Z Z Archive 2015

Join us as Lisa with the Delta Center talks about how to advocate for yourself or for a loved one.  Simple steps to help you live independently or to live the best way that you can with a disability.  Helping to minimalize thereliance on others.    This show is about stroke and brain injury and is for anyone interested in stroke with bits and pieces thrown in for inspiration, ways to be healthy, less stressed and more.  I want to be here to share and to lift up other stroke survivors or warriors.  I want to help you find out there are others going through what you have gone though.  Maybe not the same journey but a survivor none the less.  To give positive information, inspire and embrace what you have and continue moving forward.

Hey everyone, I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST... featuring Kimmy Simonsen  Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio... Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

Get a good dose of "Be Positive with Shannon Marie" tonight! I have got a fantastic guest who is an expert on improving the functions of the human brain. Tune in at 7:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Mountain / 9:00 PM Central / and 10:00 PM East Time Zone.  ttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio/2015/11/20/be-positive-with-shannon-marie-meet-my-friend-dr-forbes  

It’s often said that people use only about 10% of their brain in their life time. My question is what did I or did I not do in my life span to use the reaming 90%? When it come to a brain injury or any other related disability I often wonder if we even have a clue how to un lock our full potential all the mean time struggling through the trauma, memory loss and chronic pain just trying to recover to be the very best person that you or I could ever be! Can I tell you all something? There is promise and hope of a future once you take a chance and dare to Dream Big! That’s were Dream Catchers comes into play. Basically we all disability or not have to choices in life and that’s either to take a chance at life even if it sometimes leads to failure first but never giving up at the belief that there is a greater hope at a chance of a better you now and tomorrow and to letting go of all the pain and mistakes we have ever made because they are only dust in the wind! The title of my show is all about discovery of a whole new you and breaking down the barrios the have stooped us all from living a more powerful, successful, and more meaningful life one life at a time here on Dream Catchers with Les Paul on the Brain Injury Survivors Network. I hope to help you all tap into 100& of you Topics: Awakening the Giant Understand yourself (The new you) after disability I feel lonely and left out of conversations My Family & Friends don’t relate to me and are drifting away Why so many ups or downs My life is a merry-go-round/or a roller-coaster ride    No one around gets me is that me or them Challenge yourself in every way possible to do better How to make Friends and have new begging’s My cup runneth hover it’s not empty!!!

The places I've seen with fresh,, alive eyes do to Brain Injury Survival over the past week, will be discussed.  No production, just me and my BICS "Bible' and expressions of twin-tbi-traveling partner (neither gay, thank you) Branden Stackhouse.  I haven't unpacked much yet, I'll find notes, pictures, and Amy Sue Root's strength as a fellow BI Survivor (and more, much more health complications).    Pikes Peak, we came, I fell, they conquered.  I was close enough, Noah Root and Branden secured the advancing party to the top -  I danced on your ass though, my TBI still has Peak's too.  I did have to aquire Amy Sue's personal Nursing Assistance - Sue Root.  Borrowed and bought some Medical Marijuana Salve - legally, to sooth the pain.  Coach Renforth woulda been proud of my 20-foot diving tackle on Ol' Mighty Oak - stopped the damned thing in its track.  OUCH, sure.  Shattered shoulder took aa hammering, Sue and the Miracle Salve recovered me.  Oh, that and a long series of bandages.  Then I leagally smoked a joint 3-days later.  Talk about Rocky Mountain High.  Plus, God didn't allow me heaven's gate just yet - just reminded me how exciting life still is with work to be done.  I love my society and its caring ways.    God had to smack me in the head pretty hard to get my attention.  As the challenging doors are opened by Angles, I see how it works.  (424)  243-9540, call me tonight.  I'm on the fly with a fist full of thoughts from being out West..  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly...   Jim "Gomer Pyle' Nabors, hit it, Sir - "Back home again, in Indiana......"

