Faces Of Tbi

Chuck Gollop grew up in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Chuck was a policeman for nearly 25 years, and worked assignments ranging from 911 operator, patrol, SWAT, traffic, motors, and sergeant. After 2 serious on-duty injuries, he medically retired. Chuck became a standup comedian, traveling the country, telling jokes as a feature entertainer for most shows. Chuck sought a more rewarding career, that better leveraged his skill set; he became a realtor, and found a career that was perfect for him; in his first year, he was “Rookie of the Year” in his office of 140 agents, and won sales awards from all 3 brokerages he has worked with. He also volunteers for an organization that helps injured police officers. He loves food, travel, fitness, and pranking online scammers. He splits his time between Minnesota and Florida. www.callupgollup.com Episode brought to you by: Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying the podcast? Support it for just $5 a month on Patreon.

Barbara Rubin writes this story of joy and sorrow mixed with humor and rage as both mother and advocate for her injured daughter, Jenn. Emotionally invested in this narrative, she had the advantage to write in raw detail about the triumphs and heartbreaks that follow her main character. She witnessed first-hand the battles that come when a person is the most vulnerable, but also saw the gift of human kindness and the difference it can make in another person’s life. She lived the story; it was hers to tell. Barbara hopes that her journey, lived through her daughter’s injury, will help others understand the lessons that can be learned from tolerance and gives hope to families whose path has also been darkened by tragedy.  https://barbararubinauthor.com Buy her book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TOz7yP Episode brought to you by Integrated Brain Center Support the podcat on Patreon 

Spencer Bishins has a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and a law degree from Florida State University. After law school, he worked in the private sector for two years prior to joining the Social Security Administration (SSA) in 2010. He worked at the Appeals Council for almost four years, reviewing thousands of disability decisions for compliance with SSA’s complex rules and procedures. He then worked at the hearing level for seven years, where he drafted almost 2,000 decisions for SSA Administrative Law Judges. After working for SSA for more than 10 years, he wanted to help demystify the complicated disability system. His first book, Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it, explores the obstacles that disability claimants face as they try to access benefits. https://www.bishinspublishing.com/ Find his book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3N8soNs Episode brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast? Consi

Bruce H. Stern is a shareholder and member of the Personal Injury Group of Stark & Stark. He concentrates his practice in the area of trucking and construction litigation, brain and spinal cord injuries, and wrongful death. He graduated cum laude from Duke University in 1977 and from Rutgers School of Law-Camden in 1981. Mr. Stern is a founding member and past chair of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of AAJ. He also has served as chair of AAJ’s Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section. He serves as Treasurer of the International Brain Injury Association and the North American Brain Injury Society. In 2009, he was elected president of the Belli Society. Mr. Stern was selected for induction into the International Society of Barristers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Stern is the author of numerous articles and a frequent lecturer on the subject of traumatic brain injury litigation, evidence and trial techniques. He also co-authored a book entitled Lit

Dr. Elamir is an Aviv Clinics physician with over 10 years of experience in Internal Medicine. Prior to joining Aviv Clinics, he spent five years practicing Internal Medicine at the MM Jersey City Breathing Center while owning and running his own medical spa in Jersey City, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University prior to attending St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at RWJ-Barnabas: Jersey City Medical Center Program where he was Chief Resident and a member of the ethics committee. He is a Fellow of The American Board of Internal Medicine and The American Board of Aesthetic Medicine. www.aviv-clinics.com   This episode is brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast? Consider supporting for $5 a month on Patreon.

Kelly Lang, co-author of The Miracle Child: Traumatic Brain Injury and Me is a brain injury survivor and caregiver to her daughter who sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2001. Kelly is a member of the Brain Injury Association of America’s Advisory Council, serves on the Virginia Brain Injury Advisory Council, is co-leader of The TBI Advisory and Leadership Group, and former faculty member of the National Center for Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) Brain Injury Learning Collaborative. Kelly has presented at several conferences and webinars including the Administration for Community Living Stakeholder Day, association conferences, universities, and many others. Michael Lang is a vice president of a national association and his work includes written and published articles, guides, and manuals in the fields of transportation and the chemical industry. Michael is a featured speaker and presenter in various associations and organizations in the areas of environment, health, safety, securi

