by Flannery O’Neil, Ex. Dir., Stroke Onward | Aug 3, 2021
Does this conversation sound familiar? How are you? I’m fine, how are you? Fine, thanks for asking. After my stroke at the age of 34, I often answered “I’m fine” or “I’m doing well” when people asked, but on the inside, I was struggling to understand what had happened... 
by Constant Therapy | Jun 30, 2021
Who am I? To answer this question, we often reference our achievements as a reflection of who we are, as touchstones that give us place and purpose in the world, as part of our identity. In the wake of a life-changing event, like a stroke or TBI, answering this... 
by Kyra Minichan, M.A., CCC-SLP | Dec 11, 2020
Do you have that one ornament that, every time you go to hang it on your Christmas tree, you become emotional? For years, I have been collecting Christmas ornaments from the places that I have traveled. Every year when my family decorates our Christmas tree, we have... 
by Kyra Minichan, M.A., CCC-SLP | Sep 21, 2020
“Hello, it’s me again,” I said as I entered his room. Brad* was lying inert in the bed and I was there to provide coma stimulation. I was fresh out of Speech Pathology Graduate school and had my first job working in an inpatient rehabilitation center. I was excited to... 
by Constant Therapy | Feb 23, 2020
A career diplomat, Mark Lenzi was a U.S. State Department security engineering officer stationed in Guangzhou, China when a targeted microwave attack left him, his family and colleagues with severe headaches and memory loss. While the harrowing details of his brain...
