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Since gaining a TBI are you having trouble focusing? Difficulting processing things as fast as you used to? What about other things? Listen in as Kevin and The Marvelous Maggie share some inspiration tonight.

Start the weekend celebration off RIGHT TONIGHT! The irony of the most celebrated day of the year for most Americans is the impact it has on all those who have served this Nation to provide the freedoms of setting off those fireworks. As a Veteran with a TBI and PTSD, join Kevin and the Marvelous Maggie tonight as they share tips on how to make it through the 'celebration' without any 'misfires'! 

In conjunction with PTSD awareness month, join Kevin as he shares his experiences as a TBI Thriver with PTSD. He will briefly review the differences between TBIs and PTSD and emphasize the importance of knowing the differences for medical treatment and therapy. Join Kevin tonight as he navigates the "perfect storm" and provides helpful tips you can use to make life with a TBI and PTSD more FUNctio...

A 'Slave', is defined as; a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them and 'Slavery' is the practice or system of owning slaves. While Abraham Lincoln was credited for the "Emancipation Proclamation", which was to liberate African Americans from Eurpean/Caucasian Mentality, slavery is alive and flourishing more than ever, especially in the one place it was to have been...

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While UNICEF estimates that an average of 353,000 babies are born each day around the world, how many are "BORN RICH"? While WEALTH has been defined as "having an abundance of valuable possessions" and 'riches' may vary depending upon the geographical location, did you know there are priceless 'jewels' within each and every single one of us? Join Kevin & the Marvelous Maggie as we explore and...

Crab mentality, sometimes referred to as "crabs in the bucket", is a phrase that describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs. Individually, the crabs could easily escape from the pot, but instead, they grab at each other in a useless "king of the hill" competition which prevents any from escaping and ensures...

When you hear the word "Ironman" a couple things come to mind; a "Annual Competition" or the "Super Hero". Both require a great deal of time and energy but how do they relate to having a Brain Injury? Some people w/a Brain Injury also have physical limitations, some w/prostetics or other assitive devices, so how can they be an "Ironman"? EASY PEEZY! When one stops and asks themselves: How can you...

Spring has arrived, the days are getting longer, the birds & bees are active and the weather is getting warmer. All accros the United States, Farmers are busy planting seeds, delivering different types of baby animals and working harder than 99% of the CEO's in the World. There are over 300 million farmers in the US ALONE, only most of them don't even realize it. Join Kevin and the Marvelous M...

Most people who acquire Traumatic Brain Injuries, are often terminated from their respective employers due to the effects of the BI, which includes, but not limited to, Military Service. While some are fortunate enough to receive unemployment/ Workman's Comp benefits and some Veterans get a portion of what they rate, what does One do moving forward? If your Brain Injury precludes you from gaining...

Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the Theory of Relativity and Principles of Uncertainty: phenomenon that determine the course of our lives. Yesterday, my life was headed in one direction. Today, it is headed in another. Yesterday I believed that I would never have done what I did today. These forces that often remake time and space, that can shape and alter w...

How many times, since your brain injury, have you been asked, "What were you Thinking?" If you're like me, more times than you care to admit to, but since you're still here; "What's the Big Deal, Right?". LIFE after a Brain Injury brings on a plethora of 'side-effects' that often don't reveal themselves until weeks, months and even years down the road, after the incident. So, how does one with a B...

The quotation "All men are created equal" has been called an "immortal declaration", and "perhaps [the] single phrase" of the American Revolutionary period with the greatest "continuing importance". However, most people will ignorantly argue this point, often citing things that don't occur until later in LIFE albeit geographical location, opportinities, religous or political beliefs, etc., and neg...

THIS WEEK:  Caregiving For the Caregiver (We'll be back LIVE Next Week to share More!) TONIGHTS EPISODE IS A PREVIOUS EPISODE OF  "WTF?" originally recorded 150307. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to bringing you valuable information for the BI Community. In light of Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month, many organizations and agencies have arranged events and special progr...

For an Illusionist to fool the audience, their deceit must go unseen and to this end they craft an illusion to avert attention from reality. While the audience is entranced, the deceptive act is committed, and for the fool, reality then becomes inexplicably built upon on a lie. That is, until the fool wakes up and recognizes the truth in the fact that he has been duped. (Like "Santa Claus") Howeve...

Most of us with Traumatic Brain Injuries are fortunate enough to have some form of support albeit a spouse or relative (begrudging or not) to help us with our day-to-day activities. But what about those who find themselves alone or in situations where no one knows (aka understands) them. What about those who's circumstances are restrictive albeit by prison or mental health systems? How does one ac...

Everyone has an Angel. A Guardian who watches over us. We can't know what form they'll take. One day, old man. Next day, little girl. But don't let appearances fool you, they can be as fierce as any dragon. Yet they're not here to fight our battles, but to whisper from our heart. Reminding that it's us. Its everyone of us who holds power over the world we create.  LIFE with a Brain Injury is an op...

All I need to Know About LIFE, I Learned as a TBI THRIVER! From way before our first breath and for long after our last, we are evolving. In between these moments, we get to experience a variety of things, from the time we open our eyes in (our) morning until we close them at night. While most of us have acquired an understanding of the difference between desired and undesired, 'right & wrong'...

When you adore someone with a Brain Injury and they just can seem to get IT together, when do you get to that point of enough is enough? NEVER! Having been fired from my job in the USMC, a divorce from an amazing woman of almost 10 years and teatering on the edge of committing suicide more times than I care to admit to since acquiring a Traumatic Brain Injury, I have concluded; LIFE is what WE mak...

Most Parents would prefer no harm come to their children and most will do what they can to curtail it. In the event some harm does come, we're often the first to respond with corrective actions. But what happens when we get a TBI? What happens to the protective instinct with a child with a Brain Injury who has a 'misfire'? LIFE for most teens can be overwhelming as it is, between the public school...

Brain trauma may make maturing brains "misfire" and disrupt the development of impulse control, social judgment and self-restraint, according to MedicalNewsToday.com but speaking from personal experience, it's a FACT! It was also my introduction to discovering the specific type of trauma sustained, had it not been for a 'misfire' after returning to duty in the Marine Corps. If you have a Brain Inj...

With the beginning of a New Year a good portion of society establishes "Resolutions" to do or not do certain things throughout the year. Thus providing them with a better 'end' to the upcoming year, than perhaps their previous. What you have been avoiding, can and often does, hurt the progress of acquiring FUNctionality, just as what you have been doing, can and often does, hurt the progress of ac...

THIS WEEK: Year in Review It's been 360 days and with only five more to 2014 (Universe willing).. what do you intend to finalize, for 2014 and create for 2015? Albert Einstein was noted for sharing, "Everything just IS until we begin to compare it to something else." This year, like every year before, has had its ups and downs, but how was it over all? Join Kevin and the Marvelous Maggie as they r...

THIS WEEK: Making IT Through the MADNESS Do you get overwhelmed w/crowds, lights and loud noises? Now imagine having a Brain Injuriy... now imagine adding PTSD to the mix after having been trained to take peoples lives w/o remorse. It's the Holidays and for 38 days between the 3rd Wednesday in November to the 2nd of January, Society takes on a different attitude. Making it through this time has it...

THIS WEEK:  The 13 Days of Christmas! In light of the Holiday season, join us as Kevin shares a unique TBI version of "The 13 Days of Christmas" and the 'gifts' acquired during his journey with a TBI (and PTSD). Come join the FUN and laughter, that is sure to bring some humor to the Holiday Season Fridays @7pm Pacific. Tune in this week to add another perspective to your daily repertoire.  If ther...