Onword Therapy

07/17/2024

Shining the BIRTHDAY spotlight on one of the sweetest people you will ever meet - our therapist, Sherrey Stich! 🥳We love you, Sherrey! 🥰 Wishing you an amazing birthday and year ahead! Enjoy! 🤍

07/12/2024

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to our driven, dynamic, and delightful therapist, Jena! 🥳 Thank you for all you do to spread kindness and positivity to everyone you encounter! We hope you have the best day ever! 🤍🙂

07/03/2024

Wishing you a happy and safe 4th of July! Our office will be closed on July 4th and 5th. 🇺🇸

06/20/2024

Happy First Day of SUMMER!

Just a reminder, our office closes at 2:00pm on Fridays until after Labor Day.

"I've found that there is always some beauty left- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you" - Anne Frank

06/16/2024

Wishing a Happy Father's Day to all the dads and fatherly figures! Thankful for our own dads for all the love and lessons they have taught us over the years to be hard-working and determined women!

06/02/2024

Katy, we hope your birthday is as fabulous as you are! 🤍🥳 The world is much kinder, brighter, and better because you are in it! We love and appreciate you! 🥰 Happy Birthday! 🤍

05/29/2024

05/28/2024

Happy birthday dear, Whitney - Happy Birthday to YOU! 🎶🥳 We admire so much about Whitney! 🤍 She is driven, smart, warmhearted, personable, resourceful, and an all around exceptional person! To know her is to love her! 🥰 Join us in wishing Whitney an extra special birthday! 🎉

05/27/2024

“On this day, take time to remember those who have fallen. But on everyday after, do more; put the freedom they died for to greater and nobler uses” - Richelle E. Goodrich 🇺🇸

05/22/2024

Did you know that May is also Mental Health Awareness Month? Just a reminder that your mental health matters and it is okay to ask for help. 💛

05/21/2024

We had a fun morning as a team baking some delicious treats for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House- Fargo!

05/18/2024

May 18th is National Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Appreciation Day! We LOVE what we do! 🩵🤍

05/12/2024

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing mamas out there! We are especially grateful for our own mothers and the positive influence they have had on raising us to be strong and loving women! 💚

05/10/2024

This week we celebrated our SLPs with a fun and lucky night of B I N G O! We are still shocked that Whitney had THREE Bingos and Jena had ONE! The laughs are endless with this amazing group of women.

05/02/2024

We were a part of the Sanford Parkinson Symposium on May Day to share about the SPEAK OUT! Therapy Program by the Parkinson Voice Project. We offer this program for those with Parkinson's disease who are experiencing changes in their voice and/or swallowing. Services can be delivered in our clinic, in the home, or on telehealth.

Thank you Sanford for having us! Hope everyone had a wonderful May Day!

05/01/2024

Happy National Speech-Language-Hearing Month to all SLPs!

The time and talent of this amazing team reaches far and wide. We claim the most experience, training, and love for our profession in the tri-state region…but it doesn’t stop during work hours. Check back to see how each of our team members brings these aspects into our community!

04/27/2024

Wishing our wonderful therapist, Carrie, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Carrie, your smile, laughter, joy, and expertise that you bring to our office and each of your therapy sessions is one of a kind. We are so blessed by your presence! Enjoy your special day!

04/24/2024

HAPPY ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY, JOANNE!

We say it everyday, but we are beyond thankful for Joanne and all she does for our team. She does her job well and with so much love, joy, and grace. THANK YOU Joanne for keeping us in order and always providing a positive smile at our front desk!

We love you! 💚

04/18/2024

CONNECTIONS YOGA: The 6-week Fundamental Series
Starts Tuesday, April 23 Only 2 spots left!

03/28/2024

“This October will mark 10 years since my husband had his stroke. He was only 42 years old. We had 5 children ranging in age from 12-years down to 5-months old at the time. I am filled with emotion as I think about the journey it has been for not only my husband, but for our whole family! I wanted to share some of the things that I have learned, which, in a beautiful way, has helped shape me into the wife, mom, daughter, and SLP that I am today.

