Myers - Grief & Ambiguous Loss
We all know grief when we lose a loved one. But what happens when a person survives a brain injury with a completely different personality and becomes unrecognizable? How do we deal with that? Norma …
01:19:47 |
Mon 22 May 2023
Another Fork in the Road: Dealing with Cognitive Disabilities After Brain Injury
Brain injury comes with so many problems, but when it affects your thinking brain, you're in trouble. Survivors, Deb Brandon and Meghan Beaudry, join me to talk about this issue. Every TBI survivor …
01:21:45 |
Mon 08 May 2023
Special edition
M.S. survivor, Lisa Dryer, (host of Mess With M.S.) and Stroke survivor, Cam Compton, (host of Cam's Corner,) will sit in for me. They will discuss the similarities and differfences of each of their …
01:16:26 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Another Fork in the Road: Jeannette Davidson-Mayer – Please Don't Judge Me
Life is a journey, and each journey is different. We all face joys, hard times, and challenges as we walk our winding paths. We simply can't know what monsters others have slain on their paths or wha…
01:12:24 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Another Fork in the Road: What BI Survivors & Caregivers Do NOT Want to Hear
Let's clear up some misconceptions about living in the brain injury world. What brain injury survivors and caregivers do NOT want to hear. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork …
00:03:14 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
Another Fork in the Road: Tamar Rodney (PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, CNE) ON Neurofatigue
So excited to chat with Tamar Rodney about Neurofatigue after Brain Injury. How is it different from the everyday exhaustion that so many of us feel? AND...I want to know what all those letters mea…
01:19:54 |
Mon 20 Mar 2023
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