About This Project
We are a father-daughter team brought together not just by family—but by a shared battle with brain injury. Between us, we have over 60 years of combined lived experience, caregiving resilience, and subject matter experts with traumatic brain injury (TBI), acquired brain injury (ABI), and the long-term effects of neurological trauma.
Our story is deeply personal: as Cognitive Functioning Brain Injury (CFBI) survivors, we’ve supported each other through some of the hardest years—navigating seizures, surgeries, cognitive setbacks, and the social isolation that so often follows. Sarah’s journey from survivor to scholar led her to earn a PhD in Psychology, specializing in brain injury, neurorehabilitation, and social isolation. Her academic insight, grounded in real-world experience, now helps shape every tool, story, and strategy we offer. Together, we are building the very resource we once needed—a space rooted in both science and compassion, created by survivors, for survivors and their caregivers.
To expand our mission, we’ve created four core initiatives: the Brain Injury Life book, this survivor-driven self-help webspace, our Brain Injury Social podcast, and Project Social Isolation. The book shares our full story—raw, instructive, and deeply human—offering a lifeline to others walking similar paths. The webspace provides accessible, experience-based tools to support daily challenges. The podcast brings voices from across the brain injury community to the forefront, blending honest conversations, lived wisdom, and expert insights. And through Project Social Isolation, we’re developing evidence-based programs to reconnect survivors, prevent social isolation and accelerate healing. Together, these initiatives offer understanding, hope and connection—so no one feels alone while navigating the road to recovery.
Our Mission
We are on a mission to empower brain injury survivors and caregivers through lived experience, professional insight, and compassionate connection. Through our Brain Injury Life book, Brain Injury Social podcast, this self-help webspace, and Project Social Isolation, we offer practical tools to better understand brain injuries, manage symptoms, set meaningful goals, rebuild community, and navigate the recovery journey with clarity and hope.
We also advocate for those experiencing similar neurological symptoms—whether from long COVID, misdiagnosed PTSD, or other overlooked conditions—ensuring that no one navigating cognitive challenges feels invisible or alone.
The challenge of helping brain injury survivors
Why is brain injury called the invisible handicap