Between Two Brains
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -The podcast by survivors, for survivors, about survivors. We take a candid and fearless dive into brain injury and the world of invisible disability. Brain injury is the #1 killer and disabler of people under 40. A brain injury can change everything in an instant. Forever. Largely invisible, isolated and stigmatized, this community is also where the most incredible comeback stories of resilience, recovery and reinvention live. Between Two Brains sheds light on this community’s silent determination to survive with compassion (and a little irreverence). Our hosts live it every day. They get it - they get you - and they get real about life with a broken brain. Let’s talk about life beyond brain injury, celebrate neurodiversity and make the invisible visible together.
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015: Meaghan and Marie Wright
July 07, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBMeaghan and Marie Wright are queer twin sisters and co-founders of Mirror Image Media, a full-service video production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They are award winning filmmakers who use documentaries and commercials as a vehicle to create social and environmental impact. Visit LoveYourBrain.com for more info! Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
014: Dr. Nikole MacLellan
July 05, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBDr. Nikole MacLellan (aka Dr Kokes) is a Naturopathic Doctor, Dietitian, and Certified Sports Nutritionist. She has a passion for human performance and sports medicine. Dr. Kokes believes our bodies are capable of the most amazing things, we just have to recover appropriately. Visit LoveYourBrain.com for more info! Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
013: Jillian Pfennig
May 18, 2022 14:25 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBJillian Pfennig is a freelance writer, artist, and photographer. Follow along with Jillian’s adventures on Instagram @jillianpfennig. Visit LoveYourBrain.com for more info! Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
012: Abby Goodwin
March 14, 2022 15:30 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBAbby is an ex-beach bum who has fully embraced life on land in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury since she was 26 years old, Abby has taken her passion for wellness and transformed it into a comprehensive skillset around healing brain injury and supporting cognitive wellness through nutrition. When she’s not whipping up plant based magic in the kitchen, she enjoys performing improv, practicing restorative yoga and wearing funky hats. Visit LoveYourBrain.com for more ...
011: Geena Luckett
August 12, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBOriginally from Nova Scotia, where I completed my Bachelor of Management at Dalhousie, spent some time working my way around another industry and finally found my passion in the family business as part owner of Luckett Vineyards. For the last 10 years you could find me slinging wine here and abroad. If I’m not at the winery or an event for the business, you can most likely find me taking my dogs for a walk, watching shark week, or planning my next trip! Visit LoveYourBrain.com for more in...
010: Hanna Daltrop
June 18, 2021 15:19 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBCurrently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hanna has had a few bumps to the head and a long road of recovering from brain injuries. She is a trained Planner working as a Housing and Infrastructure Policy Analyst at the Atlantic Policy Congress, and spends her free time at the beach in any weather or with her nose in a book. Visit LoveYourBrain.com for more info! Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
009: Jackie Farrell
April 28, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBJackie Farrell, MS, OTR/L, CBIS, RYT-200 is an occupational therapist, LoveYourBrain yoga teacher, and certified brain injury, specialist. Jackie works for LoveYourBrain to manage their Clinical Affiliate Program, where LYB partners with select rehabilitation facilities to integrate yoga into their continuum of care. She also facilitates the LYB Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training and Training for Health Professionals, facilitates the LYB Mindset Online Program, and teaches the LYB Yoga Program in...
008: Meaghan Cahill
April 06, 2021 14:02 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBMeaghan Cahill is a Licensed Health and Nutrition Counselor, owner of Cahill Wellness and founder of the Mind Body Food System. Meaghan received her education and training through The Institute of Holistic Nutrition, in Vancouver, BC, as well as thorough Nutraphoria School of Holistic Nutrition. She is also a member, in good standing, with the Health Coach Alliance. Meaghan’s focus in her practice is to redefine health beyond the number on a scale, helping women make peace with food, body ...
007: Melanie Dunlop
February 19, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBMelanie Dunlop is originally from Nova Scotia, now a speciality nurse practitioner, specializing in brain injury. She works out of the rehab in Halifax Nova Scotia, as well as several other platforms which allow her to cater more towards individual’s needs. She has been working in her field for seven years and has an experienced and insightful view as we talk about what brain injury looks like, and how it has evolved with medicine over the last decade. In addition, her experience in the f...
006: Mariah Morgan
February 02, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBOn the morning of November 13, 2018, I looked both ways before crossing the street as I entered a pedestrian crosswalk on my two-block walk to work. My memory gets dodgy from here but my brain still holds a few snippets: a quarter of the way across the street I watched the fender of an SUV hit my knee, I slammed onto its hood, and then my head quickly hit the pavement. Hard. I was rushed to the hospital, put in a medically-induced coma, and, when I came to in the ICU at Portsmouth Regional H...
