Brain Northwest

10/14/2026

!!Class Announcement!!

🧠 Traumatic Growth and Life After a Brain Injury

📅 Thursday, October 15 | 11:00 AM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom

Register here: https://givebutter.com/traumatic-growth-and-life-and-life-after-a-brain-injury-ii9ucj

A brain injury can change the course of a life, but change is not always synonymous with loss.

Join Brain Northwest for an engaging conversation with Caren Sumption as we explore post-traumatic growth after traumatic and acquired brain injury.

Together, we’ll reflect on how life after brain injury can bring changes in perspective, relationships, priorities, identity, and our sense of what’s possible.

💚 We’ll also explore an important truth: growth and grief can exist side by side. There is no single path to healing, and recognizing growth doesn’t mean minimizing the challenges or losses that may come with brain injury.

Whether you’re a brain injury survivor, family member, caregiver, or professional, we invite you to join us for this meaningful conversation about change, resilience, and possibility.

10/06/2026

🌱 Finding Your Values
Wednesday, October 7 @ 2 PM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom

Why do some choices feel easy, while others leave you going back and forth?

Often, it comes down to values—what matters most to you and guides how you want to live.

When you have a clearer sense of your values, it's easier to make decisions with confidence, stay grounded, and spend your energy on what matters most.

Join us for the first class in our fall values series!
In this class, we’ll explore:
✨ What values are
✨ How to identify the values that matter most to you
✨ How to use your values to guide everyday decisions

Come curious, come as you are, and take some time to focus on what matters most to you. 💚

Register today! You’ll receive a Zoom link by email after registering.

Register here: https://givebutter.com/finding-your-values-jr7hjg

09/30/2026

🧠🌿 RECLAIM YOUR BRAIN: FINDING YOUR RHYTHM
Wednesday, September 30 @ 1 PM PDT
Live on Zoom
Register here: https://givebutter.com/reclaim-your-brain-finding-your-rhythm-navigating-life-after-a-brain-injury-can-feel-overwhelming-but-you-dont-have-to-figure-it-out-alone-nz0ec8

Navigating life after a brain injury can feel overwhelming. Finding a rhythm that works for your energy, needs, and recovery can make everyday life feel a little more manageable.

Join us for the Reclaim Your Brain Series, a practical, expert-guided series created specifically for brain injury survivors and caregivers.

Throughout the series, Katriel Holloway will lead three practical sessions focused on building greater stability, confidence, and safety in everyday life.

Together, we’ll explore:
🌿 Restoring Calm — Tools for managing stress and creating a greater sense of calm.
💚 Improving Mental Health — Strategies to support emotional well-being and resilience.
🏡 Creating a Safe Home Environment — Practical ways to make your home work better for your needs.
⏰ September Session: Finding Your Rhythm

Our first session focuses on creating a more sustainable 24-hour timeline—one that takes into account your energy, needs, routines, and recovery.

Katriel will introduce Parallel Pacing, a practical approach designed to help reduce anxiety, decision fatigue, and the feeling that you’re constantly trying to keep up.

You’ll learn strategies you can begin using right away to bring more structure, balance, and predictability to your day.

Come learn with us, ask questions, and leave with practical tools you can use in everyday life.

Register today! Once you register, you’ll receive the Zoom link by email.

09/22/2026

🌿 Leisure Exploration Series 🌿
📅 Wednesday, September 23
⏰ 4:30 PM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom

What does leisure really mean — and why does it matter to our overall well-being?

Join Brain Northwest for an introductory Leisure Exploration class with Meadow Amster as we take a closer look at the activities, interests, and experiences that bring meaning and enjoyment to our lives.

Leisure can be about so much more than simply “having fun.” It can create opportunities for joy, relaxation, creativity, connection, exploration, and a sense of purpose. 💚

During this class, we’ll explore what leisure looks like in our own lives and how things like brain injury, changes in abilities, energy levels, interests, and circumstances can affect how we participate in the activities we enjoy.

This is a chance to learn, reflect, ask questions, and get curious about what brings you enjoyment and meaning.

✨ Bring your questions, ideas, and curiosity — and come explore with us!

Register here: https://givebutter.com/leisure-exploration-series-mfchzp

You’ll receive the Zoom link by email after registering.

We look forward to exploring leisure together with Meadow as our guide! 💙

By Brain Northwest

09/17/2026

🧠 Building Resilience After Brain Injury with Cy Clarke!

📅 Friday, September 18 @ 4:30 PM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom — link sent via email after you register

Life after a brain injury can bring unexpected changes, challenges, and uncertainty. Resilience doesn't mean simply "bouncing back" or pretending things are okay — it's about learning how to adapt, find your footing, and build new ways of moving forward.

In this class, we'll explore what resilience can look like after brain injury and how it can be strengthened over time. We'll talk about managing setbacks, adjusting to change, recognizing your strengths, and developing practical strategies that support emotional well-being and everyday life.

