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Summary
We all have villains we love to hate. The main thing that makes a super villain great is their relatability. As the Joker once said to Batman, “all it takes is one bad day, that’s how far the world is from where I am.” In this episode, Joe and Lauren discuss their favorite villains in comics and cinema from Loki to Mr. Freeze to The Terminator to Killmonger. They also touch on the power of the mind to create your own inner villain or hero and how refocusing on the positive versus the negative can be the difference between just surviving and thriving in your brain injury recovery journey.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• Favorite villains from Mr. Freeze to The Terminator to Killmonger and more.

• Resetting the brain and mind over matter – how focusing on the positive instead of the negative affects the brain injury recovery journey

• Exploring why we love villains so much – because we can relate to where they’re coming from and why they do what they do like with villains like Loki and Killmonger

• Tips for managing negative thinking

• How staying in the positive vortex helped Joe get from not being able to walk to walking with a cane to where he is now in his stroke recovery.

• Accepting that your story is your story and how to stop comparing yourself to others.

Links to Topics Mentioned

• The Joker’s “One Bad Day” Monologue: The Killing Joke, https://youtu.be/EvLlWh-guck

• Terminator 2: Judgement Day, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze, http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Freeze_(Arnold_Schwarzenegger)

• Black Panther’s Eric Killmonger, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Killmonger

• YouSoRock Facebook Group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/yousorock

• Submit your story to be featured on YouSoRock, https://www.joesorocks.com/yousorock

Credits

• Co-hosted by Joe Borges and Lauren Manzano

  • Find Joe at http://joesorocks.com and @joesorocks on Twitter/Instagram and submit your stroke/brain injury recovery story at https://www.joesorocks.com/submit-your-story
  • Find Lauren at @laurenlmanzano on Instagram, @tankbbg on Twitter

• Produced by Joe Borges and Felice LaZae

• Edited by Felice LaZae, http://felicelazae.com, @felicelazae on Twitter/Instagram

• Theme song produced by Sleep Deez, @sleepvision on Instagram, @sleepdeez on Twitter