A Recovery Now

Living Outside the Clock: Neurodivergent Experiences of Time Have you ever lost hours without realizing it or felt like time itself bends depending on what you're doing?  For many divergent people, and those recovering from brain injury, time doesn't tick the same way.   Brain Neurodivergentcy is not bad, it’s “Different”. Join us for a discussion about varied ways of processing information, perso...

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month, and we’re honoring the incredible strength of survivors with a special radio broadcast you won’t want to miss. Join us as survivors Ron Kratz, Megan Bacigalupo, and Damien Gibbs share their powerful stories of resilience, recovery, and hope. Together, we’ll raise awareness, spread knowledge, and celebrate the courage it takes to overcome life-changing c...

Welcome back Recovery Now and Brain Injury Radio! It's been 9mo since we've done a show and now we're ready to launch a regular schedule. I'm Kim Justus and will Host each Wednesday Night on Zoom live (as I have for 15yrs), and then dropping the new episode here the following day. Live show is typically 6pm PAC/9pm EST. Will post your invite to join us prior to the episode on facebook: braininjury...

Many of you have heard that Blog Talk Radio is closing their operation any day now. We're SAD because we've run Brain Injury Radio broadcasts & On Demand Programming there since 2009. So many great hosts and listeners. We're MAD because they gave us so little notice to make other arrangements. They aren't going on, but our shows will be! We're going to have a two part means of doing this new a...

Know your labels!!  Join us as we discuss shopping for better health - The quality of the food chain has slid to what can be detrimental for optimal health. The spotlight is starting to shine on what to look for to enable our food to be medicine, not poison. With obseity at near half the population from children on up, it's time to recognize over-eating isn't always the culprit. It doesn't help, b...

I had known Bill for many years, when I learned he'd suffered a TBI. He'd had a lengthy road of recovery the past couple years, and then a severe car accident too. Bill was always strong as a bull, and few have had a more colorful past and turn around. Between his own addiction, chronic pain, and mental health challenges - He fought like the warrior he had always been and overcame, continuing to l...

Dr. Paul Wand is a clinical neurologist in private practice since 1982, having vast experience diagnosing and treating neurological conditions for 40 yrs. He has always had an active interest in research since medical school. His clinical research interests include newer and more effective methods of diagnosing and treating neurological conditions. The advantage of his unique and innovative treatm...

Call in or just kick back and listen to some tunes .. TGIF

Most of you have probably heard the term "Leaky Gut" syndrome, but don't fully understand the mechanics. The brain-gut connection, also known as the gut-brain axis, is a two way communication system between the brain and the digestive system. It's a complex network of nerves and signals that allows the brain and gut to work together to keep the digestive system functioning properly. Why is this im...

Join us for a discussion on healing and the arts, in this case specifically music!  Our frequent contributor "Hatter" will be my co-host to share some surprising facts about tunes you know, and some you don't. In addition the effects currently and to come in Artificial Intellegnce (AI) on the music industry. This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the challenges of life on...

Tonight Simon Lewis and I will be discussing a hot election issue of great national significance and consequence. Tune in and weigh in. Is "anything for all" relevant? Let's weigh pros and cons, but most of all review the TRUTH .. No sponsored bias here.   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 helpe...

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. Some rupture from pressure, and others wait patiently for the day they likely do. Known by descriptions beyond just Aneurysm ... You hear these beasts described as Hemorrhagic stroke due to bleeding into the brain by the rupture of a blood vessel. Hemorrhagic stroke may be further subdivided into intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhag...

Many residuals can be new issues we grapple with after Brain Injury. Difficulty focusing without getting distracted is one of those. This intrusion can become frustrating and make us angry. It was on one of those days, many of us survivors began to refer to this as "something shiny".  To survive around this community, it helps to have a sense of humor. We are intent on the task in front of us, and...

