Simon Lewis once again joins Kim as Co-Host on a discussion about Sensory Overload. After a brain injury we need to chart a whole new course of boundaries, as to what we can comfortably handle. We learn if we don’t accept our new limitations, the consequences can really slow us up. Crowds, Lights, Noise, Touch, Smells .. Can all get to us in a way they never did before. We adapt by learning to be aware, accept, and adapt to our new course.
The Art of Brain Injury
Join my guests Greg Costa (handlewithlovetbi.com), Alisa Marie (alisastruecolors.com) and I as we discuss healing art. Feel free to join us in the conversation, if YOU have found art that’s helping you heal, or tried to earn a living by promoting it!!
Mother’s Ultimate Sacrifice
We just finished recognizing Mother’s Day. For Rae Hart, her role as a Mother has taken horrific turns, that no mom should ever have to face. Her role as a mother has stretched the endurance of any mom. Join as we discuss one of the Ultimate Mom’s .. Willing to give all for her son, Joey.
Dr Maria’s Second Relational Skill
Tonight is STEP 2 in Our Series of 19 Relational Skills!!
Dr Mara Romanas is a staff pathologist at a Veterans’ Administration hospital, where she practices general surgical pathology. She is f ellowship-trained in cytopathology. Dr Maria especially enjoys teaching and training pathology residents.
Dr Maria’s professional and personal life was limited by a severe traumatic brain injury suffered during a roll-over car accident in 1984 at 18yrs old. Although she doesn’t have an outwardly obvious disability, her cognitive impairments were interfering with her life.
In 2013, Dr Maria went through an 8-week program of intensive holistic cognitive rehabilitation (HCR) that trained her to become her own self-therapist. She learned exactly what was wrong with her brain and how she could deliberately use her conscious mind to prevent my impairments from causing disabled functioning.
From Cradle to Grave To Now
My guest tonight is Ian (Powell) McCullum, author of From Grave to Cradle to Now -The Health Care Professional Edition.
The book is a father’s account of his families journey with a traumatically brain injured son, who they were told would die imminently. Written by a health care neophyte, with the assistance of health care professionals, the book addresses—separately and together—both families and professionals. See www.marrette.cc/hcpro.html for more information.