A Battle Within
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Welcome to A Battle Within!This is a podcast where Terry and Drew Niemann tell our stories and share the stories of our guests living with Traumatic Brain Injuries with an emphasis on Post Concussion Syndrome.We offer the trials, the challenges, the wins, and the lessons learned along the way. The conversations are real, raw and uncensored at times.We also explore what things are like for the caregivers, families and friends walking through this with the Warrior. We call these folks Battle Buddies.Through the podcast we aim to:1. Help others going through Post Concussion Syndrome and Traumatic Brain Injury develop a sense of community through the stories.2. Provide a greater sense of awareness with the "Invisible Injury". Living with a brain injury clearly indicated to us society has very little understanding.3. Get help ourselves!. We hope to learn by doing, and hopefully this will lead to further understanding.A Battle Within is a very intentional name. It comes from the fact that many with a Traumatic Brain Injury go through an ongoing private internal fight, a battle to find themselves again, or somebody new. Join us each week for the conversation wherever you listen!Connect with us at abattlewithin.com and on Facebook and on Instagram at A Battle Within.If you would like to be featured on the podcast , or know of someone you think should be, please reach out in those same places.You can also leave a voice message on the recorder on the home page of the website if that's your preference as well! Got any ideas for episode topics? Reach out with ideas too.If you like what you hear and want to support the program, the best way to do that is to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcast Also be sure to check out the Battle Within swag shop at abattlewithin.com/swag***Please note that Terry and Drew are not medical professionals nor should their perspectives be taken as medical advice.***Keep Battling!
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Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 162, Terry, the inspiration for the program will join us shortly....We are back at it again with another installment of Terry's Takes!Today we get after learning of Terry's perspective as it pertains to her ever dancing again, cold showers and how she feels about them and a study that came out speaking to nightshade fruits and vegetables not be so good for TBI Warriors.This lighthearted conversation with lots of laughs, a good de...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 161. For today's conversation we had to go without Terry unfortunately, she was having a bad case of "Brain Drain."Despite that we are able to offer a fantastic conversation today with Heather Rendulic! This special Warrior takes us through her journey of suffering 5 strokes and having to experience an addition brain surgery at the ripe old age of Twenty-Two. These happenings occurred back in 2011 and she has been after it ever si...
Here we go with Episode 160 with today's guest Anessa Arehart.The native of the Bluegrass state of Kentucky allows us to peek into her world today! The artist tells us of her two brain injuries over a 53 day window affected her and her life. It is clear to Anessa that Second Impact Syndrome was the culprit.Anessa vividly takes us on her journey which went from living in a city to the quiet of the country. From not even being able to writing her name to writing a book, how her injuries have si...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!As we all know, a TBI leads to so many things that are unexpected and frustrating. Aside from the medical component, this rings true in other areas of a Warriors life such as relationships and doing things you love.Today Terry and I explore this a bit as it pertains to hobbies and interests. We talk to what Terry has done to shift in this regard and learn about new things she has picked up since her injuries.We also pass along some examples of amazing things ...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 158, Terry, the inspiration for the program will join us shortly along with today's guest Gregg Grossman.Gregg the native New Yorker, living in Texas has quite a unique story to tell. He has been a part of the TBI community since 1988 because his brother was in a serious car accident, which left him with a significant brain injury. Gregg had spent the years since as a Battle Buddy to Todd, but to complicate things, Gregg has...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 157 with today's guest Kevin McDonald.This is Kevin's second visit to the program. Back in 2019 we shared Kevin's story and all the advocacy work he was doing to help others in episode 44 & 45.Today Kevin updates us on how he is doing, the fact that his non-profit is back at the advocacy, and he also tells us about the new L.A.N.D. program Restart Your Life/Renew Your Mind is rolling out.As we continue on with Brain Injury Awarenes...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Years ago we used to watch the Chicago Bulls play basketball quite often. At onw point during the Jordan days Dennis Rodman joined the team. The man was brought in purely for one reason - to rebound and he was amazing at it.Unfortunately rebounding is as big of a part of healing from a TBI as the setbacks themselves are. In recent times I feel that Terry has become pretty darn good at it, kind of like Dennis.We talk about this concept today and Terry tells us...
Here we go with Episode 155 with today's guest Thea James.We finally get to have Thea on the program!The high energy and positive Warrior tells us a bit about her journey to date. The road traveled includes her Dad having a stroke in the middle of her four concussions in a two year window. We learn about how they help each other to this date.In addition, Thea explains how having a close friend who also has experienced a TBI has been beneficial to recovery.Thea also tells us how she has change...
