
A Battle Within
Welcome to A Battle Within!This is a podcast where Terry and Drew Niemann tell our stories and share the stories of our guests living with Traumatic Brain Injuries with an emphasis on Post Concussion Syndrome.We offer the trials, the challenges, the wins, and the lessons learned along the way. The conversations are real, raw and uncensored at times.We also explore what things are like for the caregivers, families and friends walking through this with the Warrior. We call these folks Battle Buddies.Through the podcast we aim to:1. Help others going through Post Concussion Syndrome and Traumatic Brain Injury develop a sense of community through the stories.2. Provide a greater sense of awareness with the "Invisible Injury". Living with a brain injury clearly indicated to us society has very little understanding.3. Get help ourselves!. We hope to learn by doing, and hopefully this will lead to further understanding.A Battle Within is a very intentional name. It comes from the fact that many with a Traumatic Brain Injury go through an ongoing private internal fight, a battle to find themselves again, or somebody new. Join us each week for the conversation wherever you listen!Connect with us at abattlewithin.com and on Facebook and on Instagram at A Battle Within.If you would like to be featured on the podcast , or know of someone you think should be, please reach out in those same places.You can also leave a voice message on the recorder on the home page of the website if that's your preference as well! Got any ideas for episode topics? Reach out with ideas too.If you like what you hear and want to support the program, the best way to do that is to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcast Also be sure to check out the Battle Within swag shop at abattlewithin.com/swag***Please note that Terry and Drew are not medical professionals nor should their perspectives be taken as medical advice.***Keep Battling!
Episodes
166 episodes
162: Terry's Takes 162
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 162, Terry, the inspiration for the program will join us shortly....We are back at it again with another installment of Terry's Takes!
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Episode 162
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26:20

161: Heather Rendulic - Beauty in the Chaos
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 161. For today's conversation we had to go without Terry unfortunately, she was having a bad case of "Brain Drain."Despite that we are able to offer a fa...
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Episode 161
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49:21

160: Anessa Arehart is Finding Everyday Magic
Here we go with Episode 160 with today's guest Anessa Arehart.The native of the Bluegrass state of Kentucky allows us to peek into her world today! The artist tells us of her two brain injuries over a 53 day wind...
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Episode 160
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1:04:05

159: New Hobbies in the Aftermath
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!As we all know, a TBI leads to so many things that are unexpected and frustrating. Aside from the medical component, this rings true in other areas of a Warriors life such as relationships and doing thi...
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Episode 159
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28:09

158: Gregg Grossman is Finding Himself
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 158, Terry, the inspiration for the program will join us shortly along with today's guest Gregg Grossman.Gregg the native New Yorker, living in Tex...
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Episode 158
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49:37

157: Kevin McDonald Has a "Renewed" Commitment
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 157 with today's guest Kevin McDonald.This is Kevin's second visit to the program. Back in 2019 we shared Kevin's story and all the advocacy work ...
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Episode 157
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47:47

156: Rebounding Like Dennis Rodman
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Years ago we used to watch the Chicago Bulls play basketball quite often. At onw point during the Jordan days Dennis Rodman joined the team. The man was brought in purely for one reason - to rebound and...
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Episode 156
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25:20

155: Thea James - Working From the Ground Up
Here we go with Episode 155 with today's guest Thea James.We finally get to have Thea on the program!The high energy and positive Warrior tells us a bit about her journey to date. The road traveled inc...
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49:43

154: Living in Ambiguity
Here we go with Episode 154!In recent times we have all been living our lives with a very real strong sense of uncertainty. Don't think anyone has really been unaffected by the pandemic.Unbeknownst to ...
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Episode 154
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33:24

153: Deb Brandon's Brain Had Other Ideas
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with episode 153 with Deb Brandon.We got to have this amazing conversation today due to previous guest and Battle Buddy Donna O'Connell Figurski and Terry and I are grateful as she pu...
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Episode 15
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1:00:07

152: Seeing the World Differently
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 152It's been about 3 years since the last time we checked in with Terry to see how she views the world differently sine her injuries.Today we chat and t...
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Episode 152
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35:16

151: Dr. Shane Steadman - Building the Immune System
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 151 with today's guest Dr. Shane Steadman.Dr. Steadman is a Chiropractic Functional Neurologist. He and his team, at his clinic, Integra...
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Episode 151
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59:44

150: Drew in the Hot Seat
Today is Episode 150 Warriors and Battles Buddies! To mark the occasion we are offering something a little different.Today, Terry has Drew in the so called "Hot Seat"! Usually he's the one asking the que...
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Episode 150
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32:33

149: Terry's Takes 12.0
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with episode 149!It's been a few months since we've had this offering, but it was fun to get back at it!If you new this is where I ask Terry about 3 topics and she o...
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Episode 149
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32:56

148: Danielle and Jessica Kantola Are Being Positive
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with episode 148 with Danielle and Jessica Kantola.A few years back Danielle is working as a free lance artist a tree planter in the Canadian Rockies and falls off a cliff. The...
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Episode 148
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55:20

147:Veronique Theberge and the Weird Wonderful Brain
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with episode 147 with Veronique Theberge!Vero, as she likes to be called joins us from New Zealand where she lives with her family in a somewhat remote area. Her brain injury occurred...
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Episode 147
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56:34

146: Defining Your Battles
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 146!Back in 2013 I read a book that has been very influential on my life called Die Empty by Todd Henry. Looking back on it, I realized that I did so in the same w...
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Episode 146
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29:00

145: Brainstorming with Colleen Curtice
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 145!Colleen offered to come on the program as she was a former client of prior guest, Chelsie Moore. She felt it important to share her story and h...
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Episode 145
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53:02

144: Managing the Holidays
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 144!Here we are, at the beginning of the holiday season!All is gearing up. The bright lights are soon to be flashing, the noise and holiday music will s...
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Episode 144
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32:00

143: Fasting, Will It Help?
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies! Here we go with Episode 143.A few episodes ago we presented some things that we have considered to be Building Blocks in Terry healing. One of those blocks was Fasting.<...
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Episode 143
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44:38

142: Embracing Unique with Alison Rheaume
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we are with Episode 142!Back in February 2016, Alison became part of this community when she was hit in the head by a commercial door, recovered and then the same year Alison had exp...
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Episode 142
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1:03:14

141: Celebrate the Wins with Emily and Warren Goss
Here we go with Episode 141, Terry, the inspiration for the program will join us shortly along with today's guests Emily Goss and her father Warren.Emily offered to come onto the program about a mont...
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Episode 141
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57:41

140: Building Blocks
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here with go with Episode 140!Healing from a Traumatic Brain Injury is one of those situations where one must do do step by step. We are all aware that it doesn't happen all at once, nor overnig...
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Episode 140
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50:54

139: Flattening the Nerve with Alexa Frongillo
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 139 with today's guest Alexa FrongilloAlexa spent a year traveling the world as she worked remotely. At one point she get T-boned on her bike by a car while ...
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Episode 139
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56:33

138: Can a TBI Change Your Life for the Better?
Hello Warriors and Battle Buddies!Here we go with Episode 138!Is it actually possible to move your life along and actually develop as a person after a TBI? We think so around here and believe whole-heartily that it is certainly po...
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Episode 138
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31:51
