Month: June 2014

Attention is a mental control system that lets you adjust how hard you think about something.

Because brain damage weakens attention, a good recovery depends on deliberately thinking a bit harder about many things. There is a special need to pay more attention to tasks as they get harder. Mental effort is also a self-therapy tool that can reduce or neutralize cognitive deficits. So “powering up” into maximum alertness and attention is the first step toward getting your deficits under control. When you power up, you can keep your mind focused on one topic at length, think deeply about it, and come up with your best plans and ideas. Making maximum effort sometimes offsets deficits completely, allowing survivors to function at full effectiveness.” – Larry Schutz, PhD

Mike Idell’s show was killed earlier by technical difficulty. Be sure to tune into his next show. It happens to all of us hosts…But it’s always a shame when we’ve prepared. Sorry Mike.

Tonight Kim Justus will host open mic & Indy music for a while. This is not her regular show, which is found on Hump Night (Wed)…But maybe you guys can make the show, Mike can come back & take over trying a redo on his earlier piece, or we can just listen to some grooves and relax. I’m on my last nerve, and my bucket is full…But it’s all good. Or at least we come to accept our reality eventually, and move forward with as much grace as we can muster.

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 about offering her free ebook “99 Problems and My Brain is 1, informational and inspirational blog posts, documentaries, and workshops to help spread awareness, compassion, and support for brain injury survivors and our families. You can visit Ruby and learn more about Compassion Pictures at www.compassionpictures.net

Have you ever sustained a brain injury have you ever known anyone who had a concussion? These days there is a lot of talk in the media about football players and head injuries and PCS. However, the general public doesn’t really understand how serious a seemingly minor concussion can be.

One of the main reasons we’re tackling this topic this evening is that even a seemingly minor concussion can have life-long, life altering consequences. And that is the topic of tonight’s broadcast. Many of our listeners know personally just how a traumatic a concussion can be.

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: Encouragement and Hope after Brain Injury was published 2013. She has been a guest on Brain Injury Radio and given speeches as an Ambassador for the BIA of Massachusetts. She is a contributor in the soon to be released Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries.

If you’re just hanging around tonight, call in and chat on matters of the brain. 🙂 Otherwise, I’ll be playing Indy Music and discussing events of the day.