Month: September 2019

Michael McKay was born and raised in metro-Atlanta. He earned a football scholarship to Gardner-Webb University, where he played quarterback. His senior he earned national all-star honors and received attention from professional football leagues. Michael graduated with a communications degree, with the goal of being a sportscaster if professional football wasn’t his calling. Four months later, Sept 9th 2000 his life changed, when he suffered a catastrophic brain injury from an automobile accident. He had little chance to live due to the extreme nature of his injuries.

After 7.5yrs of extensive rehab and thousands of prayers, he finally passed the medical exam to be medically cleared to drive. Michael is still in pursuit of his broadcasting goal, believing that God didn’t bring him this far to leave him by himself. Michael is a beacon of light for others. He still desires to be a light as a TV/Radio personality. See: motivationwithmichael.com & youtu.be/-W45iH4AlYc

Tonight’s show is pot luck! Enjoy open Mic to share what’s on YOUR mind, or listen to some great Indie Tunes. Promisee some fun, and an ear for support ..

September has been Brain Aneurysm Awarenss Month .. Will also discuss this at various points in the show. For those of us who survived this condition, EVERY DAY is filled with awareness, but as we wind down the officially deemed month .. Want you to be aware & spread the word.

Join Kim & Simon Lewis as they discuss looking back on summer. Did we get off the bench, live life and accomplish desired goals? What were the challenges and the victories? Can get easy with brain injury to pull back from life and isolate. To let fear of “not being our old selves”, keep us from trying new pursuits. No one said living with brain injury is easy. It’s not. Yet here we are. How to we best spend our “Brain Bucks” to create a life worth living, and feel empowered? How do we take the set backs, if not in stride, with the appropriate amount of grief/disappointment .. Then keep moving forward? Listen in and see! Maybe call in and share your secrets to success 🙂

Robert Hernandez is a Medical Speech Language Pathologist, also working as a Hospital Medical Program Developer. Robert has been in practice for last 35 years. His current focus is Medical Program Development for ‘Critical’ access hospitals through the United States and foreign countries.

Robert has great concern for healthcare and access to the array of services in rural and remote communities, which don’t have the care offerings found in more urban areas. He has dedicated his work toward development of necessary services in communities that otherwise would not have them.

Clinically, Robert has focused on developing methods to help brain injury patients deal more effectively with the consequences of experiencing TBI/ABI over the last 25 years. He teaches how to become “thought driven” in dealing with the challenges of daily life. This method promotes self-awareness, and better clarity of thought. Robert exposes patients to a formalized but flexible way of approaching problems that assist them to systematically ‘Think’ through the process of problem solving.

Most of us stop to remember the tragedy of Sept 11th each year, but few register the continuing cost of that day, these 18yrs later and beyond. Join me with First Responder, James T. Ryder and hear about the work they continue, to help victims of 9-11.

We talk a lot about the healing nature of the arts. Most of us have written a book, want to write a book, have thought of writing a book, will sometime write a book … But have no idea where to begin. My guest tonight will enlighten us about the pros and cons of the publishing industry, what to expect, and how she has had tremendous success!

Victorine Lieske’s first book, Not What She Seems, hit the NYT’s bestselling ebook list in March of 2011. Her first sweet romance, Accidentally Married, hit the USA Today bestselling list in January 2015. She now has nineteen books published with one translated into German. She has taught classes at many conferences including RWA national in July of 2019. Victorine and her husband live in Nebraska with their two children still left in the nest and three cats. She loves all things romance, and watches While You Were Sleeping about once every six months. When she’s not writing, she’s designing book covers for authors or making something with her extensive yarn collection.