Penny Phelan traumatic brain injury survivor and artist, illustrate along with her occupational therapist and fellow artist at Paint A Miracle that beyond the standard rehab process, it is through community which honors our full potential, we can thrive.
Continue Reading →Devoted family man & avid golfer shares his remarkable story of rehab and life after a traumatic brain injury. Along with the support of his family, his film maker son has chronicled this journey. With their love, Tod has arrived at a place of acceptance, new awareness and a life devoted to making a difference for those living with a brain injury.
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Shelly Propson Tyshka shares her story about her father, Dr. Propson, who was a Traumatic Brain Injury survivor. He lost most of his vision and found art and painting opened up a new world for him. He helped to bring his love of art to his community through Paint a Miracle studio which first opened in 2002. The studio continues to thrive and provide programs and possibilities for those of us with disabilities and other challenges to explore the arts ...
Continue Reading →Former Director of the CIA and NSA shares his life altering and affirming story as a stroke survivor in this honest heartfelt interview.
General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Before becoming Director of CIA, General Hayden served as the country’s first Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence –and was the highest-ranking intelligence officer in the armed forces. Earlier, he served as Director of the National Security Agency. Currently, he serves as a principal at The Chertoff Group, a security and ...
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Juan Juarez, Patient and Artist interviewed by Frances Ancheta-Becker, Supervising Creative Arts Therapist at San Mateo Medical Center
Juan is a patient in the long-term care/skilled nursing unit at San Mateo Medical Center, in San Mateo, California, a local county government hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Juan was originally from ...
A truly remarkable spirit. Rather than running away from her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Elizabeth Jameson used her newly acquired medical condition as an opportunity for transformation. Not only did she change her profession from attorney to artist, but she allowed her new perspective to pervade her artwork and view of the world.
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Primary diagnosis: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, s/p below the knee amputation
Story:
Ravi was a former landscaper and gardener who ended up getting a below the knee amputation due to uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes. Ravi had no previous interest in the arts, and led an active daily life doing intense physical work in gardens and garden stores.
Ravi was depressed and ...