Filling In with a Smile…Kim J sitting in for Matt Duffin

With regular host Matt Duffin out on sick leave for a spell .. We wish him a speedy recovery, and to regain his good health and humor. Thought you would be listening to a tape tonight, but just realizing one wasn’t loaded .. You get open mic and music! Bring your troubles, come on get happy… Join us for a spur of the moment fling, hoping for an early spring. 🙂 Kim Justus for Matt

Healing at the Speed of Sound

Alex Doman is founder and CEO of Advanced Brain Technologies, founder of Sleep Genius, and bestselling co-author of Healing at the Speed of Sound®.

The third generation in a family of pioneers in the field of child and human brain development and rehabilitation, Alex has focused his career on sound, music, and technology and their capacity to improve brain health and performance. His production credits include; co-producer of Music for Healing at the Speed of Sound™, Music for Babies™, and inTime™; executive producer, creator, or collaborator on numerous other music projects, products, and technologies including; Spatial Surround®, Sound Health®, Music for the Mind™, BrainBuilder®, The Listening Program®, Waves™ multi-sensory audio system, TLP Online, and Sleep Genius mobile apps. See alexdoman.com or advancedbrain.com

Funky Friday Let’s Get it On! Music & Chat with Kim :)

Kevin and Maggy are off to a new support meeting tonight, so rather than a tape .. We’ll have a live show, with the topic of your choice. Supplemented of course, by some great Indie Music .. Much of which is from survivors themselves! Hope you’ll join me for good time tonight, as we explore what happens at the last minute together! Hosted by Kim Justus tonight for Kevin Phillips & Maggy too 🙂

“Be Positive” with Shannon Marie and Kim ~ Two Blondes with TBI

Please join Shannon Marie this Saturday night for a dose of positive attitude!!! Tonight we are blessed to have the chick who does most of the heavy lifting on Brain Injury Radio Network. Kim will tell us her story of survival after overcoming the effects of an aneurysm. Of course we will be rocking and rolling with the tunes from Jimmy G Worship, Nate Leslie, and the Mojave Lords!!!

Scatterbrained? Minimize the Effects: Dr. Maria

My guest tonight is regular contributor Dr. Maria Romanas. Find her motivation at www.givebackorlando.com or www.givebackla.com where you can download a free help manual.

Brain injury survivors often appear to be “scatterbrained” to their families and employers. The injury has damaged their information processing and management pathways in a permanent manner.

Decades of research have shown that the most effective way to manage this problem is to develop an external organizational system that is specifically tailored to the survivor and their lifestyle. No amount of mental exercise will do the trick.

More importantly, commitment to use the organizational system in a systematic and habitual manner is necessary for the survivor to regain consistency, dependability, and independence in their everyday functioning as adults, friends, parents, and employees.

This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the challenges of life on life’s terms. I introduce topics, and survivor’s share their experience, strength and hope. We discuss useful tools that have helped us lighten the load, of our journey through recovery.

Left for Dead

On November 26, 2011, She got a call that Jimmy had been assaulted and left for dead in the street. He lay dying for 4 hours before being rushed to the hospital for treatment of not just multiple facial fractures, but serious and critical injury TBI. That was just the beginning…

Janene Mayberry has faced a series of events that no parent or loved one should have to consider. Good intentions and love, can’t always solve the unthinkable. Her son Jimmy sustained a severe brain injury. After living in a rehab facility, Janene wanted to bring him home for care, but Jimmy’s needs presented in a way that eventually made that option impossible. The spectrum of feelings that she’s had to face behind the difficult choices, would bring anyone to their knees. Listen as she shares her heart wrenching story of love and adaptation.

Healthy Personal Boundaries

Holly Willard is a psychotherapist at Wasatch Family Therapy and director of their Davis County Office. She also works as a school counselor and an adjunct professor for Westminster College and University Of Utah. She completed her Masters in Social Work from the University of Utah in 2000. Holly Willard has extensive background working with children, teens and families with trauma. In that, she works heavily with the issue of health boundaries in relationships. Holly is a contributor to local television news and on the Utah Play Therapy Board. For information on Holly see; www.wasatchfamilytherapy.com

Austin’s Story…Don’t Text and Drive…

Julie Breitenstein speaks on her son Austin’s behalf, due to the severity of his TBI. Austin was in a Texting and Driving Crash. He sustained multiple injuries, the worst was his Traumatic Brain Injury. They’ve lived this nightmare for 5 years now, and are blessed he survived. Julie and Austin have been speaking around the country on the consequences of texting and driving.

No matter the Text, it’s not worth someone’s life or injury. If you must take a phone call or answer a text, don’t pull over on the shoulder of the highway, move your vehicle completely out of other vehicles line of vision. Officers are putting their lives on the line to keep you safe. Data shows people are drawn to the flashing lights.

Think about this; your distracted or your texting and driving, you hit a vehicle, and you severely injure someone else, yourself, or cause a fatality. Those are people in those cars; sons and daughters, parents and grandparents, friends and neighbors. When you create a health and possible life and death situation from a message you think can’t wait. Think again.