Kim’s Radio Shows

How lovely would it be to always feel that you are protected, safe, loved and that everything is unfolding to support you? That’s the message and the method in Dr. Nancy Wiley’s gem of a book, Divine Trust, A Practical Guide to End Suffering and Find Your Way Home. By surrendering to Divine Trust, you can weather any or all of life’s storms with a peaceful grace that helps you over the peaking waves, and the knowledge that you are held in divine hands—that everything is happening for you, or at least for a reason that will reveal itself to strengthen or awaken you.

Caren and Kim will be hosting Kelly and Mike Lang, authors of The Miracle Child: Traumatic Brain Injury and Me. See: themiraclechild.org Kelly’s brain injury advocacy career began after she and her 3-year-old daughter were injured in a horrific car accident in 2001. Kelly has served on the Board of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia and is a member of the Brain Injury Association of America’s Brain Injury Council as well as the Virginia Brain Injury Advisory Council. Kelly has worked with the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems’ Brain Injury Learning Collaborative and is a member of the Traumatic Brain Injury Leadership Group and the Person-Centered Advisory Group. She has published articles and spoken to university classes, support groups, and other professionals regarding her family’s experience with brain injury. Mike earned his Certified Safety Manager (CSM) designation in 2020 and has retained his Project Management Professional (PMP) designation since 2005. Michael is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), National Association of Safety Professionals (NASP), and a program committee member of the National Safety Council.

Tonight we’re going to be discussing Functional Neurology, Post Covid Syndrome, or Long Hauler’s as some know it. Is Covid gone? Is PCS real? What IS real regarding the state of Covid now? Dr. Michael Lovich is a graduate of Rutgers University, and University of Western States Chiropractic School. He completed a Masters in Exercise and Sports Science concentrating in Clinical Sports Medicine at the same time. He finished a post-doctoral program in Clinical Neuroscience through the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies. Dr Lovich has become Board Certified by the American Chiropractic Neurology Board and has earned credentials as a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician/Practitioner, Diplomate American Board of Sports Physicians, and an International Certificate in Sports Chiropractic. Dr. Lovich has also completed additional post-doctoral specialty training in blood chemistry, brain chemistry, neuro-immune, and neuro-endocrine functional medicine complemented by additional post-doctoral specialty training in functional movement based rehabilitation using therapeutic corrective exercises.​

Kim and Caren will be discussing the many matters of the brain, from injury impact, through what recovery will be, to adapting to what comes next and the possible add-on conditions from the original trauma. And what a long road it is. Introduction of some additional “help” resources HOPE TBI Co-OP and the “Dear Joyce Exchange.” Discussion of PTSD/PTS. Open Mic for anyway who would like to discuss their trials or triumps with Brain Injury. Join Us 🙂 Simon is recovering from a series of procedures and can’t make it tonight as hoped .. Our thoughts and prayers are with him .. As well as with Craig for complete resolution and healing.

Brain Aneurysm Survivors speak out with personal stories, and we’ll be discussing warning signs, treatments and other issues related to Awareness of a condition few but survivors know much about. An estimated 6.5 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm, or 1 in 50 people. The annual rate of rupture is approximately 8 – 10 per 100,000 people. About 30,000 people in the United States suffer a brain aneurysm rupture each year. A brain aneurysm ruptures every 18 minutes. This September is the five year mark for Megan Bacigalupo. She suffered a spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2017, while biking home. John Hileman is a nearly 20 year brain aneurysm survivor. He has never given up and never will let a brain injury limit his life. My rupture happened in 1995, when I underwent a craniotomy & clipping procedure. Ron Kratz suffered an aneurysm in 2009 receiving a coil & shunt procedure. Please call in and share a bit of your experience!

Amber Eidem is Founder and current President of nonprofit The Precious Legacy (TPL) that holds destination retreats for the young adult surviving children of service members that have died serving our Nation. Heaven Wadsworth TPL Board Secretary, and Military Survivors Advocate – Will be joining us. TPL does not practice bereavement hierarchy; every child grieves and is deserving of support, regardless of military branch, manner or location of loss, or biological relationship to their fallen service member. All surviving young adult children (ages 19-24) of the US Military qualify! Amber married an Active Duty Army Officer and having three children at home kept her very busy. In 2016 her husband was killed in the line of duty, leaving her to pick up the pieces. By the time the Eidem family was ready to explore the military support systems available to them, it was too late for more than one reason. Just a year after loss, oldest daughter Shae had ‘aged-out’ of any support groups available to her, leaving her to deal with her grief alone. In 2019 Amber applied for a family camp for survivors that accepted the aged-out as well, but was denied because her husband wasn’t killed on foreign land. Amber had a new Mission/Motto ‘Walking in their footsteps, while creating my own path’

My guest tonight will be Simon T. Bailey, Author of Ignite the Power of Women in Your Life – A Guide for Men -After an encounter with his young daughter cause him to have a game changing epiphany. Hundreds of thousands have agreed with his assessment. Light and airy, written in short soundbites, with profound reflections and heartfelt personal stories, Ignite the Power of WOMEN In Your Life speaks to men who have given short shrift to the women in their world, either unconsciously or because of self-focused prioritizing. It offers painful truths and step-by-step ways to realign and elevate the women who carry half the load in the world. And more than that, how men can enhance and recognize the total worth of the women they support.

Join me with TBI survivor Jordan Hallstom & Joy Lewis (his mom) to discuss a new piece of mobile technology, to make the lives of survivors, as well as caregivers easier to manage! The relationship between the survivor and caregiver can get tense at times. This app promotes independence, organization and tools to make the lives easier on all parties.

Marcela Benson, M.A. after a life changing journey, created Love, Peace and Vegatables: Recipes for Conscious Living. It’s a spiritual, meditation on and guide to the wonder of live food cuisine. Love, Peace and Vegetables assembles what she learned, so that she can share and pass it along to the world. Embracing a spiritual approach to conscious living and total immersion into the Live Food Lifestyle, Marcela is an elegant ambassador for the transformational life she espouses. This incredible book, filled with arresting art, poetry, spiritual inspiration, pristine eating food prep instruction never before assembled in one place, gorgeous photography of luscious dishes worthy of Gourmet Magazine, and hundreds of yummy recipes that will entice the pallet—is a one-of-a-kind labor of love. And it is a guidebook for self-love and a manual for adding more love into the world.

Guests tonight are current America’s Got Talent contender (and so much more) Ben Waites, and his mom Sonya Waites. Sonya was diagnosed with Cancer young, and later suffered a TBI. She was told she would never have kids. Then against the odds she had her miracle son Ben. He was born with arthrogryposis, and while his body may be bound to a wheelchair, his spirit is soaring through the gift of song. Singing has become such a crucial part of Ben’s life and career, but music is not his whole life. Growing up, he had a happy, fulfilling life and supportive family. He says he did everything the other kids did, just with a little help sometimes. Ben chose to sing, but he knows that he will be fine with or without his gifted voice. In 2010 Ben graduated from College with an interdisciplinary concentration of music, communications, and theater arts. He received several scholarships during his years at college, and was given the honor of singing at his own graduation. The entire auditorium was on its feet, cheering and applauding the seemingly unlikely student with the beautiful voice. “It was truly amazing!” said Ben. “Not because I was singing but it was an opportunity to show God’s faithfulness. Because of His grace and mercy, I’m able to push on see my dreams become reality.”