Adventures in Brain Injury Podcast

Episode 71 - Empowered Community, Courses, and Qualified Assistance for Neurological Recovery... FREE ACCESS!

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Adventures in Brain Injury Podcast! In this very special and short episode, I introduce Jacki D'Aries, and our partnership in the ...

Episode 70 - Post-COVID Recovery

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Derksen, ND is a former competitive athlete and Naturopathic Physician with a full scope of practice in Washington State since 2003. She did her u...

Episode 69 - It's Time to Revisit Leaky Gut: Introducing Leaky Gut 2.0

16 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we explore the new research on leaky gut and why it's time for us to revisit the subject. The latest scientific discoveries have reve...

Episode 68 - Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Restore Function

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk neuroscience!  I first met Garrett when I heard that Dr. Terry Wahls was presenting at Neufit's headquarters in Austin TX. This was the se...

Episode 67 - Ketogenic Strategies for Brain Health

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The prevalence of Alzheimer's and the unfortunate lack of success with conventional medicine in treating patient's with Alzheimer's is disheartening t...

Episode 66 - The Gut Brain Connection. What are you missing?

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Wright is a digestion expert. And he and I started connecting back in 2014 and we ended up working on some projects together, including a leaky...

Episode 65 - Nutrition and Supplement Strategies for Neuroprotection

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dominic D'Agostino, Ph.D., is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine in the Department of ...

Episode 64 - Airway Dentistry for Healthy and Happy Humans with Dr. Scott Solomons, DDS

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can a dentist teach you how to be healthy? Scott Solomons, DDS is not your ordinary dentist. He understands that the first phase of digestion occurs i...

Episode 63 - Health, Medical Empowerment, and Confidence with Elle Russ (EXPLICIT)

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet my friend, Elle. In this conversation, we talk about health, to misinformation in nutrition, supplementation, and medicine, to patient empowermen...

Episode 62 - Brain Deficits in Children and Adults with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders with Dr. Robert Melillo.

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Dr Robert Melillo! He is an innovator when it comes to our understanding of brain imbalances and childhood brain development. Learn how you can i...

Episode 61 - A Functional Medicine Approach to Cognitive Decline. with Amylee Amos MS, RDN, IFMCP

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Whether we are working with brain injury, brain disease, or cognitive decline, the support for the nervous system is basically universal. This is why ...

Episode 60 - A Better Brain Through Nutrition with Julia Rucklidge, PhD

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Food is clearly important to humans. But because nutrition and supplementation is not patentable, there is little money behind research on it. This is...

Episode 59 - Essential Oils to Boost the Brain with Jodi Cohen

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

⚗️🧠💃 Our sense of smell is an extremely powerful way to affect the nervous system. This is why I'm very excited to be talking about essentia...

Episode 58 - How Hormonal Changes Affect our Brain in both Women and Men with Dr. Anna Cabeca, DO, FACOG

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

TBI can lead to hormone dysregulation and causing disturbances in sleep, mood, libido, and weight. Dr. Anna Cabeca is a 3x board certified OBGYN who i...

Episode 57 - Fixing the Brain with Dr. Tom O'Bryan

05 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Tom O'Bryan is the author of "You Can Fix Your Brain." Inflammation anywhere in the body can inflame the brain, and "every disease is a disease of...

Episode 56 - 4 Components of Successful Viral Treatment with Alex Vasquez, DO, DC, ND

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Want a list of self actionable tools that you can use to empower yourself in 2020 and beyond. Alex Vasquez, DO, ND, DC is very qualified to talk on vi...

Episode 55 - The Politics of a Pandemic with Alex Vasquez, DO, DC, ND

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Vasquez, DO, ND, DC is very qualified to talk on viruses, antiviral nutrition, empowerment, and about the politics of a pandemic. He is the autho...

Episode 54 - What COVID-19 is like for an ER Nurse with 42 years experience at 2nd hardest hit hospital in NYC

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Bedell, RN has been an ER and Critical care nurse in NYC for 42 years. She currently works at New York Presbyterian in Queens, the second hardes...

Episode 53 - AntiViral Nutrition with Dr. Alex Vasquez

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Vasquez, DO, ND, DC is very qualified to talk on viruses, antiviral nutrition, empowerment, and about the politics of a pandemic. He is the autho...

Episode 52 - More for Your Mitochondria

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Once again, I have the pleasure to interview Dr. Wahls, a medical doctor with MS who overcame it with diet and lifestyle. She just released the new re...

Episode 51 - Your Best Sleep Ever!

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The best health protocols WILL NOT help you heal if you're not sleeping well. Misty Williams is interviewing experts on sleep and neurology to share h...

Episode 50 - How to Rock Your Life in The Face of Adversity And The Hemp Revolution

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rock your life in the face of adversity! CBD can help brain recovery: Inflammation decreases, nerve stem cells grow into neurons, and axons and dendri...

Episode 49 - Filling the Gap in Medicine: The Hero's Journey of a Health Crisis

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you are in a place in your hero's journey where you are ready for a mentor to teach you the tools to heal yourself, the frameworks to help others, ...

Episode 48 - The Eye Exam Upgrade: Leaving 20/20 in The 20th Century

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Zelinsky will be the catalyst to a revolution in eye exams… bringing 20th-century eye care to 21st-century brain care. Her incorporation of our ...

Episode 47 - Qualifications from Experience and Outcome

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"I'll take experience over a piece of paper that puts letters after your name any day of the year." - Josh Perry   

Episode 46 - Using Nutrition with Neuro-Feedback Can Improve Your Brain

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"I think neurofeedback is the single most effective intervention that can be brought to improve brain function in a person compromised by brain injury...

Episode 45 - What Have You Done for Your Brain Lately?

