A Recovery Now

Kim and Caren Discuss Life and TBI on Recovery Now. Callers welcome, topics varied. Goulash - Never be surprised what comes up 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 helped us lighten the load, of our journey through recovery. More will be revealed! This is a "we" recovery program, because it i...

WELCOME BACK SIMON!!!  Our final Wednesday of each month co-host has been MIA for quite some time due to both older revisited, and new challenges. Hallelujah, he has final risen and is back among us! As we wind down Brain Injury Awareness Month, we can't stress the importance of Peer to Peer Support enough. Be it podcasts, books, support groups, Tedx Talks or any number of survivor driven resource...

Our regular contributer Dr. Maria Romanas is back to discuss "The Impact of Fatigue on Executive Function in TBI".  As we proceed through Brain Injury Awarness Month, knowledge is power.  Many report that fatigue is their most challenging symptom after brain injury. Reasons for the fatigue are not well understood but may include endocrine abnormalities, the need for the brain to work harder to com...

Join Kim and Caren for Matters of the Brain this Awareness Month - Callers welcome!   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, of our journey through recovery. More will be revealed! This is a "we" recovery program, because it is in the "we," that we find the new "me." We fo...

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Jeffrey Sebell is a forty year survivor, promoting our abilities, focusing on our strengths through his book "Learning to Live with Yourself After Brain Injury", blogging, writing for a variety of publications, acting as a Keynote Speaker, and service. See more at his website: TBIsurvivor.com  Jeffrey experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in 1975, when, as the result of a car accident, he was...

Meg Busing knows that everything can change in an instant. After emerging from a coma with a traumatic brain injury that would lead to a decade long battle with intractable epilepsy, she discovered that the world does not always understand invisible challenges. However, nothing has stopped her from boldly pursuing her dreams. As founder and Executive Director of the Midwest YouCan Foundation, Meg...

Bonnie Nish is Executive Director of Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society a charitable organization in the literary arts, in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. Bonnie is an Expressive arts therapist who has worked with at risk populations for the last 20 years. Her first book of poetry ‘Love and Bones ’ was released by Karma Press in 2013. Her later book, an anthology of concussion related stori...

Happy Valentine's Day - Spread the Love! Last weeks show with Dr. Maria was on building quality relationships, so this week Caren and I are spreading the word on damage our cell phones can be inflicting on us.  When I read the first article in "The Hill" .. It smacked of the NFL scandal. Studies on the harmful effects of repeated concussions had been around for decades, then buried. AFTER much dam...

Dr. Maria Romanas will be joining us to discuss protecting others from ourselves, and building trust in relationships. True belonging is about being present without sacrificing our sense of self. With Valentine's Day next week, some food for thought. We tend to gauge that day in terms of whether or not we have a love interest, and how that's going for us. We're "happy" if we have that special some...

You thought your dog was here just to be your loving support and joyful playmate! Bet your pup is potentially much more than that according to Heather Leigh Strom. Your pet could be the physical conduit for your K9 Spirit Guide! In her groundbreaking book K9 Spirit Guides: The Healing Power of Man’s Best Friend, Heather Leigh reveals that these unique spiritual energies are here to guide us on OUR...

In 1991 I was a successful Harley Davidson Dealer, marketed an onboard dynamometer of my own design for motorcycles  and had a successful software company that licensed software to manage a motorcycle business. In 1994/95 He was also aspiring to break the land to speed record (then 318mph). Things were going well .. until they weren't. His parachutes didn't open, and a horrific accident occurred....

Michele Kauffman is a twice recovered Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor, has years of experience supporting others in positive approaches in healing. Her professional accounting career with the United States Attorney's Office ended at the bottom of the stairs she fell down, as she could no longer add six and seven without taking off her shoes…... Michele facilitated in person support groups at Harbo...

Welcome to the New Year!  It is also the first 2nd Wednesday of 2024, when my formidlble co-host Caren Robinson joins us. As many could help but notice around the holidays, our platform Blog Talk Radio went  (as the military sometimes says) "Tango Uniform". We're sorry for that, because holidays can be joyful, but they can also be a time of isolation. We're in the advocacy business, so we were ang...

Debbie Hampton recovered from decades of unhealthy thinking and depression, a suicide attempt, and resulting brain injury to become an inspirational and educational writer on brain, psychological, emotional, and mental health issues for Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, and more. On her website, Debbie shares how she rebuilt her brain and life to find joy and thrive. She wants you to know that you c...

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...

Joy Bartling was raised on a small town dairy farm. In 2006 she founded Scatter Joy Acres (SJA) in Omaha, to provide a new home, new life, and new meaning by rescuing abused or neglected animals. Later the ranch was relocated to 15 acres inside the city limits of Omaha.   Bartling’s first loves were the animals who became her closest childhood friends and confidants when she felt she had no one el...

Dr. Mark Gordon started over 35 years ago using combinations of natural ingredients to address memory, mental energy and cognition as well as physical performance without any banned or restricted products. He has been instrumental as a thought leader in developing the area of Interventional Endocrinology and now the area of Neuroendocrinology as it pertains to symptomatic Traumatic Brain Injury wi...

Call in and talk about what's on your mind. MN Matt will be with me up front, some Indie Tunes, and Fun Fact. Add your thoughts or feelings on TBI, PTSD, and or the holidays coming up. Has your brain injury made it different? Have you lost someone this year and feel challenged with how the holidays will be? You name it .. Call it.   This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from t...

Join Kim and 2nd Wed each month cohost, Caren Robinson discuss an update of what is being currently explored, developed, considered, and discovered toward Brain Injury treatment. Will review common take-aways from our injuries, and how gratitude aids our end of healing, with Thanksgiving around the corner. Recognition of our Troops and Veterans as we recognize USMC Birthday and Veteran's Day this...

Join me with fellow survivor, friend and co-host, Hatter!  Welcome to November & Hope You Had a Safe, Fun Halloween! Booya!!  And .. Don't forget to change your clocks this weekend :) Tonight we will be discussing matters of brain injury, endulging in some Indie Tunes, and whatever else might present! Join us, call us .. Show us some love! This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking reco...

After a month away, Kim is back LIVE with her co-host Simon Lewis (gone much longer) for not only Hump Day, but tonight Wicked Wednesday! Fall is upon us - Change. Halloween is around the corner - Masks. The hosts have been fighting difficult health challenges, but bravely crawl back to the Mic tonight. We invite YOU to call in and join us! We invite you to test drive your Halloween Costume for th...

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...

Kim and Co-Host Caren Robinson Discuss Resources and Support for the Brain Injury Community - Where do we find these things. The merit of doing so, as well as the challenges can be daunting. 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, of our journey through recovery. This is a...

Join Kim for Discussion and some Indie Music! Special Friends Pitching in!  Maybe you? 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, of our journey through recovery. This is a "we" recovery program, because it is in the "we," that we find the new "me." We focus on the four A's of...