The Injured Brain
Cost-hosts Jo and Jim Giordano discuss the ups and downs of navigating life after a brain injury. Jo is a brain injury survivor and former elementary school guidance counselor who obtained a severe traumatic brain injury in 2007. Jim is her husband and caregiver. By including a mix of lessons learned from their own experience, along with expert interviews, they hope to provide useful information and serve as beacons of hope for brain injury survivors and caregivers alike.
Episodes
10 episodes
Episode 10: Fostering your Intuitive Guidance: An Interview with Jeannie Giordano-Shanks
Albert Einstein is famously quoted as saying "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant." In this episode, Jo and Jim talk with Jeannie Giordano-Shanks about the power of intuition. Jeannie is a Li...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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54:55
Episode 9: An Interview with Essential Oils Guru Jodi Cohen
In this episode, Jo and I talk with essential oils guru, founder of Vibrant Blue Oils, and best selling author Jodi Cohen. We talk about how essential oils can be used to calm anxiety, improve sleep, and reduce inflammation -- topics that...
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42:15
Episode 8: An Interview with Survivor Sameer Bhide
In this episode, Jim and Jo talk with Sameer Bhide. In 2017 Sameer suffered a rare hemorrhagic stroke in his cerebellum, underwent two brain surgeries, and spent a month in a medically induced coma. His entire life came crashing down, starting ...
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54:07
Episode 7: An Interview with Ronda Alcorn of We're Moving Forward
In this episode, Jim and Jo talk with Ronda Alcorn. Ronda's son Austin received a severe TBI in a rollover car accident in 2006. We talk with Ronda about the accident and some of the lessons that she has learned during her years as his mother a...
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1:05:29
Episode 6: Reflections on the Anniversary of the Accident
It's not uncommon for brain injury warriors, to acknowledge the anniversary of their injury. For some it's a hard day, for others it's a day to reflect on how far they have come in their recoveries, but in all cases it's a significant day. In t...
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13:45
Episode 5: An Interview with Gabriella Montgomery, LPC
In this episode, Jim and Jo have a discussion with Gabriella Montgomery -- a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with brain injury warriors at her practice in Phoenix, Arizona. We talk about when it may or may not be the right time to see...
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Episode 5
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Episode 4: Living with an Invisible Disability
For many brain injury survivors, external physical signs of the injury are slight or even non-existent. In this episode, Jo and Jim discuss the challenges of living with an invisible disability, and they offer suggestions for coping. <...
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Episode 4
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31:04
Episode 3: Coping with Social Isolation During the Pandemic
This episode was recorded on April 20, 2020, about a month after the proverbial poo hit the fan with the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. In this episode, Jo and Jim talk about the new normal and the challenges associated with social iso...
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21:10
Episode 2: Personality Change and Emotional Lability After Brain Injury
In this episode, Jo and Jim discuss two of the more common and challenging after effects of brain injury -- personality change and emotional lability. Jo's shares stories from her own experience.
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45:55
Episode 1: Welcome to the Injured Brain
Meet your co hosts -- Jo Giordano, a brain injury survivor and former elementary school guidance counselor who obtained a severe traumatic brain injury in 2007 -- and her husband and caregiver Jim. In this first episode, Jo and Jim talk about w...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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