Kim’s Radio Shows

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!!!

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.

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.

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!