A Recovery Now

Kim Justus & Greg Costa will be doing this fill in show, until the new 4th Thursday of each month host starts in a few weeks. More will be revealed! Greg and I will be Kpntime on future shows of mine in 2016. Go back to Oct 14th for our first interview on Greg's back story! Hopefully no one has the holiday hangover .. Energy & Emotion crash. Now we decompress and look toward the future. Ta...

Combat Veterans face issues known in a capacity different than than any other Veteran or Civilian. The ghosts can live long and large. Combat Veteran's Motorcycle Association is an organization that helps lend support to its members (all who have served in combat), and all other Veterans. www.combatvet.org  Rich Leasure and Crystal Larson will be my guests. Rich Leasure, Jr  joined the USAF in 198...

Les is suffering the ill effects of a Migraine tonight, so Kim will wing it, after two days of tech difficulty that cancelled shows. We're still here!! No one folded up the BIRN tent & hit the road. Join me! As the Christmas holiday season is upon us and as we are preparing to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s together I hope no matter what that even if you feel a since of loss and even lonel...

David Kracke says, "I have developed an expertise in understanding and utilizing the legislative process for the greater good. Two areas of my legislative work stand out: Laws requiring mandatory concussion education and return to play protocols for our young athletes, and laws requiring protection of our environment." In 2008, David was part of the team that wrote and passed Max's Law, which alon...

Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D is a neuroscientist and Johns Hopkins-trained psychiatrist whose research currently focuses on autistic children reported to be telepathic and/or precognitive. She has been on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, a member of a part-time think tank on human consciousness at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA, and The Director of Research for the John E. Mack Institute. H...

Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD is the director of the Neuropsychiatric Clinic at Carolina Partners. He is a neuropsychiatrist at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center and is affiliated with Duke’s Departments of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine. Dr. Vaishnavi’s new book, published by Johns Hopkins Press, is titled THE TRAUMATIZED BRAIN: A FAMILY GUID...

Dr. Karen Kan is a holistic physician and acupuncturist specializing in energy & spiritual medicine, and is the author of the #1 Bestselling book, Guide to Healing Chronic Pain - A Holistic Approach. We will discuss strategies she recommends for people overcoming brain injuries who have symptoms of: disturbed sleep, brain fog, poor memory, fatigue and problems focusing. Remote brain balncing L...

This Veteran's Day, my guest will be Thomas E. Burke, Ambassador Purple Heart Veterans of FL. Mr. Burke, a long time veterans advocate has been committed and continues to be  a staunch supporter for all Veterans in many areas of Health & Well Being. Mr. Burke is very much involved with the Purple Heart Veterans of FL. Mr. Burke was recently awarded A Distinguished Service Award by the MOPH Dep...

Edye Godden is the Executive Director of Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA) located in Gretna, Nebraska.  HETRA’s mission is to improve the quality of life for adults and children with disabilities through equine assisted activities.  Edye graduated from Creighton University with a degree in Occupational Therapy. She also serves as one HETRA’s occupational therapists and is a PATH...

In 2010, Janice Tindle 54, was the passenger in an automobile collision involving an underinsured driver and her husband. She sustained a spine and traumatic brain injury. Since that time, she has become an online awareness advocate for TBI, neurological disorders and invisible disability by writing about it on her blog, janicetindle.com. She is currently writing a book about overcoming adversity,...

Join my guest(s) the McPeak's as we discuss the brutality imposed on their son, as he was about to complete training at the police academy. Due to the nature of a training drill where blunt force is used, CS sustained substantial brain injury. Denial by the Blue Wall cause great hardship. Awareness needs to be raised and new protocol in place for "crisis management" training, mandatory for all off...

Greg Costa resides in the in-between of chaos and order, sin and salvation, joy and pain. Five years ago, he suffered a TBI,  which like with many of us, changed his life forever. As an author, keynote speaker and inspirationalist he moves the room of any event he attends with his testimony of faith, his story of trial and tribulation, and is a true underdog hero. As a minister, it is hard not to...

It’s every woman’s dream to have a man take her out on a date transported by a private jet. Little did Arlicia Albert know the Lord would fulfill her dream as a means of life flight transportation after suffering a near death brain aneurysm on her mother’s 72nd birthday August 15, 2011. Arlicia’s severe aneurysm required agreement to participate in a Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) project called “C...

