Radio Shows

Wildlife Rockstars is a company uses wildlife and conservation outreach to help traumatic brain injury survivors thrive! Director of Wildlife Education, Tiffany Joubert will be my guest. The organization is a day program service where members come and create goals for themselves to help recover from their injuries; goals that help them reestablish functions they may have lost. Functions like cognitive abilities, motor skills, speaking, social skills, and more. Part of the program is the Wildlife Rockstars’ which is our wildlife program. We have over 32 species of animals. Some of which are used as animal therapy animals to help the members with their mental health. Other animals go with the staff and members to animal presentation shows, animals like our new baby Wallaby Springsteen! The members give presentations about the animals at schools, retirement communities even birthday parties. These presentations play a vital role in helping the members learn to reestablish social skills, public speaking skills as well as building confidence.

Second Wednesday of each month, Caren Robinson and Kim will be discussing the state of “dis ease” and stigma attached to Mental Health. That, in and of itself is a broad issue .. Add TBI and things get really tricky. This has been a time as they say “that tries ones soul”. Mental Health has taken a beating for kids, adults and everyone in between in this long relentless haul. Between politics, protests, pandemic, and personal challenges coping with the related fallout .. We have been pressed to our limits. Many have refused to seek help because of the stigma many times attached. Others are in need, indeed, but have in no way gotten immediate relief. Tonight we will talk about aspects of mental health and how we can raise awareness, take action, and find some relief.

Have you ever wondered what the perfect remedy for you might be? My guest tonight can help you discover that! Rosemary Liden is an Intuitive Lifestyle Consultant and People Extraordinaire! She believes in helping to connect people with stellar lifestyle experiences. She does this using a combination of Personalized Concierge Services. She incorporates specific events, Getaways, Winery Tours, Travel and her experience as a salon and cafe owner. Her past work experience centers primarily on her home in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Napa Valley, although she has some experience in Puerto Vallarta and other corporate resorts. She has spent the last 35 years working in Concierge and Customer Care in the area of Sales, Marketing, Hospitality, and Restaurant Marketing, She also is a Representative and Mentor for a Sales community with Neal’s Yard Remedies US, a pure plant based Beauty and Wellness line from the UK. Between making you look and feel better, and having a great time, Rosemary can tell what you want and can help you get it. She has some insight into how the brain works and how all this can change in the case of a brain injury.

Thomas Dahlborg is many things – Husband, Father, Doggy Dad, Advocate, Author, Speaker and More. When Tom penned From Heart to Head & Back Again: .. A Journey Through the Healthcare System (Just Released in fall 2020), he had no idea he would be on the other side of the healthcare system in just a few short months. From developing “health caring” planning, to experiencing the reality of being a patient, was enough to lead his thoughts on the subject, to a place they hadn’t been. New perspectives, different side of the coin. Dahlborg is President of HealthCARING Leadership Group, LLC (DHLG) – Transforming healthcare to healthCARING. “It will take Heartchange to achieve healthCARING. Bringing relationship, compassion, and servant leadership back into healthcare as we all seek to improve quality, safety, and outcomes for our patients, families, and communities.” Tom will be with us the first hour of the show. In the second hour, feel free to call and share your hospital experience, or lack thereof in this challenging time which COVID has pressed the already tough limits.

The word ponderables has it origins in the 1600’s. Where does our mind wonder when not directed. From the grave to the sublime, from the victim to the empowered, from serious to silly .. Tonght Simon & Kim will share some of their ponderables, and hope you might join in too. What are those nagging questions we revisit in our minds, or that may just zip on through, that give us reason for pause and curiosity? Author Henry James (1843-1916), in his book The Awkward Age speaks about “coming out” in old English Society. A review on his piece asks: “Do I have any sense of what is going on?” “Can I believe any of the characters?” “What in the world is this about?” “I’ve read that sentence ten times and I still don’t have a clue what it says.” “Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?” Of course he uses the word ponderable more than once in his text on that account. Join us and ponder out yonder! 🙂

The work that Jonathan Goldman does and teaches clears lifelong depression, trauma, fears, anxieties, resentments, shame, self-judgment, relationship dysfunction, scarcity thinking, spiritual disconnection and much more. Goldman’s goal is to lead you to become “the commander of your own vehicle.” He teaches you the art of inner alignment –The Divine Tactics — to be empowered to live your life informed by self-knowledge and self-actualization. You become your own teacher by having access to your heart, your intuition, and the inspiration of Light. Goldman is one of the leading educators on the embodiment of Light and its use in healing and for spiritual illumination. The Essential Light Institute, which he co-founded in 2008, is dedicated to teaching the arts of self-transformation and energy healing through direct relationship with the living force of Light. His book The Gift of the Body: A Multi-Dimensional Guide to Energy, Anatomy, Grounded Spirituality and Living Through the Heart he describes as “an experiential, practical, transformational manual for the adventure school of your life.”

alentine’s Day is around the corner .. A commercial holiday retail wouldn’t let you miss, right? For some it’s a day to celebrate that special someone in their life. For others, it shines a spotlight on the lack of a loving partner. I would contend that “Love” should be celebrated every day, not just on Feb 14th. Whether you are part of a “couple” of not .. You can still have a Happy Valentine’s Day! Kim and Caren will be discussing the changes in love, sex, relationships, and our sense of self after suffering a brain injury. The dangers that can enter the new aspects of the relationship, and the simple joys we can be empwered to create on our own, or with someone.

Malayka and Conor Gormally are the co-founders of Concussion Alliance, a nonprofit organization founded to create a one-stop-shop of reliable, easily accessible, evidence-based information about concussion treatments and resources to find healthcare specialists. Conor serves as Program Director for the Concussion Education & Advocacy Internship Program, and Malayka serves as the Executive Director. The impetus for the founding of the Concussion Alliance was very personal. After Conor got his fourth concussion, he developed Post-Concussion Syndrome, which still affects him. They searched to find treatments, but were astonished to find virtually no evidence-based information to guide Conor’s recovery. They resolved to create the resources needed themselves. To serve its 10,000 monthly visitors, concussionalliance.org has in-depth information about 16 different types of treatments and search tools to find qualified providers, pages about self-care, population-specific issues, and the structural and functional impact of concussions on patients’ lives. With the increase in concussion research, Concussion Alliance started the biweekly Concussion Update newsletter, which brings synopses of recent news and research to 1300 subscribers.

Last Wed of each month Co-Host, Simon Lewis, may or may not join us tonight. He is in our thoughts and prayers, as he faces yet another health challenge. Tonight please call and talk about what’s on your mind! The winter drags on, the pandemic drags on, and is our health suffering too? We’ll talk about health fears, new challenges and current events .. I hope with your help. 🙂

Kim and second Wednesday of the month co-host, Caren Robinson will be discussing the levels of trauma, triggers and awareness. When in the midst of a melt down, ever had a well meaning friend say, “Well just think positive!” Not the most welcome message in that moment, when gratitude feels far away, and you’re smack in the middle of flight or fight. What are some options to balance trauma with more productive and realistic options.