S2/ E2: Be Where Your Feet Are

In this episode of Lights On, Erin and Amanda are joined by their friend, Jennifer Konsker, MD, FAAP—a physician and mom whose son Henry experienced a traumatic brain injury about a year and a half ago. Jennifer shares the disorienting shift that happens when you leave the structured, predictable world of the hospital and attempt to re-enter everyday life, often feeling isolated, emotionally overloaded, and untethered from former relationships. The conversation explores how relationships change after TBI, including Henry’s breakup, evolving friendships, sibling dynamics, and the tension of not wanting to be defined by brain injury. One of the episode’s most powerful themes is the idea of mourning who your child was while becoming genuinely curious about who they are becoming.