He's Not Backsliding. He's Just Out Of Fuel. | #213
He did the whole thing Monday. Wednesday, he couldn't. If stroke recovery looks different every single day, some days willing, some days gone, here's the real reason, and it's not backsliding. If you'...
3 Sep 13min
He Could Say It Himself. He Doesn't. | #212
He can order his coffee just fine at home. In public, something else happens. Understand what's actually going on in addition to aphasia and find the solution. If you've been ordering for him, speakin...
27 Aug 15min
He Hasn't Given Up, Even Though It Looks Like It | 211
Not every silence after a stroke means someone's given up. If your husband has no motivation to do anything since his stroke or aphasia, here are the two most commonly confused reasons why, and the ...
20 Aug 14min
7 Reasons He Won't Get Off the Couch | #210
The couch isn't the diagnosis. It's the symptom of what's really happening in his brain after a stroke. If he has no motivation to do anything since his stroke or aphasia, here are the seven real re...
13 Aug 24min
Your Good Intentions May Be Taking Their Aphasia Voice | #209
Do you finish his sentences or jump in during the pause? If you love someone with aphasia, this explains how rushing takes away his voice. Although leaving would be easier, you stayed for love. Build...
6 Aug 10min
Is He Just Being Lazy After His Stroke? | #208
Why won't he do his exercises or try to talk anymore? If your husband has aphasia after a stroke, here is why he stopped trying, and it is not laziness. You thought leaving would be easier. You staye...
30 Jul 15min
She Had a Hemorrhagic Stroke and Became a Super Survivor | #207
Judy Cage had a massive hemorrhagic stroke at 39. She walked out of the rehab hospital two months later. Her colleagues thought she'd been on a leave of absence. What was actually happening: she was ...
23 Jul 20min
Her Good Intentions May Be Blocking His Aphasia Communication | #206
She loves him. She asks questions, checks in, fills the silence. But the way she's talking to him may be working against his brain, not with it, and that is not her fault. Rehab focused on him. But n...
16 Jul 28min