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. An estimated 6.7 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm or 1 in 50 people. The annual rate of rupture is approximately 8 – 10 per 100,000 people. About 30,000 people in the United States suffer a brain aneurysm rupture each year. A brain aneurysm ruptures every 18 minutes. There are almost 500,000 deaths worldwide each yea...

With September a few days away, we looked ahead to see what topic associated might make a good discussion. Being a survivor (Kim), I knew that it will be Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. That will be covered on another show. September signals the seasonal change from summer to fall, the remberence of 9-11, the Presidential Election, and now COVID Vax .. To do or not?  I was surprised to know it was...

We will be discussing how to prepare for an emergency before it happens. Recently the Midwest had a rare type of storm that left more residents out of power, than ever in the history of the area. Just afterward the Atlantic Coast was beaten with Hurricane Debby, and the next week Caifornia had earthquakes! No matter what time of year, or what what type of emergency - Be it from Mother Nature or ot...

Happy to be back tonight after some studio driven tech difficulties! Even happier to welcome back LesPaul Morgan, long time former host, multiple brain aneurysm survivor and disability advocate. He will share where he's been since he last hit the Mics, which will include a discussion of CSRA. Les is really turned on by AI now and will tell his what he's learned, as well as bleeps on current events...

Ignorance causes misdiagnosis and therefore ineffective (or no) treatment for children with Brain Injury - Particularly ones with less obvious "tells". Professionals, parents, educators, and others are not familiar with common symptoms that point to Brain Injury. As a result, too many kids are thrust into a life of challenges that are never tied back to the root cause of TBI. In turn a disfunction...

Being the night before the day after (Independence Day July 4th) .. It's likely to sound like a war zone in my studio. We're one of those cities which allow citizens to arm themselves with personal explosives to fire off around the neighborhood. How I envy those that only allow organized events!  Special segment by Dorrin Rosenfeld our 3rd Thurs of ea month host on release of her new book "The Day...

Join us as we welcome back our last Wednesday of each month, co-host Simon Lewis!  The "Heat is on" covers a lot of territory tonight - From where Simon has been for months (Health issues on top of TBI, Date at Last, Car Assist-When the rubber meets the road), to Summer Solstice a few days ago (Heat Exhaustion versus Heat Stroke), to July 4th in a week, and the cautions of personal fireworks, to t...

Dr. Paul Zeitz is a preventive medicine physician, epidemiologist, author, and award-winning champion of global justice and human rights. He has been on the front lines of the global AIDS movement, climate transformation, racial and gender equity, authentic democracy, sustainable development, and child welfare in the U.S. and around the world. Often when the odds against success appeared to be ins...

Ignorance causes misdiagnosis and therefore ineffective (or no) treatment for children with Brain Injury - Particularly ones with less obvious "tells". Professionals, parents, educators, and others are not familiar with common symptoms that point to BI. As a result, too many kids are thrust into a life of systems that "house" them, but seldom have time, knowledge or resources to adequately treat t...

Excited tonight to welcome back Lori (Purdy) Faitel - A Brain Injury Radio original Host and woman of many talents and insights. We'll be discussing several topics, among them injuries common to caregiving, and moving forward from Brain Injury. Lori lives for the betterment of people. She took time to share her favorite stress relief resource -Animals, creatung zoo stories. She has also been a lon...

We are about to celebrate Mother's Day next week (14th). For Rae Hart, her role as a Mother has taken horrific turns, that no mom should ever have to face. Her role as a mother has stretched the endurance of any mom, and the rest of the family as well. Join as we discuss one of the Ultimate Mom's .. Willing to give all for her son, Joey. Ultimately .. Born 1998, Accident 2016, and to the arms of t...

In his own words, Mr. Ferroly has spent a lifetime “trying to uncover why some people are just stuck.  Kyle’s real passion is showing people how one’s brain health can alter and determine the bigger picture; how they think, act, and feel. This in turn allows many people the chance to understand the root cause behind their struggles and symptoms.  Dr. Kyle Ferroly has also made an ongoing commitmen...