Meg Busing knows that everything can change in an instant. After emerging from a coma with a traumatic brain injury that would lead to a decade long battle with intractable epilepsy, she discovered that the world does not always understand invisible challenges. However, nothing has stopped her from boldly pursuing her dreams. As founder and Executive Director of the Midwest YouCan Foundation, Meg has created Camp YouCan-a unique opportunity for kids and young adults with Epilepsy to come together to see all that they CAN do. See: midwestyoucan.org for more information, and Meg’s TedX Talk.
Concussion Now Classified
Bonnie Nish is Executive Director of Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society a charitable organization in the literary arts, in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. Bonnie is an Expressive arts therapist who has worked with at risk populations for the last 20 years. Her first book of poetry ‘Love and Bones ’ was released by Karma Press in 2013. Her later book, an anthology of concussion related stories was published in August 2016. You don’t have to be in sports or the military, to have a life changing event from concussion. See: bonnienish.com Concussion and Mild Brain Injury: Not Just Another Headline gives clear insight into how the lives of those suffering from concussion and mild brain injury (MBI) are impacted. The individual stories of injury, recovery and discovery document the effect of the survivor’s MBI on immediate and extended family members, and social and work communities.
Radiation from Cells Can Damage Our Brain
Happy Valentine’s Day – Spread the Love! Last weeks show with Dr. Maria was on building quality relationships, so this week Caren and I are spreading the word on damage our cell phones can be inflicting on us. When I read the first article in “The Hill” .. It smacked of the NFL scandal. Studies on the harmful effects of repeated concussions had been around for decades, then buried. AFTER much damage has been done, the truth surfaced. Why had it been buried? The results gave an unfavorable account of the magnitude of the damage possible incurring multiple or just the right blow to the head. Money, power, greed trumps health and safety. Sound familiar? Certainly not the first or last time, or scenario. The National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has quietly disclosed that it will stop studying the biological or environmental impacts of cell phone radiofrequency radiation. Don’t rush to upgrade, that’s a marketing cue. Read the small print, or call and ask the provider as I did. Radiofrequency (RF) and Electromagnetic Frequency (EMF) may literally change our DNA structure or cause Cancer, among other things. As we get bigger and stronger cells, the towers to power them – coupled with the other sources that provide them in concert, WHY would studies cease? RN is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from challenges of life on life’s terms.
Building Trust in Relationships
Dr. Maria Romanas will be joining us to discuss protecting others from ourselves, and building trust in relationships. True belonging is about being present without sacrificing our sense of self. With Valentine’s Day next week, some food for thought. We tend to gauge that day in terms of whether or not we have a love interest, and how that’s going for us. We’re “happy” if we have that special someone, and depressed if we don’t .. Feeling lonely and left out. Think back to your childhood. Do your remember those boxes full of little Valentine’s cards we passed out to friends in school? I suppose these days, that gesture if any is made, is an emoji or text. In any case, as a child those cards to we handed out went to “friends,” both boys and girls. We spread the love and happiness to all. We may have shared sweet treats, to those little candy hearts with cute sayings on them. Either way, we spread happiness, joy, and love. It was a fun day. No one felt lonely or left out. How do we generate those feelings in all of our relationships, every day? Not the cards and sweets, but the being present, projecting love and trust? Tune in and see 🙂