Kim’s Radio Shows

My ruptured brain aneurysm experience included a near death experience. I know this is true of many other survivors. I will be sharing mine, and I invite you to call in to do the same. Many of us were afraid for a long time to share our NDE’s for fear of the backlash that we already experience from being brain trauma survivors. Now as a collective voice, we bring information to the table that much harder to deny.

Marsha Linehan developed DBT (Dialectical Behavior therapy) for individuals who are emotionally vulnerable. These are individuals whose automatic nervous system reacts excessively to relatively low levels of stress and takes longer than normal to return to baseline once the stress is removed. Initially used to treat individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder, this program has now expanded into many other areas of treatment. It is my opinion, that the area of TBI treatment is another excellent application of this treatment plan, in conjunction with any others needed. Tonight we will discuss the fundamentals of DBT, and how you can apply the tools to better your life.

How did your holiday go? Are you as beat as I am from the whirlwind of activity? Are we done with that topic, and on to any goals you’d like to accomplish in the coming year? Me, I don’t believe in resolutions…But I do have aspirations. We’ll discuss challenges and solutions…Or at least acceptable compromises.

Kim Justus will be pinch hitting for Matt tonight. Call in and talk about what’s on your mind. I had some disturbing news today, I’d like to discuss. Guess I get one more chance to spin some Christmas music too! I loaded a few new ones. 🙂 Hope you’ll join me.

Matt’s friend Kevin Butterfield may or may not be joining me. 🙂 We’ll all be surprised on that one. haha

My guest tonight is James Larken Smith, creator of the morning radio show “The Morning Coffee Mix” which you can hear Monday-Friday from 10am-Noon Central at http://www.themorningcoffeemix.com/ . He loves music (even studying it in college), and plays the piano and trumpet. In 2004, he survived a brain bleed aneurism & stroke that was caused by an arterial venus malformation(AVM) on the brain. He enjoys encouraging people through difficulties in life, as we do, here at Brain Injury Radio.

My guest tonight is Ken Graves. Ken’s social work career spans three decades with seven or more years working with the following populations:

-Incarcerated women and men diagnosed with mental illnesses
-Adults with traumatic brain injury (seven years)
-Adults with developmental disabilities
-Teenagers and Children at risk of delinquency
-He graduated from Columbia University School of social work in 1978.

Ken has hosted his own Radio Show since October 2011 on earth and planetary issues.

Ken has practiced Karate for 14yrs, finding it a useful tool in disapline and recovery.
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.

Tonight we will discuss wetting our whistle! Many of us don’t drink enough water, or we drink too much of the wrong kind of water. What is the “wrong” water, what’s all the talk about acidity versus akaline, why is bottled spring water better than the alternatives, what’s wrong with the free stuff from the tap, and why should we care?

My guest tonight is Dustin Long, who has been swimming in the deep end of the drinking water industry for the last five years. He can be reached at: dustinjlong@gmail.com or multipureusa.com/dlong.

Tonight Matt will be joined by Dr. Kevin Butterfield, and fellow Brain Injury Radio host Kim Justus to discuss reassuring thinking, and the practice of mindfulness. These are tools that Matt learned in his Brain Injury Coping Skills program (BICS).

Our Guest tonight on Thanksgiving Eve is Chef Sessy! What better time to hear about a diet that supports recovery, some last minute Thanksgiving feast tips, and commentary on 6 foods that help fight depression.

Chef Sessy is the Author of “It is Vegan and It Tastes Good,” and a new book she’ll tell you about. 🙂

We like to share the knowledge of all different messagers to form a more educate decisions in our lives. So it promise to be great show. She will take questions from the phone and be present on the chat.

Tonight we will be discussing the importance of “Routine” in recovery. Matt E. from recoveryranch.com will be my guest, after I discuss some material they were kind enough to let me reference. Callers after that and in overtime. 🙂