Kim’s Radio Shows

Join me after Kevin’s show for some night owl action, with open chat and great tunes!Bring your bad self and share what’s on your mind, or just listen to some great Indies.

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

Join us tonight for music and open mic! Sorry we’re late. Misplaced our host. 🙂 Come along, have some fun .. Or Not.

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.

Fifteen years ago Phil White couldn’t use a fork or even speak after having emerged from a heroin overdose induced coma. When he awoke, it was discovered he had suffered catastrophic damage to his brain. But this month after years of rehabilitation, Phil has published his first book James Love the Destroyer. www.facebook.com/jameslovethedestroyer

Writing is a talent he has had since high school, but he feared it was lost after his drug overdose, which left him with severe nerve damage in his leg, memory problems, and difficulty following complex step-by-step tasks. He credits reading, writing, and strong family support with helping his brain heal.

“I think the brain can rewire itself and relearn to do things if rehabilitation trains new pathways to take shape to replace old ones. I want it to give hope to other brain injury patients that they can recover.”

My guest tonight is Kit Summers. So you think you’ve had a bad day? Imagine being hit by a truck, then years later, being hit by a truck again! After spending months in the hospital and relearning to walk and talk, having been a world class juggler and entertainer, Kit not only learned to juggle again, he learned to live again..And he can teach YOU how to have a better life. Kit is author of “Beyond Your Potential” book series and “Stop Aspiring and Start Creating!” You must see him perform at www.kitsummers.com

In the last part of the show, we’ll be Looking Back, Looking Ahead. Hope you’ll call in and share. On second thought, let’s leave the past behind. That train has already left the station! What can you do to improve your quality of life in 2015, and what action are you willing to take to make that happen?!

We hope you’ve all enjoyed your holiday season, and that you topped it off with the Merriest Christmas you could muster. We hope you found joy, peace and gratitude in your day.

There are new 4th Thursday of each month hosts starting for the new year, but we covered and are covering for them back on Thanksgiving, and this Christmas night. The old salts who believe we should leave the lights on for the compromised in need/want…Live, not Memorex at times like these! None of us are alone.

Call in and share YOUR reflections of this holiday season. How did it compare to others? Where was YOUR head in the game? Was your Christmas Merry? Did you give or receive something special or memorable? Did you feel sad, happy or a combination of both?

One person with a dream come true is a past guest of mine from a Special Saturday Edition show on October 25th called Knock Out. My guest Tim, was anxiously awaiting the release of his book and website for Life Interrupted: The Tim Bransfield Story. Tim’s Christmas was Merry with the launch of www.alifeinterrupted.net Check out his site, and our October interview!

Tonight’s Episode of my regular Wednesday night show will start 30 minutes late. This happens to be the night our extended family has celebrated Christmas (dinnner & gift exchange at my folks), for all of my life. Things are already starting to change, and by next year will change dramatically. This year is not the one to rush through. This is one of those “savor the moments” times. I’m going to try my best to do that. If I make it home early, will start the show.

On Christmas Day it’ll be the first holiday celebrated in our new home. A lot has changed in the last year. We don’t entertain much, and haven’t really at all at this new home; Unless you count work men! Now THOSE we’ve had plenty of!! Our new 4th Thurs hosts weren’t up to starting on Christmas, so I’ll be back hopefully with a few other hosts.

After a TBI, where Deb Palmer lost consciousness over asphalt, resulting in a subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage, she was diagnosed with a seizure disorder and major depression. She knew she fell and hit her head, that something was wrong, but didn’t know what. She kept thinking it would go away with more sleep. Nobody referred her to any resources for help or support. Doctors obviously weren’t trained on how to address the long-term sequelae of brain injury or how to help someone who has had one. Deb didn’t want what happened to her to happen to others.

Deb decided to turn anger into something constructive; and, with the help of other survivors and some professionals, published five free newsletters to educate about brain injury. The demand for the publication was greater than expected so she decided to form a nonprofit organization. Thus, the Brain Injury Connection (BIC) was born. www.braininjuryconnection.org

If you like music, consider it therapeutic, and feel like kicking back after Kevin’s regular Friday show, then join me for this Special Edition (previously unannounced) Jam. I’ll be mixing holiday tunes with my Fab regular playlist and maybe even taking some of your calls. Holidays can bring joy or a feeling of isolation. Tonight we can step out, and know we aren’t alone.

This show will make great background music at the least, and a fun surprise of healing at the best. Let’s party!