A Recovery Now

I had known Bill for many years, when I learned he had 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...

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month! Few of us who survived them, had ever heard of one until that fateful moment ... And then our lives were changed forever. 1 in 50 people have aneurysms. I'm 1 in 50, are you? We have a great slate of guests that represent all walks of aneurysm.. Our recently departed friend Rico also weighs in comments he made in 2018. Help me kick off the Awareness Mon...

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...

Janelle Breese Biagioni , RPC, is an author, speaker, and counselor with expertise in grief, loss, life transitions, and brain injury. She resides with her family in Victoria, BC. She is the author of A Change of Mind: One Family’s Journey through Brain Injury and Life Losses: Healing for a Broken Heart. Breese's is an author, publisher, and recognized expert in the areas of Grief, Loss, Mourning,...

Kim and Simon discuss Injury, Time, Misinformation, Fear, and the Unknown .. We are told by professionals, and or make assumptions (or hopes) for a certain recovery time and protocol - But are often met with a scenario much different. How do we handle the changes and associated emotions? In another show we discussed the Writer's Strike in Hollywood. Still unresolved, the Actors have gone on strike...

Bill Protzmann’s personal mission is to raise awareness of the power of music as selfcare. He has more than 30 years’ experience teaching people the power of music for mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health, and his students range from leaders in the Csuite to people living on the street. In 2011, Bill launched Music Care Inc, a for-purpose corporation, to teach and advocate for practic...

Join Kim and Caren with a discussion about How to Pick Mobility Devices to Best Suit your Needs. Also general discussion on societal or personal issues associated - 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 reve...

In 2017, Megan Bacigalupo survived a near-fatal brain hemorrhage while riding a bike. After this life-changing event, she wrote an essay in early recovery, titled In the Cobwebs of My Mind. This piece brought forth a vision impossible to ignore and gave birth to this book project. Newly released In theCobwebs of My Mind the book, now on Amazon & Barnes and Noble! Dreams and Goals DO come true...

My guests for tonight are Marshele Carter Waddell & Dr. Kelly Orr, PhD, ABPP...Who penned Wounded Warrior,Wounded Home. (Amazon) When a combat veteran struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI), every member of the family experiences the effects. Spouses, parents, and children must undergo changes on the home front, a process that resembles the pha...

Matthew D. Dovel is the president and founder of International Suicide Prevention (supportisp.org), a 501(c)(3) public charity nonprofit.  Mr. Dovel has been using this organization to apply the new psychology, Nu-Rekall® to treat mental disorders in real life scenarios, proving their effectiveness and permanency, since 2006. Nu-Rekall® systems are unique in that they’re the only mental health tre...

Kim and Caren will be discussing matters of the brain. What is Cognition? What happens to processing, understanding and focus. They will be explaining cognitive communication, cognitive evaluation, therapies, and more. Long Covid and Vax Reacts are showing similar cognition issues in common in recent studies. Feel free to call This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the cha...

Simon and I normally do our show on the LAST WEDNESDAY of each month .. However this time, we're going to kick off the new month & recognize our Independence .. Before and After Brain Injury. I was sick last week, so we deferred to now. Thanks Simon :) Over the evolution of brain injury and the study of pain, in recent years old original assumptions have shifted. It used to be said that the br...

After decades as a physician and teacher at Harvard Medical School and elsewhere, renowned academic neurosurgeon, Dr. Eben Alexander, thought he knew how the brain, mind, and consciousness worked. A transcendental Near-Death Experience (NDE) during a week-long coma from an inexplicable brain infection changed all of that– completely. He has spent the last seven years since his NDE reconciling his...

Coach-mentor-keynote speaker, Noah St. John spent tons of money and time with a variety of programs offered by personal growth leaders. And, just like for many others, the promised wealth wasn’t forthcoming. Today, he teaches people around the world how to transform old, dusty “affirmations” to his iconic AFFORMATIONS® Method - how to take out their head trash so they can achieve their Permission...

Autoimmune diseasehappens when the body's natural defense system can't tell the difference between your own cells and foreign cells, causing the body to mistakenly attack normal cells. There are more than 80 types of autoimmune diseases that affect a wide range of body parts. Tonight we will discuss autoimmune disorders primarily specific to the brain, spinal cord, and pyschiatric issues. Most of...

Many of you remember former BIRN Host, Fantastic Frank Johnson. He was trapped in a fire, carried out in a body bag, and suffered a substantial anoxic brain injury. Motivated to Inspire millions, Frank has been a platform speaker, had his story printed in multiple publications, and was of course, a radio host! He has been involved in many enterprises, and one is free to you - Get his Free Guide "7...

Welcome back to Simon! Aside from our assorted health issues keeping us apart on the air waves for a couple of months - The best laid plans as they say ... Our last WED of each month shows have been spotty. Hopefully  now we are back in the groove. We will be discussing life interrupting our plans, imparting extreme change, and our ability to accept, take affirming action and adapt to our new life...

Rodney Barnes book, “My Miracle” speaks of different moments in his life before, during, and after the accident that had a huge change in the way he see life now. Some of these episodes were very exciting, others not so much. The biggest part of Rodney's life was finding a relationship with God. My Miracle allows you to see through his eyes, to enable you to make changes in your lif, so you don’t...

Kevin “WarHawk” Doncaster is a United States Marine Veteran.  He served in Iraq and Afghanistan and has a combined 14 years in service to his country as both a Marine, and Department of Defense Contractor.  During those 14 years, he spent 3 years in Iraq and 4 years in Afghanistan.  Kevin sustained multiple injuries as a result of his service in the Middle East.  After coming home for good, Kevin...

Dealer's Choice Night!!  Mental Health and Brain Injury. Dealing with frustration productively. Impactful sleep, current events that have me scratching my head, or what's on your mind? Call us!  Just home from Me (Kim) & G's Anniversary Trip, where the difficult realities at home were mostly chased away with the much needed celebration and escape. This show is a gathering place for anyone seek...

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...

Joe Pisano, and his Artistry of healing. Reserves Chief Petty Officer and martial arts instructor. He is known for unique artistic creations that blend canvas, metal, wood and paint into three dimensional tributes to the sacrifice, duty and honor of our military servicemembers and veterans. Working with the Resurrecting Lives Foundation, Joe helps raise awareness for and bring healing to veterans...

Cheryl Kempf is a survivor of acquired brain injury, ABI and PTSD. Her anoxic event in 1994 left her with partial numbness and no therapy or rehabilitation plans upon her hospital release. That led to her first speaking topic, “What Do You See When You Look at Me?” Her work at the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, DARS, led to her being mentored as a speaker for brain inju...

Kim and Caren will be discussing rebirth and renewal in matters of the brain. 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 "m...

Join Kim and Dr. Maria Romanas as Maria enlightens us on 12 Commandments we had perhaps not yet pondered. That sprinkled in with some compenatory strategy's and we have a solid brain Injury Show! Join us ) 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 recov...