Kim Justus & Greg Costa will be doing this fill in show, until the new 4th Thursday of each month host starts in a few weeks. More will be revealed! Greg and I will be Kpntime on future shows of mine in 2016. Go back to Oct 14th for our first interview on Greg’s back story!
Hopefully no one has the holiday hangover .. Energy & Emotion crash. Now we decompress and look toward the future. Talk about goals and dreams, that never were .. And goals and dreams that will be revealed. We and our attitude play a big part in this, but so does reliance on spiritual support. Our willingness to be open to unlikely solutions that present, and building a solid foundation of support.
Scott Bloom is the Traumatic Brain Injury Program Coordinator working within the Behavioral Health Services Division of the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA). He, has been with the WDVA since 2009 having previously retired from the Army, as a Chief Warrant Officer and Aviator. Today, he continues to serve the veteran community as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist and Veterans Service Officer. Scott has spent the last several years providing awareness trainings to thousands of individuals on Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military Culture across the state of Washington, as well as offering peer to peer mentorship to former service members suffering from the lasting effects of Brain Injury.
Mr. Bloom is also the Co-Chair for the Disability Rights Washington; Disability Advisory Council; a member of the Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Strategic Partnership Advisory Council, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), American Veterans (AMVETS), and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
Les is suffering the ill effects of a Migraine tonight, so Kim will wing it, after two days of tech difficulty that cancelled shows. We’re still here!! No one folded up the BIRN tent & hit the road. Join me!
As the Christmas holiday season is upon us and as we are preparing to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s together I hope no matter what that even if you feel a since of loss and even loneliness right now that you will tune and take part in the discussion Tonight and hopefully you will find new Friends again and learn to find your true mission statement and start living life in a bold and beautiful new way!!!
Living with a TBI no matter how it happened, no matter how severe or mild, no matter your age it can change your life in the blink of an eye but you can turn that chapter ahead and start looking at life differently once your dare to Dream and start believing that no matter what you can turn them into your reality!
Subjects for Tonight’s show include:
1. Finding peace and joy in every situation
2. The search for Joy
3. Compassion and completion
4. Self-awareness
5. Overcoming difficult situations
6. Why not you
7. A focus on Completion
8. Enjoying the holiday season
9. Starting to say good bye to 2015 and getting ready for 2016
10. Open Conversation, Indi Music, and the power of peer support
Combat Veterans face issues known in a capacity different than than any other Veteran or Civilian. The ghosts can live long and large. Combat Veteran’s Motorcycle Association is an organization that helps lend support to its members (all who have served in combat), and all other Veterans. www.combatvet.org Rich Leasure and Crystal Larson will be my guests.
Rich Leasure, Jr joined the USAF in 1989 and is still on active duty. He currently serve as a Road Captain and Public Affairs Officer for CVMA Omaha. Rich served in Operation Desert Shield / Operation Desert Storm the first time and Operation Iraqi Freedom / Operation New Dawn the second time.
Crystal Larson’s husband Randy was medically retired from the Army National Guard in December 2014 with 19 ½ years of service. During that time he was deployed twice to Afghanistan, 2004-2005 and 2009-2010. Randy was diagnosed with PTSD in 2005 after his first deployment and it has been a journey ever since trying to find a new normal for our life. It has not always been an easy journey, but with much help and prayer, our marriage is the best it has ever been.
David Kracke says, “I have developed an expertise in understanding and utilizing the legislative process for the greater good. Two areas of my legislative work stand out: Laws requiring mandatory concussion education and return to play protocols for our young athletes, and laws requiring protection of our environment.”
In 2008, David was part of the team that wrote and passed Max’s Law, which along with Zach’s Law in Washington, was the first law in the nation to require concussion education for high school coaches. There is now a Max’s Law equivalent in all fifty states.
In 2012, working with Dr. Jim Chesnutt and Senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward, David wrote what is now known as Jenna’s Law. Jenna’s Law promises to reduce the incidence of SIS and to allow all young athletes in Oregon to fully recover from a concussion before returning to play.
Mr. Kracke is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Concussion Awareness Management Program (OCAMP), now sits on the advisory board of the Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon.
