A Recovery Now

In 2012, Ruby A. Taylor, M.S.W. was in a car accident. It totaled her car and gave her a concussion, which later turned into a TBI. Because of the brain injury, as with most of us, her life turned upside down. Ruby is currently on a mission to take away the shame and embarrassment of brain injury and help survivors recover through the support of family, friends, and professionals. Ruby is excited...

  My Guest Tonight is, Phil Hossler, ATC  Phil is a certified athletic trainer at East Brunswick HS, East Brunswick, NJ He has authored 5 books and 39 articles in the healthcare field. He Has traveled with Olympic levels teams 4 times to South America and Europe. He has been a director and officer in athletic training associations for nearly 25 years. Phil's received several distinguished athletic...

Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Ms. Catherine (Catz) LeBlanc has worked as a Physician’s Assistant and project manager. In 2009, she suffered a sports concussion, then two months later was rear-ended totaling her Beetle convertible. She has been disabled by Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and did not find a pocket-book for brain injured athletes/veterans/civilians...so she wrote one.  Tell Me This...

Tom Hartmann, author of the book Broken Mind, Persistent Hope, used alternative medicine to recover from his TBI, including homeopathy and the new healing method Acupuncture for the Mind (A4M).  Some other less successful healing experiments included shamanism and Tibetan medicine.   Denied conventional rehabilitation due to pre-existing psychiatric difficulties, Tom and his father blazed a trail...

Rick Von Linsowe, MS, CPC suffered an alcohol and drug related brain injury in 1998. He was confined to a wheelchair in a nursing home.  He made the decision not to allow his injury to define him.  Through hard work and determination, Rick was able to overcome his physical limitations and achieve many successes in his personal and professional life, and is now a recovery life coach. Connect with R...

My guest tonight is Rick Rosio, founder of VFCC has worked for the last 8yrs to bring a Vet based cannabis therapy program to development. As the only cannabis provider to provide insight into the cannabis business model to a sitting governor, his goal has been to develop a model that would provide a cost effective program that would provide transparency and regulation. Being the only Medicade Spe...

Thomas Henson Jr. and Carol Svec write the Legal Link column for Brain Injury Journey magazine.  Thomas is a partner at HensonFuerst Attorneys. He leads their catastrophic and complex litigation division, handling traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, birth injury, nursing home abuse, and roadway & construction defect cases. He serves on the board of directors of the Brain Injury Associa...

Dr Maria Romanas, this time on the 10 Commandments of Recovery from Brain Injury. She will be sharing work done by Dr Larry Schutz, with invaluable information on steps taken to aid in BI recovery. Not one to miss! Maria is a staff pathologist at a Veterans' Administration hospital. She practices general surgical pathology and am fellowship-trained in cytopathology. Maria's professional and person...

Xavier Figueroa. President at the Brain Health and Healing Foundation, received his doctoral degree in 2003 from the University of Washington’s Program in Neurobiology & Behavior in the Department of Environmental Health and Toxicology.  His doctoral training was followed up by two post-doctoral fellowships within the Department of Bioengineering.  His experience within academic research expos...

Kimberly Suchek is past president of Operation Homefront of Michigan, Family Assistant Coordinator for The Army National Guard out of Joint Force HQ and Grand Ledge Armory, and a DEERS Operator. She was also a patrol officer for 6 years. Kimberly is passionate about quality of life issues for military families. She has been married to an Army National Guard soldier for 13 years. She lives and unde...

My guest tonight is Randy Mallory. Randy’s father served as an incredible example to him when he began his business career. Randy worked as director of sales in the dental laboratory industry for over twenty years. He worked with some of the top dentists in cosmetics, full mouth reconstruction, and other aspects of dentistry. He also helped to cofound his own company in 2007. Randy’s parents taugh...

My guest tonight is J. Lucas Koberda, MD,PhD, Neurology, PL. He is the owner and Director of the Tallahassee Neuro Balance Center, where his clinical interests include: EEG-QEEG (Brain Mapping), LORETA imaging and Z-score LORETA Neurofeedback, Cognitive Enhancement, Neurofeedback, Neurotherapy, Neuropsychiatry, Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, Forensic-Neurology, Peak Performance Neurofeedback...

