Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

Resilience, Recovery, and Moving Forward: A Conversation with Lee Woodruff

30 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Lee Woodruff talks with Bob, who has aphasia from head trauma and struggles to find words. Bob's acceptance of his limitations, rather than fighting them, has been key to his recovery. Woodruff calls his progress almost miraculous and argues that embracing change, not resisting it, builds resilience after brain injury.

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If you talk to anybody who's had a head trauma in their family, there are very few people who return exactly the way they were. So Bob would tell you that he has aphasia, so he'll search for the word from time to time, and he's just— he's so guileless about it. It's kind of wonderful. He'll just say, oh, that's my brain injury. I can't find the word. But he's such a smart guy, he can often find the synonym. So I think it's accepting The things that are different, that's probably the difference between someone who's got a good recovery and not. I think there are people who won't accept that there are changes. It's a little bit like aging. You see people like, I can't believe I can't ski like that anymore. Well, no, you're 70 years old. Of course you can't. And so I think acceptance is a huge part of this. But he, I mean, he really has recovered miraculously.