Ep 042: Causeway and Traumatic Brain Injury
In the penultimate episode of our second season, we’re looking at the experiences and representation of Traumatic Brain Injuries, or TBIs, with our guest, Naomi Mellor. Naomi is an equine veterinarian and podcaster, who not only runs a podcast production company but also founded the amazing International Women’s Podcast Awards.
We discuss how a TBI can impact you with symptoms like headaches, neuro exhaustion, double vision, depth perception issues, sensory stimulation overload, and how Naomi spent 23 hours a day in bed after her accident.
Lastly, we talk about the representation of TBIs in film and TV and how Naomi would love to see more stories about the subtlety and variety of the effects of TBIs and what the long-term impact is on your brain, body, and mental health. We also talk about the film Causeway and how it is one of the few films dealing with some of the lasting effects of TBIs.
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Naomi Mellor is the founder of Everybody Media and the International Women's Podcast Awards. To many people's surprise, she was a veterinary surgeon for 10 years before venturing into the podcast world, initially as a self-taught host and producer, before going on to produce shows for a range of clients. Naomi is passionate about the use of podcasting to create social change, and is a strong advocate of raising the voices of women and people of marginalised genders in the industry through community building and collaboration.
She was involved in a significant motor vehicle collision in April 2023 and suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result, so has been learning to accommodate her own needs in a different way since then.
REFERENCES
Smashing the Ceiling (Naomi’s podcast) - interviews with women with unusual and interesting careers.
Headway - A brain injury charity in the UK that provides printouts and good advice for those with brain injury via stroke, accident, etc., as well as information for family and loved ones
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