The loss of independence is what Sandra Williams misses most since her brain injury. She misses running and having energy to do all the things she wants to do. The biggest tip Sandra can offer other survivors is "Don't listen to negative comments or even employers that tell you you can't do the job. Listen to your heart, your soul and fight for yourself and others. It will keep you going." Sandra will talk about what keeps her going on "Another Fork in the Road." Please Tune In! Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his or her life-plan. A car accident, a fall from the roof, doing one more chin-up, or a door literally slamming one in the face are just some causes of traumatic brain injury. College plans, walking down the aisle in the perfect dress, or the coveted job quickly slip from reality as dreams turn to struggle. These unexpected life-happenings that divert one from his or her chosen path in life can be devastating. But as Yogi Berra once said, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Life is all about choices! To learn more about me, please visit my blogs. Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury Blog: survivingtraumaticbraininjury.com Donna's Blog: donnaodonnellfigurski.wordpress.com

Matt and Brandon hit he road; Destination Colorado, to visit with the Root Family. The shock and awe of the Rockies has got them high! John Denver had nothing on these guys ... Join them for an open discussion and interview with Amy Sue Root.

Hey everyone, I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST... featuring Kimmy Simonsen  Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio... Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

BRAIN INJURY SURVIVORS DESERVE BETTER!! Brain injury survivors 'Marlon the Musician' and 'Dorrin the Survivor' will be hosting an online radio show called Survivors Deserve Better. The premiere broadcast will be on Thursday, November 5, 2015 and will start at 7:00 pm Pacific.  The show guest is neuropsychologist Dr. Matthew Wright, PhD. The episode will include information about using mindfulness meditation to make things better, and Dr. Wright's research on memory following traumatic brain injury. We are going to learn both Dorrin's and Marlon's brain injury back stories, and then open the lines for questions, and live on-air chat. Please listen in to the show at www.BrainInjuryRadioNetwork.com/2015/11/06/survivors-deserve-better, starting at 7:00 pm PST / PDT (GMT -8:00 / GMT -7:00) on the first Thursday of every month starting on November 5, 2015.

BTR Show for 11-05-2015 - Guest: Hannah Sharp My special guest, Hannah Sharp owns her own clothing store, physically trains friends and family and teaches a weekly exercise class for individuals with developmental disabilities. She has studied nutrition and specializes in vitamins and all natural herbal supplements. Growing up with a sister who has Autism shaped the person that Hannah is today. It is her hope that the spread of awareness by the Autism Awareness organization will help others come to grasp an understanding of the spectrum and what it entails in an individual's life, as well as the lives around them.  High Spirits Clothing promotes positive lifestyles, self and mutual respect, with gratitude and appreciation.   Your host: Fantastic Frank Johnson was trapped in a fire and carried out in a body bag! He survived and thrives today by helping thousands of people with a TBI and/or any other challenges to overcome them.   Fantastic Frank’s inspired, free newsletter and guide: www.turndisabilitytoability.com   Fantastic Frank’s other resources: www.fantasticfrankjohnson.com   Book Fantastic Frank to speak at your event:      Email- [email protected]   Thank you for listening!

People with disabilities are going to make America Great Again!!! You watch you learn you listen and then go out and change the WORLD!!! Life can be a little bit funny and a lot a bit strange. You can surrender and throw in the towel or start a whole new life again but you have to decide which side of the fence you live on first… it’s really that simple but a whole lot complex! What made me come up with the title of this show? Well to tell you the truth it was a combination of real life stories of the hard ships that I have knowledge of and my own very hard to understand experiences with living with a disability in an often self-centered and misunderstanding World! That’s why tonight I am challenging you to do something totally different. Turn your Trauma into power, Passion, and your life into a bold new way of living life without limits as we break out of the darkness into status fear. So join me as we journey together to find new purpose or an awakening of sorts to a bold new you that will no longer be held back by what others say but instead turn your thoughts into real and positive actions that only a Dream Catcher can do because a Dream Catcher is also person who never looks back and faces the future un ashamed un abased and greats every new Day with a smile!!! Topics: Trauma versus Success Stop judging me Misery Loves company It’s my life Turning hard times into success Empowering your though processor Defeating self-doubt Breaking the chains Discover your Destiney  Independence

