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Deeply honored to share this press release from Brainz Magazine. 🫶🕊️

Neuroscience Innovator Shawnee Harkins Announces Co-Authorship of How To Survive and Thrive – Special Edition with Joe Foster Frisco, TX — July 2, 2026 — Founder & CEO of The Harkins Method™ and The Harkins Project VRx™, Shawnee Harkins, officially announces the release of How To Survive and Thrive: Special Edition, now available...

Honored to be recognized as one of The Most Influential Leaders in Neuro Rehabilitation.

Today, I am proud to share my cover feature and interview in Executive Excellence Magazine's special edition recognizing leaders who are shaping the future of neurorehabilitation, neuroplasticity, and brain health.

This recognition is deeply meaningful because my journey into neuroscience and neurorehabilitation did not begin in a university, or research center.

It began through lived experience.

By the age of twenty-four, I had survived multiple life-threatening traumatic brain injuries that challenged my cognitive abilities, physical function, identity, and future.

Yet through every challenge, I never lost faith in my ability to heal.

I never accepted limitation as final.

I never accepted that "this is as good as it gets."

The doctors gave me a diagnosis after each traumatic brain injury (TBI) and
shared their perspective on what the rest of my life would look like.

I chose a different ending for myself. 🕊️

And now I share my story and message of implanting hope for change for others.

Long before I studied neuroplasticity, I lived it.

My recovery journey taught me that the human brain is capable of extraordinary change.

It taught me that hope is a decision and often the very thing that keeps people moving forward when the outcome is uncertain.

That belief became the foundation of my life's work.

Today, as Founder and CEO of The Harkins Project VRx™ and creator of The Harkins Method™ Neural Network of Change, I have the privilege of helping survivors, caregivers, clinicians, and organizations reimagine what is possible after brain injury, stroke, and neurological challenge.

👉🏼 At 44 years old, I am proud to say that I am 100% healed and have been for years. 🏅

Now that I stand on the other side of healing, my mission is clear:

To help others see, believe, and turn their page towards possibility in their own healing and neuro recovery journey.

To help people heal, recover, and rise. 🕊️

I believe the future of neurorehabilitation is about helping people discover who they are capable of becoming.

🫶 Thank you to Executive Excellence Magazine for this incredible recognition and for providing a platform to share this vision with a global audience.

The future of neurorehabilitation is defined by human potential.

📖 Read the full online cover feature interview:

https://theexecutiveexcellence.com/magazine/

📲 Read the full digital magazine cover interview:

https://theexecutiveexcellence.com/the-most-influential-leaders-in-neuro-rehabilitaion/

Pass the love, share the light, chase greatness. 🌈

Onward. 🕊️

From Brain Injury to Brain Innovation.

My feature interview with Brainz Magazine is now live.

This interview captures the truth behind my work, not just the outcome, but the process.

The discipline.

The decisions.

The responsibility of rebuilding when life does not give you a clear path forward.

After multiple traumatic brain injuries and a complex neurological condition, I was faced with a choice.

Accept limitation or build a new standard for what recovery could look like.

I chose to build.

What came from that was not just recovery.

It was a full restoration.

I am fully healed and have made a complete recovery from my traumatic brain injuries and the complex neurological condition that followed.

That outcome was driven through the principles of neurogenesis—the creation of new neurons—and neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to adapt, rewire, and restore function through intentional training.

What emerged from that process was the creation of a method and system rooted in those principles, designed to train the mind, rewire the brain, and restore the body.

Today, through The Harkins Method and The Harkins Project VRx, that work extends beyond me.

It serves individuals navigating recovery, families supporting loved ones, and those committed to strengthening their brain and performance at the highest level.

This interview reflects that mission.

It reflects the standard.

And it reflects what is possible when the mind is trained with intention.

If you are on a path of recovery, if you are supporting someone who is, or if you are committed to optimizing your brain and performance, I invite you to read it.

Read my full Feature Interview with Brainz Magazine here:

https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/from-brain-injury-to-brain-innovation-an-interview-with-founder-and-ceo-shawnee-harkins

Pass the love, share the light, chase greatness. 🌈

Onward. 🦅