What Hamlet and the operating theatre reveal about automaticity, high performance, rehearsal and life after brain injury.
An ICU doctor who became a brain injury survivor on why the world must finally count TBI as the chronic, lifelong condition it is.
A traumatic brain injury exposed the ADHD that once powered my career. A raw, honest story about when a superpower turns curse
A restless boy, nuns, Christian Brothers and a mind that refused to sit still. A childhood story about intelligence, shame and difference.
An ICU doctor becomes the patient after a brain injury, and finds the language of burnout and trauma too thin for what's actually been lost.
Former intensive care doctor turned brain injury patient and advocate reflects on recovery, identity, rehabilitation and life after survival.
A reflection on caring, exhaustion and survival, and how writing, poetry and creativity offer carers a quiet place to put things down.
A near-fatal crash, a stranger by the river, and the uneasy recognition that sometimes survival depends on someone stopping to ask if you’re OK.
A brain injury survivor reflects on friendship, identity and uncertainty after trauma, where survival can feel lonelier than loss.
Experience teaches doctors how to stay calm when everything feels chaotic. High performance is often just structured thinking under pressure.
