Tag: organization
Dancing in the Rain
Posted: June 25, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload;, organization
href=”http://noggin-notions.com//wp-content/uploads/dancing-in-the-rain.jpg”> My cognitive therapist told me I need to make sure I don’t use too much cognitive energy in a day or I will be tired and unable to function very well the next. I must schedule my day so that I allow my brain to rest cognitively. This means doing things like listening to […]
Read more...Getting Organized (again)
Posted: May 30, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: iPad Mini, organization, overwhelmed
I’m getting involved in organizing a couple of things at church right now. Michael and I share an office and a desk at home which for the most part, works. I’m not good at sharing a computer and he really isn’t either – although he’s better at it than I am! It just doesn’t make […]
Read more...iPad Mini
Posted: May 11, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Android, iPad Mini, memory, mental fatigue, organization, resting brain
I bought an iPad Mini today. I recently saw a webinar about devices which will help make life easier for someone who has a TBI. It was really for folks who work with brain injury survivors and not for the survivors themselves. It’s funny because while I have many, many challenges now, I still can […]
Read more...Scars
Posted: April 17, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
This past Sunday was the first Sunday after Easter. When I went to Grace Covenant Presbyterian the picture on the left was on the cover of the bulletin. I looked at it and thought, ” what does a little girl ready to climb a ladder into heaven have to do with Easter?” When I read […]
Read more...“People-First” Language
Posted: March 12, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload;, disability, organization, stress
You’re probably wondering what a picture of the Y’s pool has to do with “people-first” language. Absolutely nothing. I don’t know how to put pictures throughout my post but I can post them at the beginning so you’ll have to wait until further down when I talk about the pool! This morning I emailed back and forth […]
Read more...Sunday School
Posted: March 13, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
I attend a Sunday School class at Grace Covenant Presbyterian called Knowing and Applying the Bible Every Day. We are studying a book on Matthew by Alyce M. McKenzie and different members of the class take two weeks to lead each chapter. I enjoy discussing the Scripture passage and we have some wonderful thinkers and […]
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