Kicking off Brain Injury Awareness Month, Cristabelle welcomes guest Amy Zellmer for a conversation about living with TBI (traumatic brain injury), things that are often misunderstood about concussions/TBI, and why awareness is so important! Amy also shares her personal journey of a TBI that changed her life, and how it inspired her to become an advocate and fight to help others.
•CONNECT & MORE INFO•
Hosted by Cristabelle Braden
IG/FB: @declarationlife
http://cristabellebraden.com/declarationlife
•ABOUT AMY•
Amy Zellmer is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, Editor-in-chief of The Brain Health Magazine, and advocate of traumatic brain injury (TBI). She is a frequent contributor to Huff Post and Thrive Global, and has created a private Facebook group for survivors (Amy's TBI Tribe) and also produces a podcast series (Faces of TBI). She travels the country with her Yorkie, Pixxie, to help raise awareness about this silent and invisible injury that affects over 3.5 million Americans each year. In November, 2015 she released her first book, “Life With a Traumatic Brain Injury: Finding the Road Back to Normal” which received a silver award at the Midwest Book Awards in May, 2016. Her second book, “Embracing the Journey: Moving Forward After Brain Injury” was released March 2018. She is addicted to Starbucks Coffee and Miss Me jeans, and lives all things glittery and sparkly.
•CONNECT WITH AMY•
Faces of TBI: http://facesoftbi.com
The Brain Health Magazine: http://thebrainheathmagazine.com
The Brain Health Online Summit (happing throughout March!): https://thebrainhealthonlinesummit.com/
IG: @amyzellmer
Podcast: “Faces of TBI”