Change your clocks, and your Smoke Detector batteries.  I don't care for the first part too much, but as a reminder for the later its sure nice - if folks will do so.  "Spring Ahead"?  OK, we can try, as long as the direction is forward.  Fall Back?  Surely you don't want me to think about RELAPSE.  A relapse will happen "at will" with Brain Disruptions bouncing like they've been sprung, one reason I don't like to FALL BACK.  The 'extra' hour of sleep?  I'm not going anywhere, I can sleep in.  In our world, its confusing, occasionnally perplexing.     Then.  there are the RELASPES due to enviromental situations.  Like drug or alchol use and abuse (its called Adult Beverages for a reason - Be Adult.  Its a mind set.  How to correct that mind set?  I dunno, call and we can talk about it.  We'll touch on Brain Injury Coping Skills, of course.  I will discuss the ground work of putting together a television show; left over and CHECKED candy from Halloween; one more clock change reminder, and discuss my Lincoln Golden Eagles football team.    Mr Stackhouse and I are taking TMDS on the road, with a visit into Colorado and Nebraska on the schedule of the 7-state trip.  (And he wants to go to Vegas.  Not sure there.  Budget$ to abide - SSDI guy, ya know.  Still, Colorado.  Somethnig tells me I'll be "Rocky Mountain High, Colorado:   For a Class 'A' school in Indiana, we made national news this weekend.  And though LHS victory over Tri HIGH puts the Eagles in the Sectional Championship game - the score was NEVER the story, but confused supporters, a shattered communty and unchecked untruths from the Local FOX (boo) TV Station..  Lincoln won 35-24, btw....     (424) 243-9540

Organization is important in all living, but it become essential with someone living with a brain injury. Survivor, Lisa Dryer, and caregiver, Jeannette Davidson-Mayer, will join me to discuss this topic and share ideas on how they make their lives and those of their families easier through keeping organnized. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his or her life-plan. A car accident, a fall from the roof, doing one more chin-up, or a door literally slamming one in the face are just some causes of traumatic brain injury. College plans, walking down the aisle in the perfect dress, or the coveted job quickly slip from reality as dreams turn to struggle. These unexpected life-happenings that divert one from his or her chosen path in life can be devastating. But as Yogi Berra once said, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Life is all about choices! To learn more about me, please visit my blogs. Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury Blog: survivingtraumaticbraininjury.com Donna's Blog: donnaodonnellfigurski.wordpress.com

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

What being a dream catcher means to me. To me it’s a person who has faced adversity in the eye and no matter how dark or hard life has been to you, you pick up yourself by the boot straps and no matter how many times you were told no you instead go with gusto to live life again knowing that people like us who have walked similar pathways who are here to help you find your way but not to walk in your shoes but to help you find your Dream, likes and dislikes on your own!  Dream Cather’s is about discovering new ways to a better understanding of what it means to try to find yourself again after TBI and any other disability for all that matters because to say it loud and clear I just want ‘a be me no matter how hard life can be no matter what!!! So Tonight we are going to be taking about what being a Dream Catcher not only means to me but asking you what it means to you hear live on Dream Catchers with Les Paul Morgan Topics Les Paul’s Dream Hope, Help, and support Native American Dream Catchers Why are Dreams so Important God gives us Dreams so use them Discovering your Passions   Dream Catchers with LesPaul Morgan is a show about helping you understand that you hold the power to over come obstacles and barriers on Brain Injury Survivors Radio Network.  

It is 10 years today, that a drunk driver changed my life forever. The decade has seemed like an eternity that has kept my heart in a vise squeezing, squeezing every day. The majority of the people who were in my life are no more, and even though I have been blessed with so many people in my life, life is hard. Life is lonely, dark and empty many days, the inability of my brain to process like it should leaving people shaking their heads as well as me. How one day can be good and then the next bad plagued by headaches and inadequacies of the soul for being who I am. I have learned more about life in the last 10 than i did the first 30 years. I have learned about people and how they are. I have learned so much about the dark nature of people, more than I ever wanted to learn. But this is the world that I now live in, the world that I must survive, for me it has very much been an apocalypse, but I feel more like the zombie than human.  But this is the world I must find a way to live in, and survivors must learn to live life, be who we are meant to be.  I can’t imagine another 10 years but here we go, love to hear others who live in what seems to be the apocalypse together we will more than survive.

With due respect to Bill Murray, GHOSTBUSTERS visits the Downtown Milton Studio.  Kevin Mathews and Steve Bentley (aka GRIM and Sandman) started a business called Evill Indiana, exploring the 'true spriits' of departed Indiana Legends and Super Natural.  Or, Ghosts!     Kevin doubles by day as a Behavior Counselor for Children.  Not sure what Steve does - hunts spirits for one.  I'll allow them to explain the Super Natural, the visions of Spirits and watch all the Angels poor from my body.  I hit my head this morning, pretty hard.  THAT was Evil Indiana.  Punch made, bring your own Spirits, Pumkin' cookies on the self.  Help your self, but I'd knock on the door first.  Ya just never know whats behind the shadow in Milton....(or at least in my house)   I have returned from the dead.  Say that six times, real fast.  Scary?  I yam what I yam.......Boo!