Here we go with Episode 154!In recent times we have all been living our lives with a very real strong sense of uncertainty. Don't think anyone has really been unaffected by the pandemic.Unbeknownst to society at large, Living in the Ambiguity is something that runs rampant within the TBI world.Today Terry and I explore this concept a bit and we get to talking about or experiences and strategies related to the concept and how we have gotten to the point of being comfortable living in this spac...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with episode 153 with Deb Brandon.We got to have this amazing conversation today due to previous guest and Battle Buddy Donna O'Connell Figurski and Terry and I are grateful as she put us in touch.Deb is a warrior who back in 2007 had endured three necessary brain surgeries in a three week window. We all know that one injury is enough let alone three!In recovery she had to take herself through much of it and found ways to help herself through drago...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 152It's been about 3 years since the last time we checked in with Terry to see how she views the world differently sine her injuries.Today we chat and try to figure out what is different today in the ways she sees things now and observations she has made since. One of those observations included the pandemic. Throughout these times general society got a taste of what it can be like being cooped up and how frustrating that can be.A...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 151 with today's guest Dr. Shane Steadman.Dr. Steadman is a Chiropractic Functional Neurologist. He and his team, at his clinic, Integrated Brain Centers see many concussion patients through his clinic in the Denver Colorado area and also remotely. The seasoned doctor has been successfully treating for about 20 years and in many cases, he and the team work with difficult and challenging cases. Much of the time, nutrition and build...
Today is Episode 150 Warriors and Battles Buddies! To mark the occasion we are offering something a little different.Today, Terry has Drew in the so called "Hot Seat"! Usually he's the one asking the questions, but today it is flipped! Terry gets to put him on the spot. We learn a little today what this has been like through his lens. What has Terry's injuries and the aftermath been like for him and how has he coped?If you are a Battle Buddy, we give you props because it isn't easy ...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with episode 149!It's been a few months since we've had this offering, but it was fun to get back at it!If you new this is where I ask Terry about 3 topics and she offers her candid off the cuff responses to the topic at hand.Today's topics include; head injuries in American football,PQQ and how it can help those in the TBI Community as well as reflections from 2021 and goals for new year.Through the conversation you will hear certain hints at grat...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with episode 148 with Danielle and Jessica Kantola.A few years back Danielle is working as a free lance artist a tree planter in the Canadian Rockies and falls off a cliff. The TBI journey begins for her here.In the ensuing months Danielle struggles in many different ways including getting the care she needed. This includes her own admission that she herself did not initially take her injury serious enough.After fighting through for a period of tim...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with episode 147 with Veronique Theberge!Vero, as she likes to be called joins us from New Zealand where she lives with her family in a somewhat remote area. Her brain injury occurred while she was literally vacuuming back in 2017.Due to her location Vero initially found it difficult to get the help she needed, but due to her persistence was ultimately able to acquire some helpful services.It is four plus years at this point at she continues to wo...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 146!Back in 2013 I read a book that has been very influential on my life called Die Empty by Todd Henry. Looking back on it, I realized that I did so in the same window of time as Terry's first accident.Many of the thoughts and lessons in this primarily business book apply to life in general in my opinion as well.I still utilize many of the concepts today in my own life and even have Die Empty tattooed on my arm to remind myself. ...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 145!Colleen offered to come on the program as she was a former client of prior guest, Chelsie Moore. She felt it important to share her story and has been on a mission like us lately in creating awareness and understanding about a TBI, no matter how small they may be perceived to be.Colleen takes us through her injury and aftermath which included not getting the needed support from the traditional medical community at first, learn...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 144!Here we are, at the beginning of the holiday season!All is gearing up. The bright lights are soon to be flashing, the noise and holiday music will soon be everywhere, all the stimuli, the family and certainly the stress that just naturally comes with the season is upon us!As we know these can be challenging times for the general population to begin with.But those healing from a TBI, these times can be even worse. The season can eve...
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with Episode 143.A few episodes ago we presented some things that we have considered to be Building Blocks in Terry healing. One of those blocks was Fasting.Today we break down fasting with some depth and share some of the cool and beneficial things about it and what it has done for Terry so far.You will here Terry speak to various different terms and concepts including Ketosis, Autophagy, and MCT's Oils to name a few.We also explore some studies,...
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