Ted Talk: Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best. I watched a Ted Talk on TBI about Gabby Gifford, a congresswoman, and her husband, Mark Kelly, point of view. Gabby was shot in the head and is still recovering from her injury. This was a good way to learn first hand about what it is like to experience a traumatic brain injury. This Ted Talk helped me understand better what is like to live with a traumatic brain injury. Gabby says that the worst part of her injury is not being able to communicate her thoughts and feelings, due to her aphasia. When she first began her recovery, she was attached to the word “chicken”, which her and her husband now laugh about. She is unable to move her right arm, yet she’s more concerned about her lack of communication. I found this to be very interesting, because both of those things are so difficult to deal with, yet she’s more concerned with c...
Group Meditation Journal: A "Collective Effort to Make Yourself Feel Better": The Group Process in Mindfulness-Based Interventions Mindfulness based interventions (MBI) can be used to support people managing chronic pain, emotional distress, self management, and support people in care-giving roles. Multiple studies have found the group process positively impacts the experience of learning mindfulness, primarily during the initial weeks. This positive experience is facilitated through supporting learning, reducing stigma, and decreasing isolation. MBI in groups also creates a sense of accountability and a culture that values a sense of belong to the group, cohesion, and friendship. During this study, the participants expressed feeling less alone by developing a sense of belonging and connection with the group, which fostered the understanding of suffering as universal. They further found it supportive and motivating when group members shared each other's su...
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