A Recovery Now

Mark Pew is a passionate educating and agitating thought leader in workers’ compensation and award-winning speaker, blogger, author and jurisdictional advisor. Known as the RxProfessor, he has been focused on the intersection of chronic pain and appropriate treatment since 2003 as it relates to the clinical and financial implications of prescription painkillers, non-pharma treatment modalities and...

From Trauma Recovery Therapist/Educator to Animal Instinctual Wisdom - My Guest is MicheleElys She had to choose Happiness! Having a career in Trauma Recovery was rewarding. The very moment she published her book found on Amazon (TBI & Concussion Understanding & Improvement)  She asked herself "What did make me Happy?" MicheleElys chose to educate Animal Wisdom to assuage anthropomorphize,...

Kim and Caren will be discussing, reaching out and staying connected during this difficult time in our history. Will provide tips, and avenues of support.  From there, you just never know where that will lead us! We will take callers .. Interested to know how all of you listners are coping with the "New World" and your thoughts, fears, feelings. This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking re...

Susan Fitzmaurice is a lifelong disability advocate beginning prior to her identity as a disabled person at 14 as a candy striper in a regional disabled children's institution . She became an adoptive parent of an intellectual disabled son, and soon after found herself disabled herself. Her advocacy has led her to fight for inclusive education, supported employment, micro-enterprise, alternatives...

Bill Protzmann has done volunteer work including Board positions with Guitars for Vets and the San Diego Veterans Coalition. He has connected thousands of military service members & Veterans with honor tickets to the largest healing music organization in his town: the San Diego Symphony. Bill has been keynote presentations for Organizations like Consumer Action, Society for Financial Education...

Ok so maybe "Dropping & Giving Ten" isn't practical anymore. In fact, a few of us may not be able to get back up!  Maybe our routine has changed, but exercise is still an important ingredient to overall good health. Simon and Kim will be discussing exercise alternatives, for both mind & body. We welcome calls about great/safe/helpful alternatives you have found. Since the world has changed...

Elizabeth Sandel, MD, is a medical director for Paradigm, which leads the workers’ compensation industry in solving complex health-care challenges and improving lives. A Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California Davis School of Medicine, past president of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is a panelist for national Tra...

Kim and Caren will be discussing the basics of Brain Injury in an effort to raise up the understanding, as we begin Brain Injury Awareness Month. Among the topics discussed will be: Mindfulness Techniques, Meditation, Positive Psychology, EMDR and other holistic techniques. Building bridges and synapses the Non Pharma way!  In keeping with my shows this month .. We will have more give aways .. Mar...

My guest tonight will be Catz LeBlanc to talk about sports,  repeated concussion, and her new exciting series! Catz had two roommates,  one of whom lost a sibling to suicide from repeated sports concussions. She, herself is a multiple concussion disabled female athlete, once with a very promising career. She is a MGH Physician's Assistant working through personal/global issues in real time, with h...

Prairie is a licensed mental health therapist who utilizes animal assisted interventions in all walks of her mental health practice. She has a master’s degree in professional counseling and a postgraduate degree in military behavioral health counseling. She is certified as an equine assisted psychotherapist and has presented at national conferences on her techniques for providing equine therapy fo...

Valentine's Day is around the corner .. A commercial holiday retail wouldn't let you miss, right?  For some it's a day to celebrate that special someone in their life. For others, it shines a spotlight on the lack of a loving partner. I would contend that "Love" should be celebrated every day, not just on Feb 14th. Whether you are part of a "couple" of not .. You can still have a Happy Valentine's...

Tom Tinlin is an Associate Principal at Howard Stein Hudson, a Boston based transportation consulting firm. Tom previously had an almost 30 year public sector career serving at the highest levels of the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Tom serves as a Director of the City of Boston Credit Union, Zoo New England, and the Children’s Trust.   On April 30, 2017 Tom suffered a rupt...

It has been my experience that healing and recovery are all but impossible in a vacuum. Faith, hope and spirituality are the rocks we need to cling to, in order to keep our head above water to keep from drowning. This foundation is found by different people in different ways, but the key is in establishing a belief system that offers us solid ground. My guest tonight Pastor Bill, is an Aposlte of...