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

Caring and sharing about and with thrives and survivors meaningful way means stepping back and doing something that may seem impossible for Family members, Friends, loved ones and Caregivers of  TBI and other related disability survivors. If you know you truly love and care for someone that stepping back and letting them take charge of their destiny is what life and love are all about and that’s what I would like to talk about tonight even when it hurts and even when it looks like they are sure to fail that’s when you know becoming a Dream Catcher is what it is all about letting the survivor take back their own life one step one Day at a time! Goals Life’s purpose Now it’s my turn Life Love it Live No more pity parties Open Floor

Class, please be seated.  You'll need some clean paper, writing utensil and open mind.  I'm your Brain Injury Coping Skills Radio guy.  If you would like to speak, please do.  Many questions to the learning folks is expected.  I'm easy to talk to.  Some would say I'm easy, period.     OK,let's just say in my 'new' life, I need to be a nice guy.  It's a good emotional stratigy.  I'll explalin, that, and more about the WISE Mind after (or never-having) a Brain Injury.  Managing tips on Irritablity, anger and motivation.  Coping Skills, to the "Survivor"" Degree.     If tonight's football game between THE Colts and NE has left you deflated, again, tune in.  Of course, we'll tune into rock n' roll 'associated' music with tonights theme, or simply brain damage in general.  'Brain Damage.  Pink Floyd, isn't it?  There it is.... "The Lunatic is in on the grass"  or is it there? 'The Lunatic is in the hall'', no wait.  "The Lunatic is in my head''.  Quit it. "Ah, he's over there ---> The Demented One is in The Downtown Milton Studio's."   (424)243-9540 10 pm - 2 pm EST As said in the U.S. Navy, "Brain Injury Radio.  I got the watch"...

Kyle Turley, former football player for the New Orleans Saints, the Saint Louis Rams, and the Kansas City Chiefs, will join me to discuss life after football while living with brain injury. As an offensive tackle, Kyle has had more than his share of concussions - leading to seizures and various brain-injury complications, which have adversely affected his life. Kyle is picking up the pieces and assembling his life-puzzle by speaking out about brain injury. He does this through his music, The Kyle Turley Band, and his recent documentary, “The United States of Football.”   Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his or her life-plan. A car accident, a fall from the roof, doing one more chin-up, or a door literally slamming one in the face are just some causes of traumatic brain injury. College plans, walking down the aisle in the perfect dress, or the coveted job quickly slip from reality as dreams turn to struggle. These unexpected life-happenings that divert one from his or her chosen path in life can be devastating. But as Yogi Berra once said, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Life is all about choices! To learn more about me, please visit my blogs. Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury Blog: survivingtraumaticbraininjury.com Donna's Blog: donnaodonnellfigurski.wordpress.com

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

Come get a dose of positive energy by listening and even calling in to share what makes you happy!!! But by all means possible - BE POSITIVE with Shannon Marie tonight at 9:00 PM CT. The number to call is 1-424-243-9540 and press 1 to speak.

Dream Catchers - Hold Me Together - LesPaul Morgan Open your Heart and let the Sun shine in because tonight we are going to be talking about the future and forgetting about all the things that have been holding us back from discovering the new you after disability Tonight I hope you and others will call in as well as chat with me and others in one of the World’s largest support Groups that reaches 36 Countries and all 50 US States because the future is so bright I’ve got were shades.  So sit back and listen, talk, chat, and listen to some amazing new music that I am going to be playing as well and join in on the conversation.

Doctor Frasier Crane (my hero) would often answer his Talk Radio Callers by offering "I'm listening''.  As a Psychiatrist that would be his job - to listen.  Listening, then thinking, then speaking.  And, the good doctor would often speak, and speak, and speak, and, well, Ros would take a commercial break.   As a TBI Survivor myself (circa 2008), I speak.  Told by many I'm very social, and can talk.  And talk.  And, well, Sister Mary Elephant would tell me to "SHUUUUT UP!  thank you". I'll explain how controled speaking is taught to survivors, as many of us often have difficulty getting our words across, at least in our broken minds.  We'll play some, or a lot, or Rock 'N Roll.  And, if you will call (424) 243-9540 we can talk, share, discuss, discover.  That's why I listening.     We'll learn some response tricks too.  It is not a Cheap Trick, but free to listen in.  "I want you to want me..."

