Podcasts about my beautiful broken brain

This week Jessie talks about the documentary, My Beautiful Broken Brain, which tells the story of Lotje Sodderland, a young woman whose life drastically changed after suffering a stroke at 34. Heather and Jessie talk about how mindfulness and meditation are not only an important part of our daily lives but also quite beneficial and instrumental in healing us both physically and mentally. Email us at thegoethegirls@gmail.com or contact us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thegoethegirls/Twitter - https://twitter.com/GirlsGoetheInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/CJpT9-pBCja/?igshid=1rmjkwidat5tiDon't forget to hop over to Apple Podcasts to rate and review our podcast.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-goethe-girls/id1548890458

This week MDr Marsha and I chatted to award-winning Film Director Lotje Sodderland about the brain hemorrhage in 2011 which left her unable to speak read or write, how she went on to document the experience in the multi award-winning feature documentary entitled My Beautiful Broken Brain, from 2014 (you can see it on Netflix at the moment, and it's well worth a watch.)

Anna Dravland is an incredible woman, survivor, and inspiration to all people. When Anna was 34 she suffered from a stroke that would change her life as she knew it. The same year of her stroke, just a few months before, she had launched her own non profit called Spread Goodness Day. Spread Goodness day happens the second Friday of every March, every year since 2018. The Seastar Goddess Tribe (The community this podcast supports) is 100% on board for getting involved with @spreadgoodnessday and we are looking forward to March more than ever now! It is a day to pick your favorite cause and do good around it. Anna's gigantic heart and tenacity for taking what life handed her and allowing it to guide her, not destroy her, should be a message to us all in the time of covid. Spread goodness' tag line is "We're making the future so bright, you're going to need shades!" Being a young stroke survivor opened Anna's eyes to the misconceptions around disability for stroke survivors within the medical world and society, and since she was blessed enough to receive back her speech in her recovery, she's devoted to using her voice to spread awareness and kindness in all sorts of ways. We are thankful for her voice today and the amazing awareness she has brought to this podcast and our lives in just one conversation. Just because someone looks like they are not disabled, doesn't mean you can dismiss the needs that they communicate to others. Listen closely, humans, this might be more aligned with our current state of the planet than you may think. Anna's mentality, daily posts of her dancing to stop suicide (suicide rates are double for survivors of brain injuries), and her amazing sense of understanding and compassion, are traits that we could all use a little more of in covid and during the holidays. This conversation is so inspiring it might bring you to tears or move you to action...hopefully both! We can't wait to see what is in store for this Seastar. Motivational speaking seems to be not only her calling but her soul purpose. For this disabled lady who doesn't let it diminish her light whatsoever, the sky is truly not even a limit! This holiday season, let this be a reminder that there is a lot to be grateful for, things can change forever in a single instant and to be kind to others. Correction: The actual numbers for US jobs lost in September were 865,000 for women and 216,000 for men. Anna recommends picking up the book Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolt Taylor or check out her Ted Talk here. She also recommended the film My Beautiful Broken Brain available on Netflix. Try using Overdrive to read for free. All you need is a library card! Write down and download all the book recommendations in this podcast for continued listening and exploration of this topic. Also head over to melrosemoney for the financial blog on this topic as well. Blog post numbers align with Podcast episode number.

Welcome to the first episode of our new segment, Cress Recs! A series in which we give you our recommendations of books, films, activities, and much more. In this week's episode, Chloe, Jamie, and Jamie discuss a documentary as well as a book they highly praise. “My Beautiful Broken Brain” by Lotje Sodderland is a documentary about a young woman's journey to recovery following a stroke. The hosts discuss an overall synopsis of the documentary as well as their commentary on why they think it was an eye-opening watch for them. Paul Kalanithi's memoir, “When Breath Becomes Air” is written by a neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer - he writes about about his experiences of going from a physician who treated to a patient who needed treating. Your hosts discuss at length how his thought-provoking and deeply moving words can change the life of anyone who reads his story.

