More Than A Mind

What are we feeding our minds? In this episode, we explore information diets, news consumption, social media, attention, and the practice of curating rather than accumulating. Through the lens of the Farmer’s Market Mindset, we discuss how intentionality, discernment, and stewardship shape the information we consume—and ultimately the people we become. Because attention is more than observation; i...

Why do certain places make us feel calm while others leave us tense, exhausted, or on edge? In Part 2 of this series, Cathy and Brian explore how the nervous system continuously learns from its surroundings. From busy stores and noisy environments to quiet trails and familiar spaces, they examine how the brain builds associations between places and safety, stress, attention, and energy. Through th...

What if your environment is shaping your mind more than your thoughts are? In Part 1 of this four-part series, Cathy and Brian explore how the places, people, rhythms, information, and systems surrounding us quietly influence attention, behavior, beliefs, and nervous system regulation. Drawing from life after traumatic brain injury, they examine the idea that environments function as an invisible...

Curate Instead of Accumulate explores the hidden cost of modern abundance. Through reflections on minimalism, essentialism, and intentional living, Cathy and Brian examine how recovery revealed a deeper truth: everything carries an energy cost. In a world overflowing with information, opportunities, and expectations, restoration may require learning what to keep, what to release, and how to protec...

A New Pace of Life What if the goal isn't to slow down—but to move in step with the season you're actually in? In this episode, Cathy explores the difference between rushing through life and honoring where you are today. Together, Brian and Cathy reflect on recovery, expectations, resistance, and the wisdom of aligning your pace with what this season requires. Because sometimes healing beg...

What if language is more than words? In this opening episode of Season 3, I explore listening as a practice of awareness and the foundation of restoration. Together, we'll begin discovering a new language of living—one shaped by attention, faith, stewardship, and intentional living. Visit www. MoreThanAMind.com Season 3: Episode 0 — A New Language of Living Setting the Tone What if recovery is...

Recovery is not always built through major breakthroughs. Sometimes it takes shape through sticky notes on a mirror, routines repeated one more time, journals filled with small observations, and systems that help carry us when memory and energy fall short. In this post-finale bonus episode, I share some of the practical tools I use to support cognitive recovery, including visual cues, environmenta...

A quiet reflection on exhaustion, discouragement, and the slow realities of healing. Not a story about having all the answers—just an honest conversation about why hope sometimes looks like choosing tomorrow, one day at a time. www.morethanamind.com

Naming uncertainty as sacred space. A soft closing of the season. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.morethanamind.com/my-story ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Every story helps someone else feel a little less alone. Restoration Tool: Emergency Migraine Toolkit A companion restoration...

Compassion for your former self – without needing to go back.  If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at ⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.morethanamind.com/my-story ⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Every story helps someone else feel a little less alone. Restoration Tool: Emergency Migraine Toolkit A companion restoration toolk...

B5 — Faith Practice: When I Can't Pray Out Loud Some seasons of recovery leave us without words. In this quiet reflection, I explore what faith can look like when thoughts are fragmented, energy is limited, and prayer feels difficult to express. A gentle reminder that God's presence is not dependent on perfect words—and that sometimes simply remaining is its own form of worship. 🌿 Curate your own...

Boundaries, clarity, and shifts in social connection. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at ⁠⁠⁠ www.morethanamind.com/my-story ⁠⁠⁠ . Every story helps someone else feel a little less alone. Restoration Tool: Emergency Migraine Toolkit A companion restoration toolkit designed...

The emotional cost of healthcare navigation. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at ⁠⁠ www.morethanamind.com/my-story ⁠⁠ . Every story helps someone else feel a little less alone. Restoration Tool: Emergency Migraine Toolkit A companion restoration toolkit designed to support...

Some symptoms are easy to explain. Others quietly shape your entire day. In this bonus episode of More Than A Mind , Cathy shares the practical tools, accommodations, and emotional realities of navigating life with light sensitivity after a brain injury. From the embarrassment of wearing sunglasses indoors to building low-stimulation environments that support nervous system regulation, this episod...

Navigating identity, communication fatigue, and narrative ownership. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at ⁠ www.morethanamind.com/my-story ⁠ . Every story helps someone else feel a little less alone. Restoration Tool: Emergency Migraine Toolkit A companion restoration toolk...

Practicing belief when there’s no visible finish line. If you or someone close to you has experienced a brain injury, Cathy would love to hear your story — whether it’s one sentence or one chapter. You can share it at www.morethanamind.com/my-story . Every story helps someone else feel a little less alone. Restoration Tool: Emergency Migraine Toolkit A companion restoration toolkit designed to sup...

A reflection on the invisible work of rebuilding a life after awareness changes everything. Curate your own restoration frameworks and explore more practices at: https://linktr.ee/MoreThanAMind

Episode 4 of More Than a Mind: Rebuilding in Real Time explores the unpredictable side of recovery — the days shaped by migraines, cancellations, and guilt. Cathy reveals how setting boundaries, practicing gentleness, and leaning on faith help her turn unplanned pauses into moments of healing and connection. Add your voice at www.morethanamind.com/my-story . Restoration Tool: Emergency Migraine To...

In Episode 3 , Cathy redefines what rest really means after a brain injury. She shares how stillness without gentleness left her exhausted, and how learning to listen, slow down, and accept her limits became the doorway to true healing. Through faith, she discovered that rest isn’t an absence — it’s an invitation, a relationship built on grace instead of guilt. Have you or someone close to you bee...

A gentle bonus mini-episode from Cathy sharing the scripture verse quietly anchoring her through brain fog, uncertainty, fear, and the unfinished middle of TBI recovery. A reflection on stillness, faith, and remaining spiritually grounded when healing feels unclear. Curate your own recovery frameworks and explore more practices at https://linktr.ee/MoreThanAMind

In Episode 2 , Cathy describes the invisible battle of overstimulation and how she learned to slow down, listen to her limits, and seek connection in the quiet. The grocery store, the streetlight, the hum of a crowd — everyday moments that can feel like a storm when your brain is healing. In When the World Moves Too Fast , Cathy describes the invisible battle of overstimulation and how she learned...

In this first episode of More Than a Mind: Rebuilding in Real Time, Cathy takes listeners into the “middle space” of recovery — the messy, uncertain place between who you were and who you’re becoming. She reflects on identity, faith, and the quiet courage it takes to rebuild from the inside out. Take the TBI Awareness Assessment and start seeing brain injuries with fresh eyes: https://sites.google...

A gentle bonus mini-episode from Cathy on one of the simplest brain break rituals used throughout her TBI recovery: intentionally stepping outside before the noise of the world takes over. A reflection on sensory pacing, nervous system overwhelm, and noticing beauty again in the middle of healing. Curate your own recovery frameworks and explore more practices at https://linktr.ee/MoreThanAMind

Season 2 of More Than A Mind is about rebuilding in real time. Cathy, a TBI survivor, invites listeners into the middle of recovery—where healing isn’t linear, setbacks meet faith, and small victories matter. Through candid reflections, she explores overstimulation, rest, identity shifts, and the quiet work of reclaiming self after brain injury. This season is less about looking back and more abou...

The emotional and spiritual reckoning that comes when identity is fractured. This episode explores grief over lost abilities, the myth of “getting back to normal,” and what it really means to begin again — not as who you were, but as who you’re becoming. Restoration Tool: 5-Phase Overstimulation Reset Workbook A guided restoration workbook designed to support overstimulation recovery, nervous syst...