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

Join us as we talk about finding our purpose again.  Things and priorities change and sometimes we feel lost.  Joshua David Brawer is the Sunday Experience Director at Synergy Church in Chesterfield, MO, and he has also completed his Masters in Counseling and is joining us to talk about how e find our purpose as we are moving forward after stroke.  This show is about stroke and brain injury and is for anyone interested in stroke with bits and pieces thrown in for inspiration, ways to be healthy, less stressed and more.  I want to be here to share and to lift up other stroke survivors or warriors.  I want to help you find out there are others going through what you have gone though.  Maybe not the same journey but a survivor none the less.  To give positive information, inspire and embrace what you have and continue moving forward.  

Dream Catchers - Overcoming Heartache and Sadness - Les Paul Often no matter how well intended a person who did their very best to tell the truth and do the right thing they get kicked in the teeth. A person with a brain injury or disability can be shunned upon, looked down on, and treated very badly by their Friends and Family members and the community just for doing the right thing. That’s just a matter of fact! That being said having a brain injury or any other disability can make things like this much harder on the survivor because there is long a history of abuse and neglect in our community so tonight for anyone who might be having a hard time lets work on strategies to become over comers and not be victims Showing your true colors Seek help Get Counseling Realizing it’s not your fault Taking charge of your destiny Finding new hope and purpose Catching your Dreams Open floor

Full Definition of BLAH 1:  also blah–blah \-?blä\ :  silly or pretentious chatter or nonsense 2:  plural [perhaps influenced in meaning by blasé] :  a feeling of boredom, lethargy, or general dissatisfaction       You understand the definition of TBI.  Do I ''blah blah blah?''  Depends on who is listening to what.  Do I listen to ''Blah Blah Blah?''  Usually, but I'm Support Group trained.  Uh, there is some 'blahing' going on inside to walls, at times.  But, in today's new world, I lilsten - wether folks think I am or not.  I listen, and I can be slow to respond.  Slowing down, helps us cope with BI's.  Survivor and Caregiverr alike.   Webster's definition #2, no that reacches the TBI level of life.  We go to sleep sad, serious and bored.  We wake up, dreamless and bored.  Whatever the day may bring, as Survivors we will appear or simply be bored.  Staring, at nothing, or something, just staring.  We stare.  For many reasons, we stare.  Want to know how to avoid 'staring' all day, or a big part of it?  So do I - call me and explain to us how you avoid THE BLAH's...     (424)243-9540  10 pm - 1 am EDT  (7 pm PT)

Juliet Madsen and Melissa Cronin, both survivors of brain injury, join me to discuss depression and suicide - two common, yet serious, repercussions of brain injury. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his or her life-plan. A car accident, a fall from the roof, doing one more chin-up, or a door literally slamming one in the face are just some causes of traumatic brain injury. College plans, walking down the aisle in the perfect dress, or the coveted job quickly slip from reality as dreams turn to struggle. These unexpected life-happenings that divert one from his or her chosen path in life can be devastating. But as Yogi Berra once said, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Life is all about choices! To learn more about me, please visit my blogs. Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury Blog: survivingtraumaticbraininjury.com Donna's Blog: donnaodonnellfigurski.wordpress.com

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

David Kracke says "I have developed an expertise in understanding and utilizing the legislative process for the greater good. Two areas of my legislative work stand out: Laws requiring mandatory concussion education and return to play protocols for our young athletes, and laws requiring protection of our environment." In 2008, David was part of the team that wrote and passed Max's Law, which along with Zach's Law in Washington, was the first law in the nation to require concussion education for high school coaches. Max's Law also requires return to play protocols to prevent the tragedy of Second Impact Syndrome (SIS), a devastating condition that occurs when a person suffers two concussions in rapid succession. There is now a Max's Law equivalent in all fifty states. In 2012, David wrote what is now known as Jenna's Law. Working with Dr. Jim Chesnutt of Oregon Health Sciences University and Oregon State Senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward, we created a law that requires all youth sport coaches, regardless of league affiliation, to receive concussion training and the implementation of mandatory return to play protocols. Jenna's Law is a sweeping concussion education law that promises to reduce the incidence of SIS and to allow all young athletes in Oregon to fully recover from a concussion before returning to play. Book the host, Fantastic Frank, to speak to your company executives on motivation! Email: [email protected]