September has been Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month Maria Micheletto had a rude awakening in October 2006. Many of us think we had no warning, but in retrospect it appear some signs were already simmering. On the 23rd though, there was no doubt there was a very serious situation at hand, when Maria was struck in the head with a pain like no other - It literally brought her to her knees. Scary to me,...

Mary Fetchet is Founding Director of VOICES, a non-profit organization she co-founded in 2001 following the death of her 24 year old son Brad at the World Trade Center. Her unique background as a mother of a victim, along with over 20 years of expertise as a clinical social worker, influenced VOICES innovative approach to creating a new paradigm in providing long-term support services. Using socia...

Christine J. Buckley became the Executive Director of The Brain Aneurysm Foundation in 2006, after having been a volunteer for 9yrs. She established the foundation’s first major fundraiser, a 5K and 1.5 mile walk, 14 years ago that continues to raise approximately $50,000 each year. Her most prized accomplishment at the foundation has been the establishment of the research grant program which has...

This show was rescheduled from 8/26 due to the Crash of our Provider, Blog Talk. Sorry for the failings on modern technology, but since the original show never fired at all, don't miss Dr Whyte now! Dr. Whyte is a physiatrist and experimental psychologist specializing in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. He has worked as a clinician caring for patients with severe brain injury for 30 years, a...

Evelyn Cavanaugh Moore born in 1924 passed away from Alzheimer’s in 2014 at age 90.  A USMC veteran (1950-55) she achieved the rank of Sergeant. She was as highly motivated in her old age as she was when she joined the Corps. She left the Corps once it was obvious she was pregnant. She hid her pregnancy until her superior beckoned her to his office and said, "We can’t hide this any longer. I hate...

Cassey Blumenthal has Neurofibromatosis Type 1 as well as dyslexia which is common with NF. She was diagnosed at age 7 and currently there is no cure for neurofibromatosis.  Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that disturbs cell growth in the nervous system, causing tumors to form on nerve tissue. These tumors may develop anywhere in your nervous system, including in your brain, spinal cord an...

Many of you read my post last week regarding the tragic loss of one of our regular show participants, brain injury survivor and musician, Alan Kitto. We've all suffered loss, grieving loss of self, in addition to others we value. Guest Russell Friedman is Executive Director of The Grief Recovery Institute Educational Foundation, Inc.  Russell has co-authored several books on grief in adults, child...

Louise Speck was injured in an auto accident in her teens, leaving her with a substantial TBI. She spent half her life struggling with the residuals without a clear understanding or adequate help. Like in the case of too many of us, knowledge was sparse. Nearly 25yrs later, she finally began to find some answers. From there she created My Handi-Cap (c) and shortly after, was fortunate to meet the...

Ashley Murray, OTD earned her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy. A member of the QLI therapy team since 2010, Ashley has extensive clinical expertise in the area of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. She has presented around the nation on topics relating to neuro-rehabilitation and quality of life.  QLI, with their proprietary Tri-Dimensional Rehabilitation® program has become one of the nati...

Dr. Gordon has been a strong advocate of Integrative Medicine and the promotion of preventive medicine thought to correct underlying hormonal deficiencies. He was instrumental in promoting the recognition of Traumatic Brain Injury as a cause of hormonal deficiency in the hallmarked presentation on ESPN’s Outside the Lines (Jan. 2007). His book, The Clinical Application of Interventional Medicine (...

Jessi Johnson AKA Diligence was born in Michigan. At the age of five he was introduced to alcohol and inappropriate sexual behavior. At the age of 12 being raised without a father and no direction in life, Diligence joined a nationwide gang for money, respect, acceptance and power. At the age of 17 Diligence ended up homeless on the streets of Detroit after being robbed by gang members. He ended u...

Debbie Lee is an author, public speaker and political activist who has traveled the nation telling her sons amazing story and advocating for our troops, their families and families of the fallen. Debbie understands the sacrifice our troops make and that "Freedom isn't Free." On Aug 2, 2006 she received a knock on the door that would forever change her life. She was notified that her son Marc Alan...