You’re Invited: August 19 – Brain Injury Awareness Week Event 2024

Key Speaker

Myra Fordham

Myra Fordham is a proud Malngin Gurindji and Wokka Wokka woman, an award-winning leadership expert, best-selling author, mentor and coach. She is also a brain injury survivor.

Acquiring her brain injury after an assault from her ex-boyfriend, Myra spent 11 days in a coma before undergoing brain surgery and intensive rehabilitation to learn to walk and speak again, and to overcome depression, anxiety and PTSD.

Her experiences shaped her determination to find a way to help others move forwards after trauma, leading her to start her consultant business, Myra Fordham Coaching, which focuses on helping people to master their mindsets, gain clarity, confidence and find purpose. In 2023, Myra was named Darwin NAIDOC Person of the Year, and has been nominated for countless other awards for her work in this space.

Myra joins us for Brain Injury Awareness Week 2024 where she will share the wisdom of her experiences, and guide attendees on a journey of empowerment to believe in hope, and to find inner strength to embrace life after brain injury.

Rowena Holmes

Rowena is a Clinical Psychologist, with specialist experience working with individuals with acquired brain injury, and a keen interest in the role of trauma, mental health and social wellbeing in neurorehabilitation.

She will be speaking about key psychological approaches to build empowerment, resilience and foster strengths after brain injury.