Life after a stroke

PLUS: Embrace your regrets to live a more meaningful life [View this email online]( [NPR Health]( March 27, 2022 [Suzette Lohmeyer]( by [Suzette Lohmeyer]( Happy Sunday, Health fam! If you love sports, it's an exciting week. March Madness is as mad as usual (my bracket's crushed) and baseball is (finally) back! And maybe instead of just watching sports, we should all [get off the couch]( and get a little exercise too. This week, we look at coping with [life after a stroke]( and how to [help kids in crisis](. Plus, [embracing your regrets]( can help you live a more meaningful life. --------------------------------------------------------------- Moving on after a stroke [stroke image]( Qi Yang/Getty Images One morning in 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up to find that everything looked blurry and smeared. Bruni, then 52, soon learned that he'd experienced a rare kind of stroke that had irreparably damaged his optic nerve. The news was devastating. But after going through a period of shock and terror, Bruni saw himself at a decision point: He could fixate on what had been lost, or he could [focus on what remained](. He chose to do the latter. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Embrace your regrets [regrets image]( Kiersten Essenpreis for NPR Is living life with no regrets even possible? Maybe, but not for most of us. So, since regrets seem to be floating around in our heads anyway, what if instead of thinking of them as bad, we use regrets as a guide for better living? Here's a look at the different types of regrets and how we can [channel them toward a more meaningful life](. How to help kids in crisis [kids in crisis image]( Malaka Gharib/ NPR In times of crisis, parents and caregivers play a vital role in protecting children and helping them cope. But even providing the simplest acts of care to a child in an emergency can be a challenge. Here's what psychologists say are the [best ways to help them through]( it. [PLUS: How to help your kids reframe their anxiety — and reclaim their superpowers](. Before you go [Frankenstein image]( Francesco Zorzi - There's a new Frankenstein-like variant: [deltacron](. - Italian scientists hacked pizza physics to make [dough without yeast](. - The deadly mix of [COVID and schizophrenia](. - Listen: The future of the [human life span](. - The case of the $489,000 air [ambulance ride](. - Evidence grows that vaccines lower the risk of [getting long COVID](. We hope you enjoyed these stories. Find more of [NPR's health journalism]( on Shots and follow us on Twitter at [@NPRHealth](. All best, Suzette Lohmeyer and your Shots editors --------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. [Listen Live]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [shots@npr.org](mailto:shots@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! [They can sign up here.]( Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Goats & Soda, Daily News, Best of NPR and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Health emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]