Kim’s Radio Shows

Join me with fellow survivor, friend and co-host, Hatter! Welcome to November & Hope You Had a Safe, Fun Halloween! Booya!! And .. Don’t forget to change your clocks this weekend 🙂 Tonight we will be discussing matters of brain injury, indulging in some Indie Tunes, and whatever else might present! Join us, call us .. Show us some love!

After a month away, Kim is back LIVE with her co-host Simon Lewis (gone much longer) for not only Hump Day, but tonight Wicked Wednesday! Fall is upon us – Change. Halloween is around the corner – Masks. The hosts have been fighting difficult health challenges, but bravely crawl back to the Mic tonight. We invite YOU to call in and join us! We invite you to test drive your Halloween Costume for the show! Call and disclose what your costume is, and why you selected it. Play the game of the worst Halloween movies ever made .. And share your favorites. The world in turmoil (AGAIN) .. Seems relentless globally, and personally the past few years, and it’s not headed the right direction now. While a shadow is cast that “Something Wicked This Way Comes” .. Let’s volley some serious – (our fears), and some fun (our survival).

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. See: journeyswithprairie.com

Kim and Co-Host Caren Robinson Discuss Resources and Support for the Brain Injury Community – Where do we find these things. The merit of doing so, as well as the challenges can be daunting.

Join Kim for Discussion and some Indie Music! Special Friends Pitching in! Maybe you?

I had known Bill for many years, when I learned he had suffered a TBI. He’d had a lengthy road of recovery the past couple years, and then a severe car accident too. Bill was always strong as a bull, and few have had a more colorful past and turn around. Between his own addiction, chronic pain, and mental health challenges – He fought like the warrior he had always been and overcame, continuing to live a life of service. In spite of his challenges, Bill had a heart bigger than most. I was blessed to have him as part of my life for so long. Bill Keck was a dear friend who passed in 2021, but his story lives on. Prior to his retirement, Bill, a US Navy Veteran who did two tours in Nam, developed an alcohol and drug treatment center, within a Homeless Shelter. He worked there for almost 20yrs, during which he wrote a book about recovery and miracles. Please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHjh6OZvwug We were out of touch for a few years, so I was shocked to hear about his brain injury. After being a host for so long, I wonder if he had prior blows to the head during his service, either to our country or at the shelter.

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month! Few of us who survived them, had ever heard of one until that fateful moment … And then our lives were changed forever. 1 in 50 people have aneurysms. I’m 1 in 50, are you? We have a great slate of guests that represent all walks of aneurysm.. Our recently departed friend Rico also weighs in comments he made in 2018. Help me kick off the Awareness Month with your experience on this Special Edition – Voices & Faces of Brain Aneurysm, and learn some some cold, hard facts about this condition .. The things your Dr’s usually fails to tell you .. Guests – Me – (01/09/1995), Rico Principe (02/09/04), Niki Anoniem (06/07/18), Tammy Buck (01-01-11), Lynn Vanderhoof Lawrence (12-01-1976), Micki Turner (07/13/17), Adam Mate (1986), Cathee Cao (04/24/18), Joyce Boyle (10/24/16), Todd Grissom (03/06/14), Yasmine Jennings & Leo Palisano (11/10/2009), LesPaul Morgan (12-18-84) .. and more! 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. More will be revealed! This is a “we” recovery program, because it is in the “we,” that we find the new “me.” We focus on the four A’s of Recovery: Awareness, Acceptance, Action and Adaptation. This is a place for survivor’s striving to become thrivers, which takes a good bit of Warrior! Hosted by Kim Justus, author of In a Flash: Miracles Here and Beyond and Hootie’s Hollow and the Magic Tree found at inaflash.org and “Like” me at facebook.com/inaflash.org too!

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. An estimated 6.7 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm or 1 in 50 people. The annual rate of rupture is approximately 8 – 10 per 100,000 people. About 30,000 people in the United States suffer a brain aneurysm rupture each year. A brain aneurysm ruptures every 18 minutes. There are almost 500,000 deaths worldwide each year caused by brain aneurysms, and half the victims are younger than 50. Ruptured brain aneurysms are fatal in about 50% of cases. Of those who survive, about 66% suffer some permanent neurological deficit. Approximately 15% of people with a ruptured aneurysm die before reaching the hospital. Most of the deaths are due to rapid and massive brain injury from the initial bleeding. We recently lost a valued advocate in the Brain Aneurysm Community – Rico Principe. He founded one of the largest online aneurysm support pages on FB, helping thousands. We’d like to pay tribute to him and the service he provided so many. The shock of his passing has rocked the community. We will also hear from fellow Brain Aneurysm Survivors in the interest of sharing, educating, and raising awareness. All know of Heart Disease, Cancer, etc. Much fewer know about Aneurysm, unless their lives have been touched by it.

Janelle Breese Biagioni , RPC, is an author, speaker, and counselor with expertise in grief, loss, life transitions, and brain injury. She resides with her family in Victoria, BC. She is the author of A Change of Mind: One Family’s Journey through Brain Injury and Life Losses: Healing for a Broken Heart. Breese’s is an author, publisher, and recognized expert in the areas of Grief, Loss, Mourning, and Brain Injury, Janelle Breese’s passion for helping individuals, families, and caregivers understand and cope with these issues dates back to 1990. For free eBooks and more, See her website: traumaticlifelosses.com

Kim and Simon discuss Injury, Time, Misinformation, Fear, and the Unknown .. We are told by professionals, and or make assumptions (or hopes) for a certain recovery time and protocol – But are often met with a scenario much different. How do we handle the changes and associated emotions? In another show we discussed the Writer’s Strike in Hollywood. Still unresolved, the Actors have gone on strike. With Simon’s background in entertainment, I and many of you found this interesting. We’ll get an update and understand the impact their cause has on our entertainment.