On A Good Day

De: Elizabeth Callaghan and Julia Ajayi
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  • On A Good Day is the podcast delving into brain injury and its impact on all involved. Hosted by Elizabeth Callaghan and Julia Ajayi, our lives changed forever after our husbands suffered a brain injury. It also had a ripple effect on others in our wider family and community. We’ll be sharing our experiences to help others feel more connected, get inspiring stories from people affected by brain injury and learn more about the condition from our specialist guests. Expect honest conversations about what goes on behind closed doors: the challenges and triumphs, the good days and the not so good days. Come join us as we aim to strengthen the communities of people impacted by brain injury and empower others in a similar situation to help them feel less alone and better equipped to take on any challenges - so we can all have more of the good days.
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  • #45 Balancing a Busy Life and Brain Injury - with Julia Ajayi and Elizabeth Callaghan
    Mar 27 2025
    Life is busy. We all seem to be living increasingly hectic lives and when you add in brain injury, it can be even more overwhelming. In this episode, Elizabeth and Julia open up about their challenges as they try to balance life, work, children, managing a house and a husband with a brain injury. With searing honesty, the two hosts talk about managing fatigue, communication and trying to plan days and weeks. They also discuss the importance of taking time for themselves, although admit it is often hard to find. They share some of the ways the overcome the challenges but fully admit they don't have all the answers but know talking and listening really helps! They hope this episode helps you! Previous episodes referenced in this show include, Sara Chalice on Who Cares for the Carer, Serena Banfield story of finding the positives after stroke following her dad's brain injury when she was a teenager. Plus, Fleur Iananzzo's episode on how to navigate changing money situations On A Good Day Thank you for listening to On A Good Day! Please go back and catch up on any missed episodes. For a full recap of Elizabeth and Julia's stories, listen to episode #1: How Brain Injury Came Into Our Lives - And Changed Them Forever. Please share this podcast with others it will benefit and subscribe, rate and review to help make it more visible! We'd be so grateful! Connect with Us On Instagram @onagood.day and X @onagood_day And you can join our Facebook community too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 m
  • #44 How To Navigate Changing Financial Situations and Responsibilities - with Money and Wellness Coach Fleur Iannazzo
    Feb 21 2025
    What are your emotions around money? How can you navigate changes in your financial situation when faced with a life changing circumstance such as brain injury? In this episode of On A Good Day, Elizabeth and Julia are joined by money coach and author Fleur Iannazzo to get an insight into our behaviours around money and how to recognise and work on changing them. They discuss the impact brain injury can have on finances and how this affects our emotions. Fleur talks about the grief and anger that can be felt following a change in a financial situation and how start having conversations with those close to you. Even though she has been in finance for over 20 years and is a money coach, Fleur is fully aware of her own challenges around money which has enabled to help others with theirs. Fleur is the author of The Money Pizza, the slice by slice guide to being your own money coach, available to buy from AND the founder of WTF money. In this episode we also referred to our conversation with Alice Hamilton from Citizens Advice about how to claim benefits. On A Good Day Thank you for listening to On A Good Day! Please go back and catch up on any missed episodes. For a full recap of Elizabeth and Julia's stories, listen to episode #1: How Brain Injury Came Into Our Lives - And Changed Them Forever. Please share this podcast with others it will benefit and subscribe, rate and review to help make it more visible! We'd be so grateful! Connect with Us On Instagram @onagood.day and X @onagood_day And you can join our Facebook community too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h
  • #43 How Does a Neurosurgeon Help Fix The Brain? - with Neurosurgeon Kevin Tsang
    Jan 23 2025
    It's often perceived as one of the toughest jobs in medicine, but what does a day in the life of a neurosurgeon look like and how is it set to change over the next ten years? In this episode, Elizabeth and Julia speak to Kevin Tsang, a neurosurgeon working at Queen Mary and Charing Cross hospitals in London. He talks to them about some of the difficult conversations he has with patient's family and the tough decisions needed during moments of crisis. Seeing patients in his clinic following their operatinons has given him a renewed perspective on how far people can improve and how everyone's quality of life is different. Kevin also shares his insights into how far neurosurgery has come in the past ten years and what the future looks like with increased used of robots, virtual reality and Artificial Intelligence. On A Good Day Thank you for listening to On A Good Day! Please go back and catch up on any missed episodes. For a full recap of Elizabeth and Julia's stories, listen to episode #1: How Brain Injury Came Into Our Lives - And Changed Them Forever. Please share this podcast with others it will benefit and subscribe, rate and review to help make it more visible! We'd be so grateful! Connect with Us On Instagram @onagood.day and X @onagood_day And you can join our Facebook community too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 m
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