My guest tonight is Debbie M. Wilson PhD, Cannabis Consultant and Re-Educator Noah’s Ark Consulting Nonprofit. After a decade as a felony probation and parole officer with the Florida Department of Corrections I was backed over by a pickup truck while at lunch with my family. I sustained a (TBI) Traumatic Brain Injury and a broken neck. I sought treatment for my seven types of epilepsy for over tw...

Dr. Jake VanLandingham is the Founder and President of Prevacus. As a Florida State University undergraduate, Dr. VanLandingham participated in directed studies in neurosciences under noted FSU biology professor Marc Freeman. He was a month away from starting a degree program in physical therapy at Florida A&M University when his world abruptly changed, and neurology and physical therapy took...

Dr. Kabran Chapek has been a staff physician at Amen Clinics since 2013. He is an expert in the use of functional and integrative treatments and collaborates extensively with many of the Amen Clinics physicians. He has a special interest in the assessment and treatment of Alzheimer’s and dementia, traumatic brain injuries, PTSD, and anxiety disorders. He has additional training in the assessment a...

Kim and Co-Host Caren Robinson will discuss Secondary PTSD created by the healthcare industry/toxic providers. I can't tell you how many listeners, including myself, have been frustrated by the lack of knowledge or consistency found about brain injury in the "traditional medical model."  Our injuries alone can leave us with PTSD, but when that's compounded by those who are tasked with helping us ....

Kim and Simon will review notable events of 2019, and hopes for the new decade 2020. Happy New Year! Today is the First Blank Page of a 365 page book ..  Write a good one! Embrace your power to chooseThe past is for learning from our mistakes & victories, the present is for embracing new things, and the future is for charting our courseTo be absent from drama, is to be present with peace This...

We'll wind down the long 48 hour holiday, and concentrated seasonal sensory overload, by kicking back, sharing some tunes, and trading some chat. How did your holiday season go? Roast those final chestnuts, take in the fire and twinkling lights...And join me. :) This show, Recovery Now is a gathering placefor anyone seeking recoveryfrom the challenges of life on life's terms. I introduce topics, a...

There are a LOT of Holiday geared programs around this time of year. One that I've watched every year of my life (REALLY long time), is Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. I began to consider what messages that show was sending. Hmmm .. I guess I could relate to the underpinnings of a few of those differences from a young age. Worse since my brain injury when I couldn't recognize myself, or communicate...

Countdown to Christmas and the Holiday Cheer, or Fear. Joy or Sadness. Victories and Challenges. Manybe a mix of all these?  Whatever your answer .. My best wishes and gratitude to you all for the peace you seek this holiday season. Tonight will be open Mic, holiday tunes, and maybe a visit from Brain Santa :) This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the challenges of life o...

Join Kim Justus and Co-Host Caren Robinson to discuss the naughty and nice of brain injury during the holidays .. Some holiday tunes, and some calls from you!!  Tips on how to survive the holiday season, and the origins of Christmas. This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the challenges of life on life's terms. We discuss useful tools that have helped us lighten the load,...

In 2004, Janet Sutherland-Madden suffered from a ruptured brain aneurysm that left her blind and paralyzed. She has now fully recovered and has turned her health trauma into a career by lobbying and fundraising for the Brain Aneurysm Foundation. Sutherland is a former Chicago radio reporter where she was heard covering many landmark stories. Janet has worked in marketing in cable television and ha...

Join Kim and Co-Host Simon Lewis as they discuss gratitude. Has the Attitude of Gratitude had a societal shift toward an attitude of entitlement?  As we gather to give Thanks at this time, we focus only on the blessings, rather than the shortcomings of our individual life circumstances. This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the challenges of life on life's terms. We discu...

 John Krotec is an entrepreneur, writer, and army veteran. After college John went to work in corporate America and realized that despite doing well in the job, he wanted something more. He joined the army later in life with the purpose of being able to make money to go to law school. The army taught him discipline and how to value himself. After serving for three years he left the army and return...