How can stroke survivors transform to the next version of themselves, their 2.0?

Stroke recovery is most definitely an uphill-both-ways (and sometimes backwards!) slog. From the afflictions it leaves, to the emotional scars it imposes on loved ones, it is not for the weak of heart. But there is good news…

Editor's Picks, The Power of You, Your 2.0Stacie BroekMarch 5, 2024your2point0, stroketransformation, strokerecovery, PeopleCentred CareComment

The Blame Game

To my friends, I always give the advice “Don’t be so hard on yourself!” or “Speak to yourself, the way that you would to a friend.” So why is it so hard for me to take my own advice? Why is it so hard to forgive ourselves?

Editor's Picks, The Power of You, Your 2.0Stacie BroekJanuary 24, 2023aphasia, blamegame, strokerecovery, youngstrokesurvivorComment

Mud In, Mud Out

Have you ever been so overwhelmed that you took refuge in a safe place?

Soul, Stroke Tales, Stroke RecoveryStacie BroekApril 26, 2021strokeawareness, stroke rehabilitation, strokerecovery, sensoryintegration, youngstrokesurvivorComment

The life-changing effects of surviving

The simple definition of recovery is a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength. I suffered a multitude of set-backs from my stroke. From non-fluent aphasia, agraphia, emotional regulation disorder, impaired cognitive functions, sensory integration disorder to right-sided hemiparesis. I have spent the better part of the last year and a half working on my recovery.
But I’m not there yet.

Stroke Recovery, Your Village, The Power of YouStacie BroekNovember 8, 2020strokeawareness, strokerecovery, myvillage, lifeafterstroke, stroke healingComment

8 listening skills... to help battle aphasia

I can remember those months, after surviving my stroke, as some of hardest, darkest days I have ever experienced in my life. To say the simplest of words cost me an extraordinary amount of effort. I would like to share with you these listening tools that enhanced my recovery, expedited it and made it more pleasurable.

From a stroke survivor’s tool box, written for you.

Invisible Disabilities, Editor's PicksStacie BroekSeptember 27, 2020aphasia, aphasiaawareness, agraphia, nonfluentaphasia, strokerecovery, invisibledisabilities, youngstrokesurvivor Comments

Getting back to the basics

Stroke Recovery, The Power of You, MindStacie BroekSeptember 6, 2020findyour2pt0, strokeawareness, strokesurvivorness, strokerecovery

My 3 ingredients to finding your recovery groove

I have been there.... where you are…. slogging thru the days. It has taken me a long time to understand that without finding your recovery groove, your sweet spot, your true passion, you can get lost in a never-ending mountain of to-dos.

Stroke Recovery, Lifestyle, Editor's Picks, The Power of You, Your VillageStacie BroekAugust 16, 2020strokeawareness, strokewarrior, strokerecovery, strokesurvivor, yourrecoverygroove Comments

Why marriage and stroke have more in common that you think

Sometimes I think my marriage had a stroke

Stroke Recovery, Lifestyle, Editor's Picks, Your Village, Soul, Family BabeStacie BroekAugust 9, 2020strokeawareness, strokeofinsight, strokerecovery, strokesurvivorComment

I think I can, I think I can

4 fundamentals to live by during your recovery

Lifestyle, Most Popular, Stroke Recovery, Most Popluar, Invisible Disabilities, The Power of YouStacie BroekJuly 26, 2020strokerecovery, strokesurvivorness, strokeawareness, strokewarriorComment

She’s broken or she’s better

I have become a master of the black or white. There are no in-betweens for me. You either see a well-put-together master of disguise or a shockingly, unraveled woman coming apart at her seams. I am definitely broken.

Lifestyle, Stroke Recovery, Editor's Picks, Family, Family Babe, BodyStacie BroekJuly 5, 2020my2pt0, strokerecovery, strokeawareness, myvillage Comments

You are a bi*ch and a bully

After suffering a life-changing event, here are 7 steps I found to help mend the broken fences of my soul.

Stroke Recovery, Stroke Tales, Lifestyle, Your Village, SoulStacie BroekJune 28, 2020braininjury, braindamage, emotionalregulation, strokerecovery, strokeawareness Comments

Finding your stroke-recovery mojo

3 Steps to finding your stroke-recovery mojo:

#1 Take a Break

#2 Reconnect with Your Goals

#3 Set Yourself up for a Win

It sounds simple, right? To put it into action, to get back your stroke-recovery mojo or to just get you re-focused on your path read along.

Stroke Recovery, Lifestyle, The Power of YouStacie BroekMay 31, 2020strokerecovery, strokesurvivor, youngstrokesurvivor, strokewarriorComment

3 tips to get the most out of your stroke recovery

I wish someone had clued me in on these: 3 self-advocating TIPS on how to MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STROKE RECOVERY. (Especially the first one.)

Lifestyle, Most Popluar, Editor's Picks, Your Village, The Power of You, BodyStacie BroekMay 24, 2020strokerecovery, strokeawareness, strokesurvivorness, youngstrokesurvivor Comments

Finding your why.... a stroke survivor’s tale

Lifestyle, Most Popluar, Stroke Tales, My Village, The Power of You, SoulStacie BroekMay 17, 2020findingyourwhy, strokeawareness, strokewarrior, strokerecovery, strokesurvivor Comment

Believe it: A tale of stroke recovery-ness

When I hit my first stroke anniversary in February, I had feelings of elation.

I had made it so far!

Then the weeks passed by and I could feel my steam lessening with each day, trudging up the slippery slope of my recovery. I found it was work that was beneath me, in some ironical way.