Mr. Kracke is a skilled litigator who for over twenty-four years has successfully litigated cased in the Tri-County area. He is recognized as a leading advocate of Plaintiff’s rights in the Portland area, and has been interviewed by local and national media for his opinions on various legal and policy issues. david@craignicholslaw.com
Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D is a neuroscientist and Johns Hopkins-trained psychiatrist whose research currently focuses on autistic children reported to be telepathic and/or precognitive. She has been on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, a member of a part-time think tank on human consciousness at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA, and The Director of Research for the John E. Mack Institute. Her investigation into the neurocorrelates of ESP is discussed in her 2008 book The ESP Enigma: A Scientific Case for Psychic Phenomena, and in a chapter to the 2012 book, Seriously Strange: Thinking Anew about Psychical Experiences, an academic compilation that arose from a private symposium sponsored by the Brueninger Foundation.
Wendy “Yaya”, her daughter Melissa and her two sons Dillon (12) and Tyler (10). They both have a terminal illness. With surgeries and proper medical care they can be expected to live into their 20s. After they were diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and are the 2015 NE MDA Ambassadors. Their house burned down in CO. They returned to Omaha and are now both confined to wheelchairs. In the brutal climate of the midwest, a critical need has come up and we hope you can help. See www.gofundme.com/whafuw48 Or if you prefer Wells Fargo Omaha has an account set up called DillonTylerVan, which you can send a donation to. Check with your own Wells Fargo about getting the deposit made to Account number: 5089869753.
After hearing my guests, I think you’ll find Thanks and Giving easier to achieve, and hopefully help in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
Interview with Kim Justus on her show Recovery Now on Brain Injury Radio Network, November 23, 2015.
After the show, Wendy sent the following note: “Thank you so much for taking the time to reach out to your listening audience. We are so grateful for YOU! It was a story I wanted to share with you but there wasn’t enough time. I just want you to understand what a joyous, happy spirit Dillon has. When Melissa and I decided to tell Dillon his life would be cut short she found a video to help explain and he and I sat in her bedroom and watched the video on the computer.
I told him about all of our loved ones who have died and are in heaven and they would be waiting for him. He said, “When I take Jesus’ right hand and he takes me to heaven, I will look down at my empty wheelchair and I will say goodbye MD!” Then his face lit up and he exclaimed, “Hey! I’ll be there waiting for YOU!” Yes, Dillon, you will!” What a strong, courageous, brave little boy. He was a little over 10. He wouldn’t let us tell Tyler…wanted to spare him that bad news.”
Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD is the director of the Neuropsychiatric Clinic at Carolina Partners. He is a neuropsychiatrist at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center and is affiliated with Duke’s Departments of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine. Dr. Vaishnavi’s new book, published by Johns Hopkins Press, is titled THE TRAUMATIZED BRAIN: A FAMILY GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING MOOD, MEMORY, AND BEHAVIOR AFTER BRAIN INJURY. ABC News Journalist and TBI survivor Bob Woodruff said, in his endorsement of the book, “If ever there was a book that truly could save your life it would be this one.” THE TRAUMATIZED BRAIN is available on Amazon.com and in bookstores.
Dr. Karen Kan is a holistic physician and acupuncturist specializing in energy & spiritual medicine, and is the author of the #1 Bestselling book, Guide to Healing Chronic Pain – A Holistic Approach. We will discuss strategies she recommends for people overcoming brain injuries who have symptoms of: disturbed sleep, brain fog, poor memory, fatigue and problems focusing. Remote brain balncing LIVE ..You bet!
Dr. Karen will discuss how to improve your home environment, nutrition, and balance your energy in order to optimize your natural healing abilities. She’ll also talk about the concept of Brain Balancing and how to “test” to see whether your brain and nervous system is in “healing mode” or “stress mode” and what to do if it needs correcting. For more information about Dr. Karen watch the New Frontiers in Energy Medicine video at www.KarenKan.com. Sign up to receive a free excerpt of her bestselling book and access to five of her Fast Track Your Healing online classes absolutely free. For a copy of Dr. Karen’s Advanced Brain Balancing Protocol, go to www.PatchTrainingTeam.com
