After You've Fallen

My relationship with God is something I value most in life. After my accident, I struggled to feel the same connection with Him. I felt my relationship with God struggle due to my own misunderstandings of the nature of our loving God. As I put effort into learning how to hear God again in my life, I discovered some amazing ways that I am able to connect with and hear Him every day. Listen in so I...

In this episode we have the special opportunity to hear from Aliyah Busselberg as well as my parents Pheobe and Udell Blackham. These are three people who have gone through a lot, but who have learned that by adjusting our thinking and the way we take care of ourselves, we can live our best and fullest life possible. Come and learn how you can improve your well being in the midst of difficulty.

Change is often overwhelming and can create uncomfortable emotions. Many people struggle knowing how to cope with change and the uncomfortable emotions that go along with it. Due to my experiences dealing with an immense amount of change, I have come to understand some of the most important things that we can do to cope. Tune in and learn how you can better cope with change!

Join me and my guests, Aliyah Busselberg, Kim Bringhurst, and Aneeqa Janjua to hear about different ways we’ve overcome depression from each of our own unique backgrounds. Depression is different for different people; some tactics work better for one circumstance than another. But it is still real and challenging!

Tune into this short episode to know what you can do to treat head pain right when it comes.

While failure, struggles, and pain are an inevitable part of life, giving up is not. Tune in to learn how you can increase your own resilience and how this resilience can be the key to your happiness and success.

Life is unpredictable, you can count on that. This episode will share some thoughts on how to address that unpredictability. I talk about personal tactics I have used and I share the one constant we can always rely on.

In this episode, my dad and I talk about the challenges and benefits of forgiveness. Giving personal experiences, I’ll talk about some of the most vital things to understand. Do you want to be a victim or a victor? We talk about things that forgiveness is NOT. Forgiveness is an attitude, and it takes a long time to develop.

Changing your expectations isn’t cheating. It isn’t cheating you, it isn’t cheating others, it isn’t even “taking the easy way out.” Changing expectations based on your circumstance and reality is vital to a healthy, happy life. The best way I have found to look at this is by “reprioritizing” these expectations. I take my own advice by reprioritizing the quality over the quantity of episodes for t...

The explanation for why bad things happen to good people is an age old conundrum wrestled with by many people. There are some solutions that work for some people, or at some times. For me, one resolution has only worked for a time before I need to address it differently. I will share with you the conclusions I’ve found in different episodes individually, in hopes that one or two may work for you....

Love is one of the most important things humans can experience, yet it is experienced in many different ways. Understanding the types of love that humans experience will better your relationship with others as well as yourself. Let’s explore some of the different forms of love, and how they can benefit or hinder your relationships.

Neurotransmitters are how the brain communicates within the brain and to the body. In this episode, my guest, Kim Bringhurst, and I discuss the 6 main neurotransmitters and their functions. We also address what happens when we have too much or too little of each neurotransmitter.

It is difficult for a relationship to move to a deeper level without the key components of validation and empathy. After you listen to this episode, incorporate these things into your relationships and watch them transform for the better.

What’s the difference between a migraine and a headache? The answer may surprise you. My guest, Aneeqa Janjua, and I give you lots of suggestions to treat head pain. We also provide preventative measures to keep the chronic ones away!

An injury to the brain is not forgiving, and unfortunately will never leave someone the same. The symptoms I have experienced since my accident are difficult to talk about, but I’m sharing this podcast in hopes that I will be able to help and empathize with others who are facing similar difficulties in their lives. If you relate to any of these symptoms, stay tuned for future podcasts where I will...

Listen to this episode to learn about how I received my traumatic brain injury. You will also learn about the Glascow Coma Score, what it means, and how medical professionals determine what the patient’s is!

Welcome to After You’ve Fallen. In this pilot episode, you can briefly learn about some of my life experiences to discover why I want to help others. I have a unique family situation, especially after the injury I sustained at 16 years old. Since then, I have had to learn to navigate the world with a severe traumatic brain injury. There are many times that it feels impossible, but I’ve learned thr...