Mindful Tees for Mental Health and Brain Injury Awareness: Wear Your Healing Journey
- jordanswellness
- 3 days ago
- 4 min read
Why This Message Matters
Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) come in many forms — from car accidents and concussions to medical harm like psychiatric treatments gone wrong (like my story that you can read here). Yet no matter how they happen, the emotional, cognitive, and sensory struggles that follow are often shared: overstimulation, memory issues, anxiety, isolation, and feeling unseen.
That’s why I created this collection. For brain injury awareness.
These pieces are more than apparel — they’re gentle messengers. They give voice to those of us living with invisible injuries, helping us advocate for space, compassion, and understanding in a world that often overlooks what it can’t see. When you wear these designs, you’re not just getting dressed — you’re helping raise awareness, reduce stigma, and make space for healing.
For anyone navigating a brain injury, mental health challenge, or neurological recovery, this is for you. You're not alone, and your journey deserves to be seen.
At Jordan’s Artful Wellness, I wanted to create and design a wearable collection born from lived experience — of trauma, healing, and the often invisible nature of mental and neurological struggles. Every design in this mental health and brain injury awareness line is more than just a tee or sweatshirt. It’s a gentle form of advocacy, a way to say: “I’m healing, and that matters.”
Take for example our “My Brain Needs Space” sweatshirt — a cozy, whimsical pullover that speaks to the often unseen challenges of cognitive overload, overstimulation, or post-injury recovery. With its soft fabric, lighthearted design, and message of “please be patient,” it’s not just cute — it’s empowering.
This shirt, like others in our collection, was created for those living with chronic brain symptoms, neurodivergence, or emotional overwhelm — and for anyone who’s ever needed space to process, heal, and be understood.
🧠 Why it matters:
Before I was diagnosed with a brain injury — or even knew I had one — I’ll admit I had no idea how complex and far-reaching the symptoms could be. I didn’t understand the level of resilience it would take to heal, or how isolating the journey would feel in a world not built to support brain injury recovery.
These days, I no longer attend restaurants, concerts, markets, or crowded events. The overstimulation — from noise, lights, or just too much motion — can quickly trigger a flare-up. Even within my inner circle, it’s hard to explain the invisible toll of something as simple as following a conversation. The mental processing, from comprehension to forming a response beyond “yes” or “okay,” can be exhausting.
That’s why I created this product line — for those of us living this quiet, daily struggle.
Whether you’ve experienced psychiatric harm, live with a brain injury, or simply need a way to express your boundaries with compassion, these tees are designed to speak for you when words are hard to find. They’re a gentle tool for self-advocacy — a way to invite understanding, spark conversation, and encourage grace.
One of the most helpful tools my speech therapist gave me was the language to explain my brain moments. These shirts echo that same idea: they help us stay present and connected while still honoring what’s happening beneath the surface — often invisible, but deeply real.
🌿 Sustainable and meaningful:
As a yoga instructor and massage therapist, I’ve come to deeply appreciate how the materials we surround ourselves with — from what we wear to what we put on our skin — impact our healing. When designing this line, I knew I wanted to create something that supported wellness from the inside out. That meant using clean, sustainable, and natural materials like organic cotton. Each piece is crafted with intention — not just to be worn, but to be felt. Whether you're gifting it, using it as quiet advocacy, or simply wrapping yourself in a gentle reminder that your healing matters, these pieces are here to support you.
🛒 Explore the full collection:
Ever since my brain injury from TMS, I’ve been searching for ways to speak out and raise awareness. I began by blogging my healing journey — including the long, frustrating path to even receive a diagnosis after my symptoms were repeatedly dismissed by doctors as “just a headache.” From there, I started creating short videos for Instagram and Facebook to share my experience and advocate for others — not just those harmed by TMS, but anyone navigating life after a brain injury. I also launched a support group on Reddit to provide a safe space for TMS-injured individuals and to help people understand the full story — both the risks of TMS and the often invisible challenges of traumatic brain injury. Through all of this, my goal is to be a voice for those who’ve been overlooked and to champion better mental health awareness and care and that is why this clothing line exists.
From empowering phrases to gentle, thoughtfully designed graphics that blend humor with honesty, this shop is a celebration of resilience, self-awareness, and the courage it takes to heal. Each piece is created to support those navigating mental health challenges, brain injuries, and invisible conditions — offering a voice where words are hard to find. Whether you're advocating for yourself or showing solidarity with someone you love, our tees are a soft but powerful reminder that slowing down, honoring your needs, and being seen matters.
Thank you for helping me spread awareness and compassion — one sweatshirt, one shirt, or one organic piece at a time.
With love and resilience,
Jordan
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