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Mark Pew is a passionate educating and agitating thought leader in workers’ compensation and award-winning speaker, blogger, author and jurisdictional advisor. Known as the RxProfessor, he has been focused on the intersection of chronic pain and appropriate treatment since 2003 as it relates to the clinical and financial implications of prescription painkillers, non-pharma treatment modalities and the evolution of medical marijuana. He is a strong champion to #PreventTheMess and #CleanUpTheMess with a specific focus on the BioPsychoSocialSpiritual treatment model. Mark received the WorkCompCentral Magna Comp Laude award in 2016 and the IAIABC’s Samuel Gompers Award in 2017.

From Trauma Recovery Therapist/Educator to Animal Instinctual Wisdom – My Guest is MicheleElys She had to choose Happiness! Having a career in Trauma Recovery was rewarding. The very moment she published her book found on Amazon (TBI & Concussion Understanding & Improvement) She asked herself “What did make me Happy?” MicheleElys chose to educate Animal Wisdom to assuage anthropomorphize, understanding what service animals bring to Earth and Humans. From the time as a toddler, behavioral sciences came natural from the animal world. That lead to studies in psychology at age 14, later neurosciences, blending all three, educating the natural instincts of Animal Wisdom was logical writing and educational platform.

Kim and Caren will be discussing, reaching out and staying connected during this difficult time in our history. Will provide tips, and avenues of support. From there, you just never know where that will lead us! We will take callers .. Interested to know how all of you listners are coping with the “New World” and your thoughts, fears, feelings.

Susan Fitzmaurice is a lifelong disability advocate beginning prior to her identity as a disabled person at 14 as a candy striper in a regional disabled children’s institution . She became an adoptive parent of an intellectual disabled son, and soon after found herself disabled herself. Her advocacy has led her to fight for inclusive education, supported employment, micro-enterprise, alternatives to guardianship, and a full life in the community dominated by designing and demanding barrier free access for all. Learn about the history of the Americans with Disabiility Act (ADA), the Pros & Cons, and why we need to unite more than ever NOW under it. For more see: disabilitysavvy.com This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the challenges of life on life’s terms. We discuss useful tools that have helped us lighten the load, of our journey through recovery.

Bill Protzmann has done volunteer work including Board positions with Guitars for Vets and the San Diego Veterans Coalition. He has connected thousands of military service members & Veterans with honor tickets to the largest healing music organization in his town: the San Diego Symphony. Bill has been keynote presentations for Organizations like Consumer Action, Society for Financial Education and Professional Development, 2-1-1 San Diego, The American Music Therapy Association. Online you can read his articles at Fox News, Your Tango, The Good Men Project, Psychology Today, and PracticalHeartSkills.com. Find Bill’s music from “Serenity” on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify! He received an Inspiring Hope Award of Excellence Award from the National Council for Behavioral Health for his foundational work establishing music as self-care Find his first book at Amazon, More ThanHuman – The Value of Cultivating the Human Spirit in Your Organization. He’s the world’s leading expert on music’s power for physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual health. He’s here today to inspire, and demonstrate the power of music as a tool for self-care.

Ok so maybe “Dropping & Giving Ten” isn’t practical anymore. In fact, a few of us may not be able to get back up! Maybe our routine has changed, but exercise is still an important ingredient to overall good health. Simon and Kim will be discussing exercise alternatives, for both mind & body. We welcome calls about great/safe/helpful alternatives you have found. Since the world has changed a great deal since this show was booked, we will be doing a “Mental Health” check ..

Elizabeth Sandel, MD, is a medical director for Paradigm, which leads the workers’ compensation industry in solving complex health-care challenges and improving lives. A Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California Davis School of Medicine, past president of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is a panelist for national Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines Program. Her new book: Shaken Brain: The Science, Care, and Treatment of Concussion explores Dr. Sandel’s three decades treating patients with TBI’s, training clinicians, and conducting research. Here she explains the scientific evidence for what happens to the brain and body after a concussion. She shares stories from a diverse group of patients, educating readers on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. More at: elizabethsandelmd.com Today concussions aren’t just injuries—they’re big news. And, like any-thing in the news, they’re the subject of much misinformation. Shaken Brain is the resource patients and their families, friends, and caregivers need to understand how concussions occur, what to expect from healthcare providers, and what the long-term consequences may be.

Kim and Caren will be discussing the basics of Brain Injury in an effort to raise up the understanding, as we begin Brain Injury Awareness Month. Among the topics discussed will be: Mindfulness Techniques, Meditation, Positive Psychology, EMDR and other holistic techniques. Building bridges and synapses the Non Pharma way!

My guest tonight will be Catz LeBlanc to talk about sports, repeated concussion, and her new exciting series! Catz had two roommates, one of whom lost a sibling to suicide from repeated sports concussions. She, herself is a multiple concussion disabled female athlete, once with a very promising career. She is a MGH Physician’s Assistant working through personal/global issues in real time, with humor, faith & grace, engaging everyone ‘all in’ to save the world. She, like many of us, has found a way to reach out to other survivors with her new series Quantum Leaping Ladies.

Prairie is a licensed mental health therapist who utilizes animal assisted interventions in all walks of her mental health practice. She has a master’s degree in professional counseling and a postgraduate degree in military behavioral health counseling. She is certified as an equine assisted psychotherapist and has presented at national conferences on her techniques for providing equine therapy for military members and their families, with special emphasis on transitioning from the military back to civilian life. She consults for several non-profits for veteran and first responder trauma work to include the Lone Survivor Foundation and Horses that Heal. Prairie is a passionate supporter of emotional support animals as a means of finding hope and healing. She is the Clinical Director of Therapetic and consults for CertaPet, one of the largest emotional support animal companies in the nation. Prairie was recently featured on Military Makeover and in The Guardian documentary Creature Comforts for her work as the founder and developer of Emotional Support Animal Assisted Therapy (ESAAT) to further enhance the effectiveness of emotional support animals, and has developed techniques to decrease anxiety and panic attacks, depressive symptoms, and sleep difficulty.