The Dark Side of Brain Injury Hosted by: Craig Sicilia Brain Injury has created new opportunities and a new conciseness that I could have never imagined.  It brought a different kind of hope and salvation.  As good a person as I might have been before my brain injury I don’t think the gates of heaven would have been open to me, and even now I have things that need to be let go. All of these major changes came with a cost, a huge cost that as well I could not imagine.  To lose all that I was in such a rapid destruction of who I was.  Lost my marriage, friends, job, home and myself.  It shock my faith and challenged everything I once believed to be fact, or at least my fact. And now to live a life as this new person, on what seems to be a personally lonely road, though I am incredible social I find myself very much alone at times I wish I wasn’t.  I find my opinions and goals in conflict with many.  But at the same time I believe I have learned to see the value in everyone.  Even though I am learning not everyone can play in the sandbox or should play in it. This show will explore some of those dark lonely times, those times for the good of this cause I would spend in solitude never allowing myself to get to close to someone.  The price and the rewards, the pain and the joy.  I know many have similar stories to share I invite you on to share your dark times and more importantly the tools to move beyond those dark times.  

William Jarvis was on the TMDS 'back in the day', where we discussed "The Jarvis Method" of TBI Recovery at home each and every day.  Dr. Jarvis has developed the Jarvis Rehabilitation Method (JRM) in 2008 to create internal motivation to improve after a brain injury.   Dr. Jarvis was in hospitals for eighteen months and has used these strategies for many years after his own severe TBI in 2000. Dr. Jarvis teaches improvement strategies that reinforce a person’s motivation.  This method is based on his experience as a TBI Survivor, a teacher, a principal, college professor in Education, and co-leader of a TBI Support Group.  His academic study in Education and personal understanding of the effects of a brain injury has provided an opportunity to apply motivational strategies to foster improvement during home rehabilitation.   A 'Magic Man' at heart and practice, the good doctor likes to see folks laugh, as well as seriously do his TBI gift of teaching and life coaching Brain Injury Survivors.  Though is regular hummor is geared towards recovery, you KNOW mine is to.  I'm just more of a PG-13 guy.  OK, R occasionally.     Call in towards the beginning of the show, to listen and talk with Dr. Jarvis.  (424) 243-9540.  Let's talk humor, it creates social skills.  Rolls from there.  

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

Kevin Phillips our regular weekly Friday host, will now be doing the 1st, 3rd, and any month where there is a 5th Friday. He and Maggie are enjoying some new comittments. Beginning in October we have a new host on board who will be doing the 2nd and 4th Fridays. I think you will find Isis a fascinating and charming host. In the meantime time, you are provided goulash ... Little of this, little of that. TGIF!!  We bring the shows to you most nights ... Come on, bring it to us tonight!! Join us for a fun night to kick off the weekend as we begin to close down September.     

What do you think of when you see the words lay your title down? To me they mean put down all the fears of whatever challenges you face after having a Brain Injury or any disability or everyday things that happen in life or whatever may be bringing you down and causing us not to see our potential and a bold new future ahead if you will only start looking through the fog and walk into the power of positive light! After disability who or whatever you were you were before doesn’t matter as much instead it’s what you do with your life after a disability that will help determine who you are and what you can become! With that in mind I also have some amazing new music from two new artists that l think will brighten up your day and bring in a peaceful easy feeling that so many survivor including me your host have been searching for! I have several really amazing songs so tune in, sit back and relax and join in for some fun chat, music, and conversation on Dream Catchers with Les Paul Tonight!

We often 'wish THIS hadn't happened - this TBI sucks so'.  You are absolutely correct, the sudden life surviving then chaanging events was a LOT to take.   Was.  Every second gets ''better''' with deeper understandings.  Serious, sad.  If you are like me, that's enough of that.  The day just started!  Every day, that is.  They all begin sad and serious, hurts, take meds, burn one, feel better - go into the day happy.  If only the ''regular - non-chronicallly ill citizens could see inside our body."  No, wait, I wish a Brain Injury on NO ONE.  Well, maybe a few Iranian Militants.  But that was my past, or is my past.  Yesterday, which is gone (in case you are looking for it) leads into tomorrow.  The only day most Survivors look forward too.  Next week is too far away, as we well know.  And outside of experience, history & memory's - there is nothing yesterday can do for us.  Stop looking towards the traumatic past - it happend.  That's what 'yesterday' says, anyway.   Tomorrow?  Is Monday, I'm looking real forard to that.  The rest of the days ahead?  Oh, I do have a schedule of appointments.  The rest or wants and dreams.  I can always hold that thought, without getting confused.  Now, remembering what I was thinking about....