Together, we'll explore ways to:
✅ Build confidence and self-awareness
✅ Navigate setbacks and difficult days
✅ Develop healthy coping strategies
✅ Create routines and supports that promote stability
✅ Recognize progress, even when it feels small
✅ Reconnect with purpose, hope, and the things that matter to you

Whether you're newly navigating life after a brain injury or have been living with its effects for years, this class offers a supportive space to learn, reflect, and discover tools for building resilience — one step at a time.

📝 Register now — https://givebutter.com/building-resilience-after-brain-injury-with-cy-clarke-a9sq2u

09/09/2026

🧠 HOLDING THE CHANGE

Thursday, September 10 @ 11 AM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom
Register here: https://givebutter.com/holding-the-change-grief-and-ambiguous-loss-after-brain-injury-0uhazv

Holding the Change: Grief and Ambiguous Loss After Brain Injury
Grief after brain injury can be complex, ongoing, and difficult to name. Changes in identity, abilities, relationships, and expectations can leave us grieving a life that may feel unfamiliar or unresolved.

This three-part series explores ambiguous loss and what it means to live with grief after traumatic or acquired brain injury.
Session 3: Carrying the Grief

Our final session focuses on carrying grief forward, rather than waiting for it to completely resolve.

We’ll explore:
• Grief that doesn’t fully “complete”
• Building a life with loss
• The cyclical nature of grief
• Navigating triggers like holidays, milestones, and anniversaries
• Creating a simple “Grief Plan” for difficult days

Join us for reflection, conversation, and practical tools for making room for grief while continuing to build a meaningful life. 💙

09/07/2026

🧠 MOVING FORWARD: WHEN LIFE GETS IN THE WAY OF OUR GOALS

📅 Tuesday, September 8
⏰ 11:00 AM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom

Register here: https://givebutter.com/moving-forward-a-therapists-guide-to-building-meaningful-goals-after-a-brain-injury-5e6jar

Join us for the second session of Dr. Whitley Grant Goodman’s Goals Series, where we’ll explore the real-life challenges that can make it difficult to reach the goals we set for ourselves.
Living with brain injury can bring unexpected obstacles. Fatigue, frustration, memory difficulties, emotional setbacks, and changes in motivation can all affect our ability to stay on track.
In this session, we’ll explore practical, therapist-informed strategies to help you:

✨ Manage obstacles and unexpected setbacks
✨ Strengthen resilience
✨ Develop supportive routines
✨ Adjust your goals without giving up
✨ Build consistency while practicing self-compassion

This will be a practical and encouraging conversation focused on tools you can use in everyday life to keep moving forward — even when things don’t go as planned.

💙 You don’t have to give up on your goals just because the path changes.

Register today and join us on Zoom!

After you register, you’ll receive the Zoom link by email.

09/03/2026

As we move into the fall season, we’re ramping up to provide some amazing new classes, launch our new program, ANCHOR, continue our phone resource line, and host our second virtual conference. 🍂💙

Please help us continue this important work and make sure survivors and caregivers have access to the support, resources, education, and hope they need.

Your support makes this work possible.

Donate here: https://givebutter.com/qqAsZu

09/02/2026

🧠 Anti-Inflammatory Eating

📅 Friday, September 4 @ 1 PM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom

Register here: https://givebutter.com/anti-inflammatory-eating-njen2d

Join us for a conversation about chronic inflammation and how it can affect the body. We’ll explore common signs and symptoms, contributing factors, and the connection between inflammation and everyday health.

In this class, Jessica will review foods and eating patterns associated with inflammation, foods that may help support a healthier inflammatory response, and current research on anti-inflammatory dietary approaches.

We’ll also introduce the gut microbiome and explore how lifestyle factors such as sleep, stress, physical activity, to***co, and alcohol can influence inflammation.

✨ Practical strategies for incorporating more anti-inflammatory foods and healthy habits into everyday life will be included.

Come learn along with us! 🌱

08/31/2026

🏃‍♀️💙 RUNNING YOUR OWN RACE 💙🏃‍♂️
Tuesday, September 1 | 2 PM PDT | Live on Zoom

How often do we find ourselves comparing our progress to someone else’s?

After brain injury, it can be especially easy to look around and wonder, “Why am I not further along?” or “Why does their recovery look so different from mine?”

Join Caterina for a supportive conversation about letting go of comparison and learning to define progress on your own terms.

Together, we’ll explore self-compassion, intrinsic motivation, and practical ways to recognize the progress that matters to YOU. 🌱

✨ You’ll leave with:
• A better understanding of comparison and how to redirect it
• Personal ways to measure progress based on your own values
• Self-compassion tools you can use right away
• Strategies for staying grounded in your own journey
• A renewed understanding that your healing path is your own — and your pace is just right for you

Who is this for?
Survivors, caregivers, and anyone interested in defining progress on their own terms.

📅 Tuesday, September 1
⏰ 2 PM PDT
💻 Live on Zoom

Register here: https://givebutter.com/running-your-own-race-wey6fx

When you register, you’ll receive the Zoom link by email.