Dr. Shaun Gregory Kornfeld is an experienced chiropractic neurologist and functional neurology practitioner. He has completed over 500 hours of postdoctoral training in neurology and hyperbaric medicine that has allowed him to help hundreds of patients from all over the world. He is the lead clinician at Plasticity Centers of Colorado where he manages the care of patients with complex neurological conditions including but not limited to post-concussive syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, mild cognitive impairment, traumatic brain injury, vertigo, hypoxic/anoxic brain injury, and developmental delay.  www.plasticitycenters.com Brought to you by: Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast? Please consider supporting it for $5/month through our Patreon

Matthew Bennett was already working as an athletic therapist with NHL teams when Sidney Crosby suffered his career altering injury in 2011. Bennett had been treating various athletes, helping them to recover from injuries and began using his background in naturopathic medicine to treat concussion symptoms with very good results. After doing more research, he formulated and patented his own recovery products that have been used by performance nutritionists and individual players across the NHL®, NFL®, NBA® and AHL® as part of their player brain health recovery regimen.  Matthew Bennett continues to treat athletes and the general public at his practice in Vancouver, Active Solutions Medicine Clinic. He’s available for interviews on concussion management and recovery and can give tips on what to do if you think you have a concussion and ways to speed up the recovery process and support cognitive health going forward. yourhavnlife.com   brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast

Sherry is a music journalist and podcaster. In 2011, she was hit head-on in an auto accident and suffered a severe concussion and several injuries. Although she continues to struggle with multiple surgeries, she finds solace in creativity.  https://linktr.ee/sherrythomasmusicjournalist brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast? Consider supporting it on Patreon for just $5/month

Born and raised in rural Utah, Brandon Wright is a TBI survivor, motorcycle enthusiast and small business owner Brandon suffered a TBI in during his third year of college when he was hit while riding his motorcycle to class. After many years of treatment and countless doctor’s appointments he considers himself mostly recovered. As a marketing strategist and founder of Loud LLC Brandon works with companies of all sizes providing clients with search, social, and guerrilla marketing services. He believes that many TBI survivors can find solace by focussing on the progress that they have made, instead of seeking perfection. https://loudmarketing.co   Brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers   Enjoying this podcast? Please consider supporting it on Patreon for just $5/month!

Arianna endured a concussion during her junior year of high school. Through persistence and determination, she recovered during 5 long years. She was 95% back to normal when she contracted coronavirus and everything changed. Today, she is still dealing with long COVID symptoms that are eerily similar to her post-concussion symptoms. While it is hard, She has a hopeful outlook for the future. As she was healing from my concussion, she needed a way to get out her emotions. she turned to writing. she wrote poems nearly every day. After she recovered, she compiled the poems  and published her first book, Earthly Thoughts, in November of 2020.  Brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers If you're enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting it for $5/month on Patreon.

A chiropractic neurologist with more than a decade of experiences using gold-standard diagnostics and advanced therapeutics to develop individualized treatment plans for concussion, TBI and ABI. Dr. Hartman sustained a head trauma and herniated discs in high school. Soon after constant headaches impacted his concentration and brain function. Within a few months of non-invasive treatments from a chiropractor, he was back to normal, solidifying his commitment to becoming a healthcare professional. www.TheHartmanCenter.com Brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers

A founding partner of the law firm Bachus Schanker, Kyle Bachus limits his practice to representing individuals and families in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases nationwide.  www.kylebachus.com Find Kyle's book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/36ySisR Brought to you by: Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast? Please consider supporting it for just $5 a month on Patreon. 

Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, Melissa Meszaros has set the precedent for breaking tropes and forging the way for the modern nomadic. As tenured entertainment industry publicist, Melissa is also the founder of Grrrl Front PDX Music Festival and the comic book publicity firm, Don’t Hide PR. She is a self-proclaimed grunge aficionado, graduate of Antioch University Los Angeles’ MFA in Creative Writing, and proudly shares a birthday with Melvins leader, Buzz Osborne.   Brought to you by: Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast? Please consider supporting it for just $5 a month with a Patreon membership: https://patreon.com/amyzellmer