Janiece Naber Martindale knows a lot about caregiving. She is a two-time caregiver – first for her husband, then for an elderly friend. Janiece says that her caregiving responsibilities were very different for each person. Janiece and I are going to examine what it takes to be a good caregiver. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his or her life-plan. A car accident, a fall from the roof, doing one more chin-up, or a door literally slamming one in the face are just some causes of traumatic brain injury. College plans, walking down the aisle in the perfect dress, or the coveted job quickly slip from reality as dreams turn to struggle. These unexpected life-happenings that divert one from his or her chosen path in life can be devastating. But as Yogi Berra once said, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Life is all about choices! To learn more about me, please visit my blogs. Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury Blog: survivingtraumaticbraininjury.com Donna's Blog: donnaodonnellfigurski.wordpress.com

Gear up for a big dose of positive talk with a true hero tonight!! I can't wait to talk to him about his adventurous life. The show starts at 7 pm PT, 8 pm MT, 9 pm CT, and 10 pm ET.   Please call in with questions at 1-424-243-9540 and press 1 to speak. www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio/2015/09/18/be-positive-with-shannon-marie--lets-get-social-with-denis-cleary      

Kim will be filling in for Les tonight, as he is running on empty :) Please bring your thoughts, issues, comments & valuable insights, for Open Mic & some great Independent Music, many of the creators have experience with brain injury themselves... ....And some news of things to come!

The term Alpha and Omega comes from the phrase "I am the alpha and the omega" (Koiné Greek: "?γ? τ? Α κα? τ? Ω"), an appellation of Jesus.   Alpha.  It's the Greek's first letter of the Alphabet, with Omega being the last.  Or, A and Z for you Englisher's.  Following my devastating accident, I was considered 'Omega - at the end of my life.'     In actuality, thru much work (and I contributed too) my Omega became my Alpha.  Life changed, yes. So did I.  We learn to adjust in life, and yes, our TBI's is a big one.     Word's you hate, but work - Baby Steps.  Create an Alpha.   Which, BTW, let's Omega a very rough season of TMDS, and Alpha next week.  Until then - (424) 243-9540 tonight 10-1...

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

What is a cognitive disorder after a traumatic brain injury? A cognitive disorder is when your brain does not work correctly after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A TBI often injures the front part of your brain, which is the part of the brain used for thinking and memory. You may have difficulty doing the same things that you did before the TBI. Symptoms of a cognitive disorder? Your symptoms can get better, stay the same, or get worse over time. They may go away and come back again. You may have any of the following: Mental: Trouble paying attention, Trouble thinking clearly or doing 2 tasks at once, Memory problems, Decreased learning speed and ability Physical: Trouble sleeping or fatigue, Changes in your appetite, Poor balance, Headaches or pain, Problems with your ability to smell, taste, hear, or see Trouble staying warm or cool Emotional: Anxiety, Depression, Impatience Trouble controlling your feelings, actions, and behavior  How are cognitive disorders diagnosed? Your brain heals for many months after a TBI. Healthcare providers may need to test you regularly to monitor your brain function. You may need any of the following: An awareness test may be used to measure how well you move or speak. Tests may also be done to check your memory. A CT scan or MRI may show damage in your brain. You may be given contrast dye to help the damage show up better in the pictures. Tell the healthcare provider if you have ever had an allergic reaction to contrast dye. Do not enter the MRI room with anything metal. Metal can cause serious injury. Tell the healthcare provider if you have any metal in or on your body. How are cognitive disorders treated? Treatment depends on the severity of your condition. You may need medicines to help decrease your symptoms, such as headaches or pain.  

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.   The end of the 'Summer' season, the begining of fall.  Pools close, school's open.  Laborers take a break.  Laborers.  Hummmm.  That my friends, is a down trodden prospect of America today, compared to what?  The building of America, the melting pot of a growing society.  That was then, today is '''sitting around, fooling the government into free assistance and cash."   For those like me, I dispise the folks doing so.  If I could work, I would.  I want to.  Many TBI Survivors can't do Labor, can't even promise daily effort.  Promise to give my best, we can do that.  ESPECIALLY if the brain issue is less than a dozen years.  Uh, as recalled - ''there's a lot of life to learn, starting over at Day 1.''   True Labor.  Also, we'll Rock (of course), talk (I hope), visit a Coping Skill or two, and ramble with sense.  