Dr. Maria Romanas knows first-hand what it means to live with a severe brain injury that occurred when she was 18. It took her 29 years to find out how to prevent her permanent cognitive impairments from causing disability in her professional and personal life.  An 8-week program of intensive holistic cognitive rehabilitation trained her to become her own self-therapist. Now with her brain under c...

YOUR OPEN MIC & Indy Music. Brain Injury Radio is a means of Peer Support. Use us! Call in with what's on your mind, what you'd like to hear, or even to say hello. Good time to bring up topics YOU'D like to hear about. We aim to please. :) Transitioning new permanent Saturday Night host, but in the meantime...You're getting me. Thanks to Mike Idell for doing a great jobbing of subbing last wee...

Ever feel like you have battle fatigue, even though you've never been to war? Or have you? Sometimes the battle front isn't across the world, but in our own backyard Dorothy! Ordinary folks feel the effects of stress overload situationally. Many Veteran's feel these effects, by what is now called PTSD.. but brain injury survivors and care giverslive an ongoing battle of their own. That sums up my...

My guest is Kathy Moeller, Certified Brain Injury Specialist who works with Vocational Rehab agencies throughout the USA. In 1990, she experienced a brain injury, and has been devoted to assisting others return to enjoyable, sustainable employment. We will be discussing "Outsmarting Brain Injury and Returning to Work". Kathy M is founder of Cognitive Harmonics, Inc. and is an inventer of cognitive...

Tonight's show is not only a reminder (if it applies), that at 2am your clock will really be an hour later, until next fall...But an attitude that makes the journey through recovery a more positive suggestion! Now if the weather would just catch up and get the memo!! Open mics, a few pearls of wisdom (or not), and some great Indy music. We're running ads for a permanent Saturday night host, so if...

  Mikal Vega is a Combat Veteran with 22.5 years of military service, nine of those years in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and 13 years as a Navy SEAL. He was medically discharged due to combat related injuries suffered during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), when a roadside IED low ordered while manning the turret of a HMMWV, causing a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) and severe trauma to the...

Jeff Sebell will be my guest, blogger and author of a soon to be released book! The summer before college in 1975, he suffered a game changing car accident. Share his journey through a month long coma, with damage to his frontal lobe, brain stem and the journey beyond. Jeff was on the founding board of directors of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Head Injury Foundation, and spoke at the...

How much impact does "Attitude" have on continued recovery? Are we defeated before we leave the gate, or are we the Phoenix that rises to help ourselves and others? The choice is ultimately ours. Is this an area where we ever reach perfection? No, but the more progress we exude, measuresthe happiness we will ultimatelyachieve in our lives. Tonight we will share on the topic, have open mic so you c...

Some people think bullying only applies to kids, since this is where most of the emphasis is put in public education."Vulnerable Groups" such as those with disabilities, are now being recognized as people, who are just as deeply effected by mean spirited harrassment. Tonight we'll be discussing what consitutues cyber bullying, and what you can do if you believe you've ben a victim of this kind of...

Tonight my guest is Donna Marie Paquette aka TBI Dancewalker! With Valentine's Day around the corner, some may be feeling a little blue. When you hear about Donna's journey from brain tumor, to TBI, and through recovery...You'll be back in the red. Donna will show you that you don't need a partner to dance, and find your way to a life of wellness and ongoing recovery. For more on her see www.dance...

On January 15, 2006, Linda Arms faced an abrupt end to the person she recognized, when she became a TBI survivor. Her circumstance was considered a mild to moderate brain injury, but caused debilitating damage to her cognitive abilities and left her physically weak. She was suddenly toppled from what she thought to be her personal peak, into a deep hole by a freak accident. That is when she became...

A promising young student is cut down by manic depression.  Soon after, his car is T-boned by a tractor trailer in a snowy highway collision, making his existing instability many times worse.  His marriage with a Russian wife comes under unbearable strain.  How he emerges from all this to return to normal life is the exciting story of Broken Mind, Persistent Hope. Author and survivor, Thomas Hartm...

"The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray." John Steinbeck No matter how well you plan something, always expect the unexpected. Just because you think you've done all you can for something to go as planned, doesn't guarantee that will be the outcome. Do you have a "Plan B"? This show is a gathering placefor anyone seeking recoveryfrom the challenges of life on life's terms. I introduce to...