Brain Injury Society Recommends Books

On this page we list the books that other people have found interesting, helpful, or funny. They can cover traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation, memory loss and other specific topics, or could just deal with stress, diet or humour.

A portion of the purchase price for each book purchased through our links to Amazon are donated directly back to the Powell River Brain Injury Society by Amazon.ca! Suggestions for our consideration can be emailed to info@braininjurysociety.ca

A Change of Mind

This is one family's journey through brain injury. Highly compelling and emotional. Straight from the heart.

Doing Up Buttons by Christine Durham

A deeply personal yet practical account of understanding head injury.

Gifts from the Broken Jar: Rediscovering Hope, Beauty and Joy by PJ Long

The book is just an excellent story of one woman's struggle as she learned to live with a brain injury. She talks in diary-fashion how she coped, how her family and friends acted and reacted and describes the changes she went through.

Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate

Written from the inside by a person who himself has ADD, with the wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of ADD as a genetically based illness, offering real hope and advice for children and adults who live with this disorder.

Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle

Tolle's message: "If we connect to the stillness within, we move behond our active minds and emotions and discover great depths of lasting peace, contentment and serenity." This message is taught in short simple pieces that anyone can easily understand

When the Body says No. by Gabor Mate

The cost of Hidden stress.