Potcast 174: Cannabis and Living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
We’re continuing our conversation from last week exploring traumatic brain injury and cannabinoid therapy. I love talking to scientists to understand the nuts and bolts of something and then I like talking with someone who has personally lived it.
After my discussion with Dr. Linda Klumpers, I noticed a blog penned by Elana Frankel, a ganjapreneur and content creator living in New York. Her blog discussed living with TBI so I called up Elana and asked her to join us on the Potcast. Today we’re taking a closer look at this invisible disability through Elana’s experience and how she came to choose cannabis as a treatment tool for TBI. We also discuss the effects it had on her parenting style and how it shaped the next chapter of her career.
Be love, 💚-Jo
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‘After the Show’ Notes
Elana Frankel has been working "above ground" in the Cannabis industry for the past seven years. She is what Jo calls a proper ganjapreneur. Elana launched an e-commerce business, Indigo and Haze; developed product; founded the magazine Women and Weed; authored a book with the same title; serves as Chief Growth Officer for MedialCannabisMentor.com; produces documentaries; writes freelance for various publications; volunteers for the Oregon Cannabis Commission, is a health equity sub-committee member; consults regularly for companies who value creativity; teaches yoga and meditation with a focus on Cannabis; and even worked as a dispensary associate (at the height of Covid) for Curaleaf, Hudson Valley.
Elana has been featured on CNN and in The New York Times, and on various podcasts. Her writing has appeared in the WSJ/Off Duty, Architectural Digest, NY Magazine, and House Beautiful. She has been an editor at Martha Stewart Living and served as VP, Creative at One Kings Lane for more than 5 years. The company was still a start-up, developing the brand, voice, and visual identity.
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