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What If Your “Broken” Brain Can Reconnect
Send us Fan Mail Herbert Heagh-Avritt Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Ask Win: http://askwinpodcast.weebly.com/. Please donate to Ask Win by going to Payment Venmo Win1195 at https://venmo.com/. Park Land with Win: https://parklanejewelry.com/rep/winc?_k=bb50de368afeec410814b4cd07e5b80c95da0353b25774d8fe4f5a53ebf0b753. On Ask Win today (Wednesday, September 23, 2026), Best-Selling Author, Win C welcomes Herbert Heagh-Avritt. Herbert is a cognitive brain training coach, speaker, and traumatic brain injury survivor who has firsthand experience rebuilding his own brain function and regaining his capacity for life. Today, as a “personal trainer for your brain,” Herb shows other TBI survivors how to strengthen cognitive function, rebuild capacity, and discover what may still be possible for their lives. To learn more about Herbert visit http://herb-brain-training.vibepreview.com A brain injury can take more than memory, it can take your emotional control, your work, your routines, and the feeling that you’re still you. Herbert Hay Averett joins us to tell the full story behind his snowboarding crash, the years of confusion that followed, and the moment he realised motivation alone was not restoring his cognitive capacity. He shares what the dark stretch looked like, what kept him here, and why the road back often comes in slow, hard-earned steps. We talk about neuroplasticity in plain language and why “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” is simply wrong. Herbert explains how he discovered the Kennedy Method and combat brain training, and what changed when he started exercising multiple cognitive processes at once, including working memory, anticipation, focus, and processing speed. The surprising part is how these shifts show up in everyday life: cooking dinner faster, completing projects without getting lost, and getting distance from the loud, negative internal voice many TBI survivors recognise. We also zoom out to veterans dealing with repetitive concussive trauma, depression, homelessness, and a suicide rate that should stop all of us in our tracks. Finally, we dig into who this kind of cognitive training may help, including people with ADHD, autism, disabilities, and even those who simply want a stronger, more efficient brain. If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it. What’s one daily task your brain makes harder than it should be right now? Support the show
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