http://graymatters4u.com/myblog Your Company Tagline Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:46:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am so excited, this morning I started volunteering at a ranch that houses therapy horses.  Their focus is in working with soldiers with PTSD and TBI.  Since I am just getting started, I will be working from the ground up and with horses, you know what that means!!!  It's ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=78 Ways To Reduce The Risk Of Depression - Mental Attitude: 1. Exercise: Try a half-hour of moderate exercise, walking or swimming, 5 days a week. Exercise produces chemicals in the body that boost your mood and stimulate hormones and neurotransmitters, including endorphins, that can help reduce stress. 2. Strong, supportive relationships: ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=77 You deserve personal joy and blessings! I want you to do me a favor and look into your internal mirror and see how you responded to my opening, stating what you're entitled to.  Did you hurry on to read what came next?  Did you think to yourself,? - whatever!  Did you ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=75 Am looking for a non-profit that could be a Fiscal Sponsor for Gray Matters Mentoring.  This will be a client first program.  We were going to go through a local organization, but it turns out that their mission is not to give services for brain injury survivors.  My question is ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=73 I want to let you know something really exciting. I connected with this lady that lives down the street from me and I gave her a copy of my book to read.   She suffers from Parkinsons and she was really impressed.  Well, turns out she used to be one of ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=72 Mentoring provides very effective, personalized healing work for survivors of brain injury.  I am proud that we are putting  this program into action!!! The San Diego Brain Injury Foundation is interested in having this program be a part of their organization. I have been developing a mentoring program for survivors of ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=71 The San Diego Brain Injury Foundation presents the 3rd Annual Walk for Thought on Saturday, March 20th.  Heidi will be presenting and selling her book at this event. http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=70 Being arrested and held in custody can be a nerve-wracking experience for anyone; it can be dangerous for a survivor of a brain injury. In this article, Albert Finklestein will be used as an example. He was recently mistakenly arrested, was fired up and had much to say regarding ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=69 At the October Gray Matters Support Group, we had a very interesting meeting that touched on some hot topics. One of our members (who shall remain nameless) had a terrible experience as he was wrongly arrested. He told his story and it led a lively conversation regarding some ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=67 It’s been quite some time I’ve been traveling on this route, No one ever told me What it was all about, I’ve been probed to my core, Sometimes I wonder What it’s all for, I’m affected on the inside Morning, noon and night, My friends and family Say it will be all right. But what do they know? They’ve never been down ... http://graymatters4u.com/myblog/?p=66