Each month I go back to the hospital that treated my stroke to attend the support group they host. It's there that I met Seth Shearer. The more I learned about Seth's story, the more I wanted him on the show. Bio ​Seth Shearer is a Seattle-based artist and designer. In September 2018, he suffered an acute ischemic stroke. Through rehabilitation he was able to regain use of the right side of his body. His painting practice helped to re-strengthen his arm and to begin the process of integrating his post-stroke experience with his with his former life. The transformation in his work led him to paint under his middle name, Ian, in recognition of his new life. ​ Neurological differences, such as a newfound hypersensitivity to light and sound drew him out to the "nighttime" world. Ian Shearer's paintings explore this post-stroke landscape. These urban vistas invite the viewer into a dreamlike world, woven together with light and shadow and possibilities. Stroke Treatment is an Emergency Most folks think a stroke happens, and that's it. All the damage hits at once, but that's not the case. It's actually progressive damage over the course of hours. And it's not a straight line of damage. When I had my stroke, I woke up with symptoms, and over the next hour my arm, leg, and face declined significantly. The loss sort of leveled off for a while and then continued until 3:00 PM that afternoon. Because I woke up with my symptoms in June of 2017, I was well outside the 3 hour window for an intervention. Since then, the standards have changed and the window for treatment has expanded. In Seth's case, he also woke up with symptoms and even realized he was having a stroke. He was able to rally to take care of the pets before taking care of himself. He was also under the impression that once the stroke happened, there was nothing he could do and didn't rush getting to the hospital. It's impossible to know if faster treatment would have made a difference. But maybe it could have. Over the past year, we've seen the treatment window for stroke interventions expand. There are more and more opportunities to treat stroke survivors and prevent some disability. And that situation will continue to improve. So in any possibility of stroke, get to an ambulance ASAP. Give yourself the best chance of the fullest recovery possible. Ask and Answer the Right Questions Seth talked about when doctors asked about memory, he assumed they were asking about long-term memory and not short-term memory. It took time for him to get treatment related to his audio processing challenges and memory issues because of this misunderstanding. This is a common issue for experts when talking to nonexperts. And this happens in all sorts of context -- medical, legal, financial, marketing, operations, sales, etc. The more significant our expertise in an area, the more likely we are to make assumptions about things we think are basic and obvious, but folks outside our field will misunderstand. During conversations with our medical teams or our loved ones medical team, we can keep in mind that we may not always be speaking the exact same language. Ask more questions. Clarify questions you get asked. Provide more information than you think might be needed. Isolation Seth talked about feeling isolated following his and this is something I hear from lots of survivors. Sometimes it's because friends and family may be uncomfortable around survivors for a variety of reasons. Various deficits -- like aphasia can also make socializing and connecting with people can be harder. And then there's the challenge of other folks not quite understanding when we talk about our conditions. They can try to sympathize, but the experience of a brain injury is something you can't really understand until you have one. How can you address the isolation? Find other stroke survivors to speak with. Support groups are a great place to start. Or seek out the stories of other survivors on line or in books. And when other people try to sympathize, be patient with them. They're trying. Identity If the core of our identity is in our minds -- in our brains, what happens to it when our brain gets damaged? What happens when the defining balance between left and right -- between logical and ephemeral is thrown off? If you've read Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's book, My Stoke of Insight, you know that for her it meant an entirely new world view and perception of time. In Seth's case, it manifested in an entirely new artistic identity -- one that's significant enough that he changed his name. Many stroke survivors feel like they are different people after their stroke. They mourn their prior lives as they move forward with their new lives. Recovery isn't just about doing bridges, shoulder rolls, swallowing exercises, and vocabulary quizzes. It's also about meeting the new you and understanding who you now are. It's about meeting and getting to know the Ian inside you. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU[/embed] Hack of the Week Managing light sensitivity at home can be simple. Instead of just putting up with lamps and overhead lights, simply string Christmas lights up in your home. They're not as bright or glaring, yet the can still provide enough illumination so you can safely get around without assaulting you with lumens. Plus they are super cheap. A similar option is LED strip lighting that adheres to your wall. This is what I use in my office. Of course, it's more expensive, and it does require more work to get them set up just the way you like them. If you can't stand the thought of Christmas stuff up in the summer, though, they're a great alternative. Links Seth's website https://www.ianshearerstudio.com/ Contact Seth https://www.ianshearerstudio.com/contact My Beautiful Broken Brain discussion http://Strokecast.com/Movies LED Strip Lights https://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-Changing-Flexible-Starter-Control/dp/B008COVFUA Christmas Lights https://www.amazon.com/s?k=christmas+lights&i=tools&crid=1FWFPRC638SJH&sprefix=christ%2Ctools%2C229&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6 Swedish Medical Center Stroke Support Group https://www.swedish.org/services/neuroscience-institute/our-services/cerebrovascular-center/for-patients-and-families/patient-support-info Where do we go from here? So check out Seth's website and IanShearerStuduios.com. Check out his work and if you are looking for art for your home or office, consider a purchase. Who do you think might find Seth's story interesting? Share this link with them and ask their thoughts: http://Strokecast.com/Seth  Discuss this episode in the Strokecast community forum on Facebook at  http://Strokecast.com/FacebookGroup Don't get best...get better.

In this episode, I talk to Sophie Robison. Sophie is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. In this interview, we discuss her amazing career, how she learned the ropes of documentary filmmaking at the BBC and the obstacles she came across being a woman in the field. We also delve into two amazing documentaries she directed - the Emmie nominated Netflix documentary ‘My Beautiful Broken Brain’ produced by none other than David Lynch and her latest project “Me, My Mouth and I”, a BBC documentary shining a light on Tourette syndrome.

This week on TBP podcast Nate and Bobby talk about all the craziness that's going on in the world today, along with sharing films like Jackie Brown(1997), Alligator(1980),Dead poets society(1989),Fail Safe(1964),My Beautiful Broken Brain(2014) and a lastly war of the Gargantuas(1966) which Nate and Bobby watched at a local Hollywood Cinema known as the New Beverly Cinema.

Vandaag bespreken Pim, Sander en Merel de Netflix documentaire My Beautiful Broken Brain. In deze docu zien we hoe de 34-jarige Lotje haar revalidatie na een beroerte ervaart.

Luke and Monika sit down with comedian Albert Huber to talk about the documentary My Beautiful Broken Brain. We're all scared of strokes and we're all in love with Lotje Sodderland, the main character of this film. Follow Albert on twitter @alberthuber You can watch My Beautiful Broken Brain on Netflix