Our Founders

Meet the Hearts Behind TBI Moms™

Faith. Healing. Family. Purpose.

TBI Moms™ was born from real motherhood, real survival, and real faith. Two women — one a certified brain health specialist, one a survivor of catastrophic brain injury — turned their pain into a ministry so that no mother would ever have to walk this road alone.

TBI Moms™ founders Coach Mary Helen and Speaker Shay Grace™
"Even after the hardest moments, God continues the healing journey."
Co-Founder

Coach Mary Helen

Certified Brain Health Specialist & TBI Moms™ Facilitator

A compassionate Christian mother, Coach Mary has walked alongside families in the hardest seasons of brain injury recovery. She blends clinical expertise with pastoral warmth — helping mothers discover hope, restore their families, and understand how the brain can be strengthened after injury.

Her ministry is quiet, patient, and deeply personal. She believes healing is a partnership between science, community, and the steady faithfulness of God.

Certifications

  • Certified NeuroEncoding™ Specialist
  • Certified Brain Health Specialist — Amen Clinics
  • NeuroEncoding™ Plus
  • NeuroEncoding™ Elite
  • NeuroEncoding™ Dual Elite
  • TBI Moms™ Facilitator

Her Roles

  • Founder of TBI Nation™
  • TBI Survivor
  • Author
  • Keynote Speaker
  • National Advocate
Co-Founder

Speaker Shay Grace™

Survivor. Author. Advocate. Creator of TBI Nation™.

Shay Grace™ survived a catastrophic brain injury that should have ended her story. Instead, God turned her tragedy into a testimony — and that testimony into a ministry.

Today she speaks around the country to survivors, caregivers, and faith communities, reminding them that healing is possible, that grief is real, and that God still writes miracles into the hardest chapters of our lives.

Why We Started

Because no mother should walk this alone.

TBI Moms™ exists to gather the mothers the medical system often forgets — and remind them that faith, community, and hope are still theirs.

Mothers Need Support

A mother's own grief is often set aside to care for her child. She becomes nurse, advocate, therapist, driver, and prayer warrior — often alone.

Caregivers Feel Invisible

The world sees the survivor. TBI Moms™ sees the mother standing behind the survivor — exhausted, faithful, and worthy of care herself.

Faith Changes Everything

Community and Scripture bring what medicine cannot: peace, hope, and the promise that God is near to the brokenhearted.

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