Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan

Wendy Lurrie
  • 5.0 (2)
  • MENTAL HEALTH

A podcast for anyone living in the After—the part of life that begins when injury, illness, burnout, caregiving, or grief rewrites the rules. Conversations with clinicians, thinkers, and survivors about nonlinear healing, updated expectations, and building a life that works with the body and brain you have now.

Episodes

  1. 3D AGO

    Vision Rehab After TBI | How Brain Injury Changes How We See

    Send us a text Vision is how we move through the world. After a traumatic brain injury, that relationship can change in ways that are often invisible, misunderstood, or dismissed. In this episode of Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan, Wendy Lurrie speaks with occupational therapist and vision rehabilitation specialist Kellianne Arnella about the complex link between brain injury and visual processing. They explore how TBI and concussions disrupt eye movement, spatial awareness, sensory integration, and perception. Symptoms that frequently fall through the cracks of the healthcare system. The conversation also challenges the idea that recovery is linear or binary, emphasizing neuroplasticity, accommodation, and individualized care as essential parts of meaningful rehabilitation. This episode is for anyone living in the “after” of brain injury. And for caregivers, clinicians, educators, and advocates seeking a deeper understanding of what recovery really requires. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestGuessistan Subscribe to our Substack: https://bestguessistan.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestguessistan/ Join the conversation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestguessistan/ New episodes drop weekly, featuring conversations with experts, caregivers, and people living in the After. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestGuessistan Subscribe to our Substack: https://bestguessistan.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestguessistan/ Join the conversation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestguessistan/

    1h 20m
  2. Life After Traumatic Brain Injury: Identity Loss, Healing, and the Origins of BestGuessistan

    JAN 5

    Life After Traumatic Brain Injury: Identity Loss, Healing, and the Origins of BestGuessistan

    Send us a text In this episode of Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan, host Wendy Lurrie is joined by Kim Lauersdorf, founder of Cosmic Shift, for an intimate conversation about life after traumatic brain injury. This is not a story about quick recovery or inspirational transformation. It’s a conversation about rupture. About what happens when a brain injury reshapes identity, language, work, and relationships, and when the healthcare and disability systems meant to help instead create more harm. Wendy shares her journey from a successful marketing career into the disorienting aftermath of TBI. She speaks candidly about denial, invisible pain, identity loss, and the challenge of explaining symptoms that medicine often cannot name. She reflects on navigating insurance, disability, workplace accommodations, and the emotional labor of constantly translating her experience to others. Out of this rupture came BestGuessistan. A conceptual world for people living in the After. A place for meaning-making, accommodation, and community when certainty is gone. This episode is for anyone living with traumatic brain injury, chronic illness, caregiving responsibilities, or any life-altering rupture. It’s also for anyone trying to understand how broken systems shape personal suffering, and what it takes to build something new when the old rules no longer apply. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestGuessistan Subscribe to our Substack: https://bestguessistan.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestguessistan/ Join the conversation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestguessistan/

    1h 14m
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A podcast for anyone living in the After—the part of life that begins when injury, illness, burnout, caregiving, or grief rewrites the rules. Conversations with clinicians, thinkers, and survivors about nonlinear healing, updated expectations, and building a life that works with the body and brain you have now.

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