005: Lauren Spear
January 26, 2021 16:47 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBLauren Spear worked as a special education teacher in South Australia, when she was involved in a work place accident in 2018, whilst helping one of her struggling students off a piece of playground equipment. For the last 2 and a half years she has been living with and working hard in her rehabilitation and recovery from a brain injury, supporting and advocating for the wider concussion and brain injury community along the way. In 2019, she decided to begin her personal blog and organiz...
004: Elizabeth Peirce
September 16, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 86.4 MBElizabeth Peirce is a Halifax-based writer, editor, and teacher. Her 2019 book Lost and Found: Recovering Your Spirit After a Concussion is based in her own experience and that of other mTBI survivors, and shares strategies for self-healing from this difficult injury. Find links to her books, workshops, and blog at https://elizabethpeirce.ca Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
004: Sarah Blanchard
August 18, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 85.4 MBOn January 10th 2017, on a business trip in Italy, Sarah Blanchard experienced acute onset nausea and vertigo. After three hours, she was so debilitated that it became a struggle to even call for help. Sarah’s life was changed when at 29 she was diagnosed with a Stroke. Since then, she is a passionate advocate for younger survivors, creating programs and raising awareness for women’s heart and brain health Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
003: Sarah Blanchard
August 18, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 85.4 MBOn January 10th 2017, on a business trip in Italy, Sarah Blanchard experienced acute onset nausea and vertigo. After three hours, she was so debilitated that it became a struggle to even call for help. Sarah’s life was changed when at 29 she was diagnosed with a Stroke. Since then, she is a passionate advocate for younger survivors, creating programs and raising awareness for women’s heart and brain health Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
002: BONUS - Get on the Brain Train with Leona Burkey
June 26, 2020 15:57 - 11 minutes - 27.4 MBThis “bonus” episode provides an overview of Brain Injury NS as an organization and the brain injury cause on the occasion of Brain Injury Awareness Month 2020 across Canada (June). About Brain Injury NS At Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia, we understand how profoundly a brain injury impacts you and everyone close to you. With some 70,000 Nova Scotians affected by brain injury, we also understand how difficult it can be to find services and support to help you and your family with...
003: BONUS - Get on the Brain Train with Leona Burkey
June 26, 2020 15:57 - 11 minutes - 27.4 MBThis “bonus” episode provides an overview of Brain Injury NS as an organization and the brain injury cause on the occasion of Brain Injury Awareness Month 2020 across Canada (June). About Brain Injury NS At Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia, we understand how profoundly a brain injury impacts you and everyone close to you. With some 70,000 Nova Scotians affected by brain injury, we also understand how difficult it can be to find services and support to help you and your family with...
001: Returning to Work After Sustaining 4 Concussions with Emergency Doctor, Jen McVey
June 23, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutes - 62.8 MBWelcome to episode 1 of the Beyond Brain Injury podcast! Today hosts Chloe and Trevor are speaking with Dr. Jen McVey, about the challenges faced with returning to work after sustaining 4 concussions. Follow us on Social Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
002: Covid & Concussions with Emergency Doctor, Jen McVey
June 23, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutes - 62.8 MBIn today's conversation, we talk with Halifax NS based emergency physician Dr. Jen McVey about the confluence between Covid-19, returning to work after battling with a complicated recovery from 4 concussions. and lessons we can take from brain injury recovery and those living with brain injuries to help us through these uncertain times. About Today's Guest Dr. Jen McVey is an emergency physician based in Halifax NS, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, who also works alo...
001: Covid & Concussions with Emergency Doctor, Jen McVey
June 23, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutes - 62.8 MBIn today's conversation, Chloe Luckett and Trevor Barras talk with Halifax NS based emergency physician Dr. Jen McVey about the confluence between Covid-19, returning to work after battling with a complicated recovery from 4 concussions. and lessons we can take from brain injury recovery and those living with brain injuries to help us through these uncertain times. About Today's Guest Dr. Jen McVey is an emergency physician based in Halifax NS, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of...
001: Welcome to Beyond Brain Injury
June 23, 2020 09:00 - 4 minutes - 11.2 MBWelcome to Beyond Brain Injury - the podcast by survivors, for survivors about survivors. Our hosts, Chloe Luckett and Trevor Barras, take a candid and fearless dive into brain injury and the world of invisible disability. Brain injury is the #1 killer and disabler of people under 40. A brain injury can change everything in an instant. Forever. Largely invisible, isolated and stigmatized, this community is also where the most incredible comeback stories of resilience, recovery and reinve...
001: Welcome to our podcast
June 23, 2020 09:00 - 4 minutes - 11.2 MBThe podcast by survivors, for survivors about survivors. Our hosts take a candid and fearless dive into brain injury and the world of invisible disability. Brain injury is the #1 killer and disabler of people under 40. A brain injury can change everything in an instant. Forever. Largely invisible, isolated and stigmatized, this community is also where the most incredible comeback stories of resilience, recovery and reinvention live. We shed light on this community’s silent determination ...