For more than two decades, Trent McEntire has been helping people gain back their mobility – a story he knows well. Born with a mild form of Cerebral Palsy, Trent experienced pain and stiffness every day from the time he was a child. However, Trent's creative problem-solving abilities kicked in transforming his movement capabilities to participate in his love for sports. What Trent discovered to repair his own body became the foundation for what would be his life’s work. He attended Western Michigan University where he received a BFA in Dance requiring studies  n Movement Science and Training – Feldenkrais, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Kinesiology and Anatomy. Trent pursued a career as a professional dancer where he performed on stages throughout the country and abroad. As a movement professional, Trent saw a path where he could help others who had movement limitations. He opened up his studio as a way to work with clients and train other movement professionals in the work he had been

DR. ERIC ZIELINSKI is the author of the national bestseller The Healing Power of Essential Oils and The Essential Oils Apothecary Dr. Z has pioneered natural living and biblical health education since 2003. Trained as an aromatherapist, public health researcher, and chiropractor, Dr. Z started NaturalLivingFamily.com in 2014 with his wife to help people learn how to use natural remedies like essential oils safely and effectively. Now visited by more than three million natural health seekers every year, NaturalLivingFamily.com has rapidly become the number one online source for biblical health and non-branded essential oils education. NaturalLivingFamily.com Purchase his book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3CejiYX Episode brought to you by: Integrated Brain Centers

Nikki, a NY state resident, has always been a proud and diligent worker. She’s served as an HVAC filtration salesperson, later starting her own company, then as a casino dealer, and most recently, as a pediatric nurse. She had suffered two traumatic brain injuries during her younger years, but it was the third TBI that suddenly changed everything. In a heartbeat, her life changed from one of optimism, vibrancy, enthusiasm, confidence, and extroversion, to one of constant pain, withdrawal, depression, and hopelessness. While trying to help administer a routine vaccine to a young boy, Nikki was thrown against the wall, suffering a significant TBI and cervical instability in the process in 2016. Nikki’s TBI has caused cognitive deficiencies, confusion, memory loss, anxiety, and pain. She found herself unable to work, unable to interact with others, and in a very dark place. None of the numerous traditional medications she’s tried helped, and if fact, their ghastly side effects left her even worse off.She had lon

REID FORGRAVE has written about sports and other topics for GQ, the New York Times Magazine, and Mother Jones, among other publications. His specialty is long-form, narrative storytelling. He has covered college football and the NFL, as well as college and professional basketball and the Summer Olympics, for Fox Sports and CBS Sports, and he currently writes for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. The article in which he first wrote about Zac Easter is included in Best American Sports Writing 2018. A past life found him working at The Des Moines Register in Iowa as well as several other metropolitan newspapers. Forgrave lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons. www.reidforgrave.com Find his book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vSQ8Mm Episode brought to you by Integrated Brain Centers Support the podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/amyzellmer

In October 2016 while on a surfing holiday overseas, Donna Masing fell off a wave and the tail of her own board collided with her temple. The force of that impact broke bones in her neck and rattled her brain from side to side, resulting in a traumatic brain injury. Upon returning home to Australia, Donna was unable to run her business, a sports massage clinic in Northern NSW where she attended to Australia’s surfing elite and other professional athletes. She had difficulty speaking, walking, coping with groups of people, bright lights, had limited thinking capacity and could not focus on anything for any great deal of time. Doctors assured her that it would all pass and soon life would return to normal. However these things did not pass, in fact many symptoms got worse.  In 2019 Donna was named the Northern Rivers NSW Business Chamber Outstanding Business Leader and went on to be a State Finalist. Donna has consulted for international Doctors, Physical Therapists and Concussion Specialists on how to commu

A marathoner and triathlete, in 1990 Dr. Mikal-Flynn survived a sudden-death event requiring twenty-two minutes of CPR to return to life. Already a nurse practitioner and dismayed at the focus of her recovery and what was presented in the aftermath of her trauma, her mind emphasized the negative, painting a bleak future. However, her master’s and doctoral research focused on posttraumatic growth (PTG) and she created a strength-based clinical pathway guiding survivors toward a productive recovery and PTG. A Professor at CSUS, she speaks nationally and internationally on trauma, focusing on resilience and PTG. With multiple publications, her work and research continue to provide strength and hope for those who suffer in the aftermath of trauma. Dr. Mikal-Flynn received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of San Francisco, a Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the University of California, Davis, and her Master’s of Science in Nursing at Sacramento State University, publishing the thesis: