Redefining Self
It’s one of the toughest questions that my former patients and now, current students ask me…..What do I do now that I have this new brain? Who am I supposed to be? Trying to find an answer is daunting, frustrating and frankly sometimes depressing. There is no easy answer, just like when you were graduating from high school and deciding “What are you going to be when you grow up?” The difference now is, your best laid out plans just took a detour. The new plan? First, Give yourself time to grieve. Schedule it and then pick an end point. “Saturday - I’m going to give myself until Saturday to feel like crap and then I’m going to move on”. Second, pick a starting point. It doesn’t have to be the…