When my friend Cait first told me about her brain injury from a college lacrosse game, I was taken aback by the gravity of her situation and the resilience she's shown since. Her two-year confinement to a dark room, once a standard treatment for such injuries, speaks volumes about the evolution of medical understanding and the personal strength required to endure such isolation. Our conversation peels back the layers of her experiences, from the initial misdiagnosis to the eventual discovery of a life-threatening cyst, revealing a story of transformation as much as it is about recovery. Cait's emotional journey, and the critical support of family and friends, illustrates the profound ways we lean on each other through adversity, and how such bonds can guide us to unexpected havens of healing, like the yurt village that became her sanctuary. The pow ...