1. During his recovery, I took over all the roles so he could focus on his therapies and healing. The kids learned to ask mom for help or permissions. Though this was helpful initially, over time, my husband became frustrated. He stated he was always “out of the loop” and “felt obsolete” in our family. My takeaway: always make time for talking and listening. Check in frequently on how things are going, what things can continue as are and what things should be tweaked or scrapped altogether.

2. As a caregiver, accept the help that is offered by others! We learned that others offer to help because they care about you, and they truly want to help! Take them up on bringing over a meal, driving to a therapy appointment, bringing the kids home from school. They wouldn’t offer if they didn’t want to! I also learned that this took some of the pressure off my husband, feeling like he was leaving me with all the work.

3. Make sure to rest throughout the day! Find a dim, quiet room, turn off all electronics, close your eyes and rest! These breaks help you recharge to get you through the day! We learned that being more tired meant he was less tolerant of noise (which, in a house with 5 young kids wasn’t the easiest to avoid!), his ability to use the words he wanted to use decreased when he was more tired, which decreased our ability to communicate effectively, which increased frustration for both of us. When he started following a daily schedule for ‘brain breaks’, this improved!

4. Humor is a good thing! My husband and I have always teased each other and our kids, and we continued to throughout this journey! I should clarify that the teasing is not done in a negative way! I feel it lightened the feeling of some tough situations.

These are just a few of the things I have learned on our journey. I feel that I look at my patients a little different after having experienced a life altering medical situation. I know that life is busy! I know that there are better days and not so great days! I understand that there is more going on than just therapy in a patient’s life! My job is to look at the whole picture, the environments, and situations that the patient is found in and help him/her use strengths along with strategies to facilitate growth on their path to recovery!”

03/27/2024

Well the very short part of my story is I woke up after my TBI unable to communicate very well. I couldn't find the words to say, but I could draw. And I was very happy all the ways I had created art before I remembered how to do. I was also happy to have God on my side helping me move forward each day, so the Christian Ukrainian Easter eggs make me so happy to create and share 😊

This is something I wrote for my brain injury:
"Proof is easy. Faith is hard work. Yes, Proof that you are alive is easy, here you are. But having Faith that you will be able to be yourself again after a brain injury is hard work. Simply getting up and starting the day can be hard now to work on rebuilding who you are is very hard work. But you can do it. God didn't give up on you. Have faith in yourself and keep moving forward".

03/27/2024

“In one moment on the night of August 24, 2023, my entire life changed. The one thing I could trust and rely on was in serious trouble…my brain. I fell backwards opening the garage door using the code open pad. I hit the concrete on the back left side of my head and was unconscious for over four hours before a neighbor found me and called emergency rescue for help. In the hospital, MRIs revealed that my frontal lobe was pushed way to the right side with bleeding on both sides of my brain. This resulted in brain surgery being needed sooner than later. My life changing journey was open for business.

For those who have been by my side since my accident, like my two daughters, all my siblings, and close friends...THANK YOU! Please have patience and listen to me and try to understand or learn about my injury. If you see me and I cannot recall a story, please be kind. My brain is in a daily tug of war and I'm fighting with all I have to remember.

I'm a strong man, a fighter, and I will never give up! My journey is not for the weak and far from being over. As I mentioned earlier, my life changing journey is open for business, and it’s working! I do believe this happened for a reason. I have spent a lot of time trying to justify why it was me and now I believe that maybe it’s true - God gives the hard battles to the toughest - the TBI soldiers! Lastly, thanks to all the therapists who have been by side while I am trying to figure out "normal” again”.

03/25/2024

“If I had to describe a word that would summarize dealing with my stroke, it would be discovery. I learned a lot of things about myself. Since my stroke I have learned to slow down and take things as they come in. This is not automatic, it has taken time and I’m not done with my journey.”