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Two-Part Series Including Creative Music and Art Therapy for the Brain-Damaged. Second, Art Therapy
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Two-Part Series Including Creative Music and Art Therapy for the Brain-Damaged. Second, Art Therapy

Joyce HoffmanMay 22, 2025May 22, 2025
My father majored in art in high school, and he started college but didn't graduate because World War 2 came along and he wanted to serve. He taught me how...
Two-Part Series Including Creative Music and Art Therapy for the Brain-Damaged. First, Music Therapy
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Two-Part Series Including Creative Music and Art Therapy for the Brain-Damaged. First, Music Therapy

Joyce HoffmanMay 17, 2025May 22, 2025
When I was eight-years-old, I started studying classical music--Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Chopin, Tchaikovsky--and the whole gamut. My favorite was Rachmaninoff, who was of Russian ancestry, and I thought of my...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Both the Children and the Parents Who Care for Them
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Both the Children and the Parents Who Care for Them

Joyce HoffmanFebruary 2, 2025February 2, 2025
I never knew anyone who had a stroke until I got one at 61 years old. How can that be given the numbers of nearly 800,000 individuals have a new...
The 10 Ways Brain-Injury Survivors SHOULD Act
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The 10 Ways Brain-Injury Survivors SHOULD Act

Joyce HoffmanOctober 4, 2024October 4, 2024
Those who know me recognize the limitations I encounter with pain every day. I pretend the pain isn't there when it's mild discomfort, and sometimes that works. If I wait...
Meditation and Mindfulness: A 2-Part Series–Mindfulness
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Meditation and Mindfulness: A 2-Part Series–Mindfulness

Joyce HoffmanSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024
Of course, the dog in the picture above has it right--sun and trees, absolutely in the moment and without judgement. The person? Judgements all over the place in that person's...
Meditation and Mindfulness: A 2-Part Series–Meditation
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Meditation and Mindfulness: A 2-Part Series–Meditation

Joyce HoffmanSeptember 6, 2024September 9, 2024
I knew what meditation was a long time ago in the early '60's when the Beat (you might call it beatnik) generation used to meditate, along with saying the repetitious...
Budget-Friendly Health and Nutrition Tips for Senior Stroke Survivors
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Budget-Friendly Health and Nutrition Tips for Senior Stroke Survivors

Joyce HoffmanNovember 8, 2023November 8, 2023
The article was contributed by Claire Wentz, my random guest contributor. It was written with a focus on seniors, but all age groups can learn what to do. After all,...
You Never Know Until You Do
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You Never Know Until You Do

Joyce HoffmanAugust 3, 2023August 3, 2023
This story comes to us as a reprint from https://www.heart.org/  I'm sharing the story with all of you. Sometimes, with support, it works out. ------ Late one evening, Dawn Berry...
Traveling the World for Absolutely Nothing
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Traveling the World for Absolutely Nothing

Joyce HoffmanJuly 19, 2023August 1, 2023
I'm traveling alone. That way, no arguments. I've been in every continent, but I missed a lot of sites. I'll see them later, or not. My choice and no else...
Procrastination and the Brain-Injured: Now I Have a Bonafide Reason for Bad Choices
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Procrastination and the Brain-Injured: Now I Have a Bonafide Reason for Bad Choices

Joyce HoffmanJuly 11, 2023July 12, 2023
This is the story of procrastination, but first, some history. Stay with me here. I waited 8 years to get a sinus operation, 10 years to get a colonoscopy, and...

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