Introducing My New TikTok Series: TBI Bestie 💚🧠☀️

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Good (time of day loves!!),

   For this week's Living by the Sunshine blog, I wanted to share something I am incredibly excited about... A new chapter in my journey as a traumatic brain injury survivor, advocate, and friend to the brain injury community.

Introducing:

TBI Bestie 💚

   A new TikTok series created for survivors who are navigating life after a traumatic brain injury.

   When I experienced my TBI in 2015, I remember feeling overwhelmed, confused, and unsure of what life would look like moving forward. I had so many questions, and I wished I had someone who could say:

"I've been there. I understand. You're not alone."

   Over the years, through my own recovery journey, therapy, education, and connecting with other survivors, I've learned so much about what it means to rebuild your life after brain injury.

   Now, I want to share that knowledge and experience with others.

   TBI Bestie is my way of creating the friend and support system I wish I had when I was first injured.

Through this TikTok series, I’ll be sharing:

🧠 Things I wish I knew after my TBI
💚 Tips that helped me through recovery
☀️ Encouragement for the hard days
📚 Navigating school, work, and life after injury
🧩 Understanding brain fatigue, memory challenges, and emotional changes
✨ Celebrating the small victories that are actually big victories

This series is for:

  • Survivors who are newly injured and trying to understand their new reality

  • Survivors who are years into recovery but still face challenges

  • Family members and friends who want to better understand TBI

  • Anyone who needs a reminder that recovery is a journey

   One of the biggest lessons my brain injury has taught me is that healing does not happen overnight, and recovery does not follow a straight path.

   Some days are filled with progress. Some days are harder than others. But every day is another opportunity to learn, grow, and find your sunshine.

   Through TBI Bestie, I hope to create a safe space where survivors feel seen, heard, and supported.

   Because even though our injuries may have changed our lives, they do not take away our worth, our dreams, or our ability to create a meaningful future.

   I invite you to follow along with me on TikTok as I begin this new series and continue sharing my journey.

Welcome to TBI Bestie 💚


Your recovery journey matters. Your story matters. And you are never alone.

With sunshine,

Beatriz Del Pilar Rivero ☀️
TBI Survivor | Social Worker | Brain Injury Advocate
Founder of Finding Sunshine 🔆

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