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Welcome to the video series on Traumatic Brain Injury. The tips in the 31 episodes of this series help those who have suffered a TBI, but these tips can help anyone improve their mental health. This series provides tips on PTSD, improving sleep, how to eat to reduce pain, and improve sleep. Also, learn about bio-feedback and how it can teach how to control pain and improve mental well-being.
| Topic | Episode |
|---|---|
| Brain Repair | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 |
| Sleep | 1 3 6 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 |
| Pain | 3 6 9 11 |
| Nutrion | 1 9 |
| Anxiety, Stress, PTSD, Emotions | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 |
EPISODE 1
Learn how melatonin is naturally created in the pineal gland when darkness stimulates the eyes. Learn how to help the body with this natural process to ensure you fall asleep fast and stay asleep throughout the night.
Episode 2
1 out of 3 with a brain injury will feel irritable. Learn how to deal with the irritability, preventing additional stress-induced inflammation to the brain.
Episode 3
Learn about the significant symptoms of a brain injury. How to deal with these symptoms will be discussed in the remaining episodes.
Episode 4
The COVID-19 virus can easily pass into the blood-brain barrier and further complicate brain injuries. In addition, the virus can go dormant and cause long-term complications.
Episode 5
Do not allow your injury to define who you are. Instead, find personal growth and stay positive. Find activities that will keep you busy and maintain a purpose for a speedy recovery.
Episode 6
Using exercise to release endorphins and dopamine will reduce pain and stress from a brain injury. Watch this episode to learn about brain waves as well.
Episode 7
Help release dopamine and serotonin in the brain through random acts of kindness. The release of the neurotransmitter dopamine and the hormone serotonin will aid in the recovery from a traumatic brain injury.
Episode 8
Learn about brain cells. Learn about brain plasticity and how the brain establishes new neural connections as it attempts to repair damage and reestablish normal functioning. Using the analogy of a football team hunting for a new quarterback, I explain brain plasticity after a brain injury.
Episode 9
Learn about mobile applications that help you strengthen your brain as you help the brain conduct brain plasticity after a brain injury. Conducting brain training daily will improve your mental health and cognition.
Episode 10
Using biofeedback devices enables you to control physiological changes such as heart rate, brain waves, and temperature. This video describes these devices.
Episode 11
Memory issues are prevalent after a brain injury. By implementing these techniques, one may continue to live everyday life. Through mobile applications and other systems mentioned in this video, you will have information readily available when your brain does not record it for you.
Episode 12
Using biofeedback while conducting mindfulness is very beneficial in developing an understanding of the control one has on the physiological activities within one’s body. For example, watch brain waves change while conducting mindfulness.
Episode 13
In 3 to 5 months, through brain plasticity, continued mindfulness will change your brain for the better, giving you emotional control over everything you face in life.
Episode 14
Mindfulness can be done anywhere and at any time. For example, watch this video to learn how to do mindfulness while lifting weights. Not only does this technique lower your stress and improve decision-making, but you can also get the most gains by adding mindfulness to your workout routine.
Episode 15
Mindfulness drawing is a simple activity that anyone can do. You do not have to be an artist, just doodle. The goal is to be in the moment and place all focus on that which you are drawing.
Episode 16
Sometimes the biggest battle we face begins with getting out of bed. Learn some techniques to develop and influence the motivation to get out of bed. Your brain health depends on you. And you will grow and feel better when you do it.
Episode 17
Understanding the autonomic nervous system will empower you to visualize the changes you are making within your body. You will learn how you can take control of the false fear created by your brain.
Episode 18
Mindfulness can be done anywhere and at anytime. We walk all the time during the day. You walk from the car to work or to a store. Use these little opportunities to strengthen your brain through mindfulness walking.
Episode 19
The LifeArmor mobile application provides a wealth of resources to help with stress, relaxation, and sleep. In addition, it provides a diverse set of tools that you can implement to guide you toward controlling your well-being.
Episode 20
Learn about pain and how the brain creates pain signals. You will learn that you can unlearn pain. Most pains felt are invalid pain, false signals created in our brain. Your pain is real and coming from your brain, but your brain can change to ignore these invalid pain signals.
Episode 21
Our brain will respond to many things via pain signals. For example, stress increases pain, and so does what we eat. Learn about pain and nutrition and how you can quickly reduce pain in some areas by changing your diet.
Episode 22
Learn about molecular mimicry and how gluten, when broken down inside the small intestine, can appear as a degenerative disease causing the immune system to attack healthy tissue.
Episode 23
Learn about the process of rewiring your brain, creating a brain that is at peace and free of fear to influence a change in your chronic pain.
Episode 24
What you eat and when you eat will impact your sleep. Learn what to avoid, what to ensure you eat, and the best time of day to eat these nutrients.
Episode 25
Establishing a sleep routine is key in achieving quality sleep. Learn what activities enable sleep and when you should begin or end certain activities.
Episode 26
Learn about the different brain waves, their role during sleep, and win the battle against insomnia and slowing a hyperactive brain.
Episode 27
Think it’s the caffeine in that diet coke keeping you awake? Guess again, it might just be the aspartame. Learn how aspartame is broken down in the small intestine resulting in a reduction of melatonin.
Episode 28
Learn how PTSD is stored in the brain, identify the triggers that influence anxiety, and learn to live with them.
Episode 29
This easy 10-minute daily exercise routine will improve mental health and improves overall health.
Episode 30
Post Traumatic Stress doesn’t have to come with its negative consequences when you use Post Traumatic Growth as a way to improve your life in the face of events that we couldn’t have avoided.
Episode 31
Thai Chi is an excellent way to improve brain health. Watch this video and learn what is happening in the brain during mindfulness and how this will make a positive change in your life.