Losing relationships, both family and friends, is a common result of brain injury and it is devastating to survivors and their caregivers, as well. Troop and survivor, Juliet Madsen, and Lisabeth Mackall, therapist and caregiver for her husband, join me to discuss the topic of "Where Have All My Friends Gone." We'll examine the reasons why some people just can't stick it out and try to shed some light on how folks can keep their relationships alive with their brain-injured friends. Every TBI survivor and caregiver has encountered a fork in the road that has diverted his or her life-plan. A car accident, a fall from the roof, doing one more chin-up, or a door literally slamming one in the face are just some causes of traumatic brain injury. College plans, walking down the aisle in the perfect dress, or the coveted job quickly slip from reality as dreams turn to struggle. These unexpected life-happenings that divert one from his or her chosen path in life can be devastating. But as Yogi Berra once said, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Life is all about choices! To learn more about me, please visit my blogs. Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury Blog: survivingtraumaticbraininjury.com Donna's Blog: donnaodonnellfigurski.wordpress.com

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles

Dream Catchers - Igniting your Flame - Les Paul and Tai Campbell & Friends When I had my 1st TBI/AVM - Brain Aneurism I had had to struggle just to get up only to sit back down in pain, and fear for a very long time! I had a very hard lonely and painful recovery but you don’t have to live that way!!! When I had my 1st TBI/AVM - Brain Aneurism I had had to struggle just to get up only to sit back down in pain, and fear for a very long time! I had a very hard lonely and painful recovery but you don’t have to live that way!!! By coming to Dream Catchers Tonight on the Brain Injury Radio Network you don’t have to feel left out and lonely anymore and by joining in to the conversation we all together can come up with better strategies for success and finding answeres to help you along the way during our recovery. When a Rocket is sitting on the launch Pad and ready to go into space there is all kinds of excitement as the countdown reaches T minus 10,9,8,7, Ignition sequence go and we are go for the Moon We too as the human race have the desire to recovery from Injury to the very best we can do and be all that we can be!!! By coming to Dream Catchers Tonight on the Brain Injury Radio Network you don’t have to feel left out and lonely anymore and by joining in to the conversation we all together can come up with better strateigies for success!   The Life and Death of Sir Oliver Sax the Father of Music Therapy Tae Campbell a Man on Mission-Taking Back our Community Recovery strategies Coping Skills Success Igniting your Flame Open Mic Indi Music Therapy      

Mindfulness.  Relating Assertively.  5 R's of Stress Management.  Recognizing Thoughts, Feelings.  Problem Solving.     And so many much needed skills to be a Human Being, to be a person.  Once the brain is scrambled by a TBI or any brain injury, COPING SKILLS indeed get scrambled too, as the brain is our make up.  Coping Skills, taught soon following my Severe TBI of 7-years ago, is what way of life I MUST try to live, to be able to live life on life's terms.  With out it, there is no Matt Duffin.  The shell left of myself would roll, crack and break on a constant basis.  With Coping Skills, we learn to make good of the bad, and make the bad go away.     Coping, with a TBI.  Its out of this world, sometimes a delayed flight life can be but we learn to standon solid ground.  Little League World Series ended today with Japan on top, but over 40,000 fans in person and most of the world on TV watched the game live.  Baseball is the one who won.  Also, 'When a Legend Changes Uniforms' and the NEW $10 bill prospects.  Also, at Midnight Eastern, or 6 A.M. South African time, our SA Correspondent Miss Gina Gee is give an update on life as a TBI Survivor not-so 'Out of Africa'...  

I'm proud to announce my partnership with the great Brain Injury Radio Team on Blogtalkradio... I will be doing a show there called Late Night with Joeygiggles every Saturday Night 10-1 am EST...    Please join me for great guests, lots of jokes and fun... and of course the great knowledge and information to get from WIRN Internet Radio...  Blogtalkradio Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio Call in number: 1-424-243-9540 Call in anytime for questions and comments... Invite youre friends it will be a great show form the mind of yours truly Joeygiggles