A Recovery Now

Kevin and Maggy are off to a new support meeting tonight, so rather than a tape .. We'll have a live show, with the topic of your choice. Supplemented of course, by some great Indie Music .. Much of which is from survivors themselves! Hope you'll join me for good time tonight, as we explore what happens at the last minute together!   Hosted by Kim Justus tonight for Kevin Phillips & Maggy too...

My guest tonight is regular contributor Dr. Maria Romanas. Find her motivation at www.givebackorlando.com or www.givebackla.com where you can download a free help manual. Brain injury survivors often appear to be "scatterbrained" to their families and employers. The injury has damaged their information processing and management pathways in a permanent manner. Decades of research have shown that th...

On November 26, 2011, She got a call that Jimmy had been assaulted and left for dead in the street.  He lay dying for 4 hours before being rushed to the hospital for treatment of not just multiple facial fractures, but   serious and critical injury TBI. That was just the beginning... Janene Mayberry has faced a series of events that no parent or loved one should have to consider. Good intentions a...

Join me after Kevin's show for some night owl action, with open chat and great tunes! Bring your bad self and share what's on your mind, or just listen to some great Indies.

Holly Willard is a psychotherapist at Wasatch Family Therapy and director of their Davis County Office. She also works as a school counselor and an adjunct professor for Westminster College and University Of Utah. She completed her Masters in Social Work from the University of Utah in 2000.  Holly Willard has extensive background working with children, teens and families with trauma. In that, she...

Join us tonight for music and open mic! Sorry we're late. Misplaced our host. :) Come along, have some fun .. Or Not.  

Julie Breitenstein speaks on her son Austin's behalf, due to the severity of his TBI. Austin was in a Texting and Driving Crash. He sustained multiple injuries, the worst was his Traumatic Brain Injury.  They’ve lived this nightmare for 5 years now, and are blessed he survived. Julie and Austin have been speaking around the country on the consequences of texting and driving. No matter the Text, it...

Fifteen years ago Phil White couldn’t use a fork or even speak after having emerged from a heroin overdose induced coma.  When he awoke, it was discovered he had suffered catastrophic damage to his brain. But this month after years of rehabilitation, Phil has published his first book  James Love the Destroyer. www.facebook.com/jameslovethedestroyer Writing is a talent he has had since high school,...

My guest tonight is Kit Summers. So you think you've had a bad day? Imagine being hit by a truck, then years later, being hit by a truck again! After spending months in the hospital and relearning to walk and talk, having been a world class juggler and entertainer, Kit not only learned to juggle again, he learned to live again..And he can teach YOU how to have a better life. Kit is author of "Beyo...

We hope you've all enjoyed your holiday season, and that you topped it off with the Merriest Christmas you could muster. We hope you found joy, peace and gratitude in your day. There are new 4th Thursday of each month hosts starting for the new year, but we covered and are covering for them back on Thanksgiving, and this Christmas night. The old salts who believe we should leave the lights on for...

Tonight's Episode of my regular Wednesday night show will start 30 minutes late. This happens to be the night our extended family has celebrated Christmas (dinnner & gift exchange at my folks), for all of my life. Things are already starting to change, and by next year will change dramatically. This year is not the one to rush through. This is one of those "savor the moments" times. I'm going...

After a TBI, where Deb Palmer lost consciousness over asphalt, resulting in a subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage, she was diagnosed with a seizure disorder and major depression.  She knew she fell and hit her head, that something was wrong, but didn’t know what. She kept thinking it would go away with more sleep.  Nobody referred her to any resources for help or support.  Doctors obviou...

If you like music, consider it theuraputic, and feel like kicking back after Kevin's regular Friday show, then join me for this Special Edition (previously unannounced) Jam. I'll be mixing holiday tunes with my Fab regular playlist and maybe even taking some of your calls. Holidays can bring joy or a feeling of isolation. Tonight we can step out, and know we aren't alone. This show will make great...

Dr Maria is back in the house! The term memory storage refers to the work of the system that stores information for use later on—your system for long-term learning and recall. Material from working memory is put into storage by this system. There are many sub-systems for storing different kinds of information. After an injury, memory usually makes weaker traces, making the stored information unrel...

Brain injury entered her life at the hands of a distracted driver while she and her husband were stopped at a red light in 2001. She was not diagnosed as brain injured until 2003. She had no outward injuries, so continued going to work every day, but suddenly everything in and around her because very different. Deb Angus began writing about her experiences in 2004 to help coworkers understand what...

Happy Thanksgiving. On holidays like this some are filled with joy, and others..Not so much. Tonight we'll open the doors for a Thanksgiving, holiday kick off show with 2-3 of our hosts at Brain Injury Radio. Hope some others will join us. We're all about Peer Support, and want to be here for you, discussing Thanks (Gratitude) and Giving (Service). We'll discuss Thanksgiving itself, and perhaps sh...

Mr. Jeff Rose is a 20 year disabled combat Veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He went into private practice in 2003 using ‘Strength based Brief-Solution Focused’ therapy. In 2009 Mr. Rose signed on with a national contract and started the National Guard Psychological Health Program in SC. In 2011 He joined the new national contract for the Air National Guard and started the Psychological Health Progra...

As most of you know, I started with my Wednesday Night program Recovery Now a few years ago. When we lost our regular Saturday Host, my intent was to sub in for a while, then pass the baton to a new host. I started sitting in "Temporarliy" on Saturday Nights, and low & behold...Temporary is relative. It's been over a year! It's also hard to find good soldiers to work on Saturday Nights! My Wed...

Bill Henry joined Army immediately upon high school graduation. He did multiple tours Vietnam, and was treated for both obvious, and then not so obvious wounds. Bill is the Past President of Vietnam Veterans of America Omaha. He started a Memorial Day ceremony at Memorial Park Omaha, now the largest in Nebraska,restored Korea Vietnam Memorial 1997 Omaha Memorial Park, and has a permanent static di...

Much loved Dr. Maria Romanas will join us to discuss tools for Memory and Organization Part 1. If you've struggled with these concepts after your brain injury, Maria's presentation and discussion will leave you with tools to help for a lifetime! Maria has shared her experience with mentor, Dr Larry Schutz founder of GiveBack, a non-profit organization that provides education and support so that su...

Kelly Sanders served her country from the early eighties to 1997, where she suffered no lasting ill effects. In Sept 1997, she survived a traumatic brain injury, and was evaluated for acceptance to the TBI, TRC Program in August 1998.  In the following years, Kelly received further education, allowing her to work in massage, recreational, and physical therapy. Due to lack of employment options, sh...

My guest is Debra Pyka, a mother who is trying to bring awareness to not only prevent suicide, but to warn of the dangers of sports and head trauma to our youth. She will be discussing her son Joseph's life story, playing sports, CTE which led to years of depression and ultimately, his suicide. Joseph's brother Seth will join us, since they played sports all through their childhood together. She h...

"If life throws you a curve ball, hit it out of the park!" Sage advice from one ball players mom. My guest tonight is Tim Bransfield, survivor and soon to be published author of Life Interrupted: The Tim Bransfield Story From Fenway to Headway at age 17, when as a shortstop in the MA/CT Allstars Game, he was clocked with the baseball. Interestingly, THAT wasn't considered his TBI. That day came in...

  Michael V. Kaplen, Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University Law School. Michael is a member of the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council and chaired the council from 2007 to 2013. He is president of the American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys.   He is a New York Super Lawyer for the last nine years, named as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in N...

George Visgeris a former NFL football player for the 49er's in 1980-1981, as well as a champion of Super Bowl XVI. He is Survivor of 9 NFL caused brain surgeries. Recipient of Zero NFL benefits. As a result, he has  become an expert as a TBI Consultant, sharing his cautionary tale all over the country. The hell he has had to live through as a result of those glory years, has changed his life forev...