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this solid interview, you're gonna get dozens of points and tools to reclaim your brain health from an awesome doctor who loves what he does… and...

Episode 44 - How to Get What You Want From Your Doctor: Patient Empowerment

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Taking health into your own hands is absolutely transformative to recovery and Paleo f(x) is creating a movement toward patient empowerment. Hear abou...

Episode 43 - Speech, Language, and Neurology

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wanna meet the lady who helped me find my voice after I got it back. Meet my SLP as we talk about the paramount importance of communication, swallowin...

Episode 42 - Keto for Brain Health, Seizures, and Self-Care

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Jade was only 8 years old, she was diagnosed with Epilepsy. For 28 years she was taking anti-epileptic medications, yet she was never seizure fre...

Episode 41 - The Magic of Our Thoughts and Attention: Cavin Vs. The Grinch

04 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Cavin and Michelle discuss the traumatic burglary that Cavin woke up to a few days before Christmas. They explore how and why everyth...

Episode 40 - Healthcare's Conscious Evolution - The LOVE of The Practice

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Dr Venu Julapalli MD, Michelle, and I get into the L.O.V.E. of medicine… it's profound! Turn up the volume!

Episode 39 - Broad Spectrum Micronutrients and Brain Health

09 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Michelle, Bonnie Kaplan, Ph, and I go through the importance of sustainable agriculture, the corruption of pharmaceutical company inv...

Episode 38 - The Keto Doctor: Is Keto Actually Healthy?

23 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What fats are really "good" fats? How do we source a truly healthy fat? What can I do now to stop degenerative illness before it starts? Learn all thi...

Episode 37 - Neurosage: The Video Game that Can Reboot Your Brain!

10 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 36 - Anti-Anxiety Diet and Supplementation: The 6 Foundational R's to Your Health

30 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 35 - The Mindset for Miracles: Transforming Your Health Starts by Transforming Your Mind

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How do I find and overcome limiting beliefs? How do I change my mindset with 3 simple exercises? Learn the steps that you can take today to take charg...

Episode 034 - Post Concussion Syndrome: It's All in Your Head

11 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 033 - The Difference Between Fixing and Healing

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 032 - The Inflammatory Tailspin of Brain Injury

27 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

AIBI 032 : Jarod Nieder Final

22 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

My New Year's Resolution: to be more badass than I was the year before. Jerod is the most bad-ass Quadriplegic I have ever met! His strength and seren...

AiBi 030 : Music & the Brain

31 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we explore how music can be used to influence brain plasticity with Hope Young, a music therapist who is able to treat movement condit...

AiBi 029 - Dr. Engle

17 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we get to interview Dr. Dan Engle, MD, who not only brings forth a comprehensive manual for concussion repair, but healing beyond bra...

AiBi 028 - Keiser

30 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 027: How Nutrition Saved My Life

22 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Terry Wahls (The Wahls Protocal) talks about how nutrition saved her life from debilitating MS. This is one of those podcasts that has to potential...

AiBi 026 - Kelsey Brenner

19 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

By seeing how our brain is behaving, we can train our brains! If we are anxious most of the time, we can use feedback to reward our brains for being c...

AiBi 025 : Dr Robert Sanet

22 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Dr. Sanet, a world-renowned educator and practitioner in the fields of behavioral optometric care, vision training, and practice management.

Indrani Das mixdown2.0

08 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready for the future? Meet Indrani Das, the winner of one of the country's most prestigious science fairs for her work on a novel mechanism fo...

AiBi 024 : An Award Winning Novel Treatment for Brain Injury

07 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready for the future? Meet Indrani Das, the winner of one of the country's most prestigious science fairs for her work on a novel mechanism fo...

AiBi 023 - Shine On With Dr. Lauren Noel

30 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 022 : Dr Joshua Flowers

10 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 021 : Dr. David Traster

18 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. David Traster takes the time to speak with Michelle and Cavin about how opening his mind took him down roads that eventually saved his life.

AiBI 020 : Dr. Charles Shidlofsky

30 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 019 - Alessandra Wall

15 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 018 - Empathy in Practice - From Patient to Doctor

28 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Power of Functional Neurology

03 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Podcast 17 – The Power of Functional Neurology (This stuff is so cool!)

02 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Cavin Balaster and Michelle Malmberg is our new co-host on the Adventures in Brain Injury Podcast! And, for our first episode together, we take the op...

AiBI 016 - Relaying TBI Experiences with Tim Page

26 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I announce that Michelle Malmberg is our new co-host on the Adventures in Brain Injury Podcast! And, for our first episode together, we take the oppor...

Podcast 15 – Brain Tumors, ABI, and Plasticity with Michelle Malmberg (Part 1)

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle Malmberg tells the first part of her amazing, inspiring, and resilient acquired brain injury story on the Adventures in Brain Injury Podcast ...

Podcast 14 – Celebrating Five Years Since my Brain Injury

08 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Cavin and Alek sit down to reflect on the five year anniversary of Cavin's severe traumatic brain injury and lessons he's learned along the way.

AiBi 013 : Healing & Success through Visualization with Dr. Lynn Hellerstein

06 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Cavin and Alek interview Dr. Lynn Hellerstein to talk about her book "See it. Say it. Do it!" and her methods for finding success in life, healing, an...

AiBi 012 : Gabrielle Guetta & TBI Model Systems Centers

27 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 011 - Kimberly Archie

04 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 010 : Cristabelle Braden & Finding Hope After Head Injury

29 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 009 - A Look inside the Brain After Head Trauma

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi008 : Confronting the Concussion Crisis

19 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 007: Game Changer: A Review of the Film "Concussion"

13 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi 006: Amy Zellmer - Finding the Road Back to "Normal"

09 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Brain injury survivor Cavin Balaster and co-host Alek Hess interview fellow survivor, recent author, and contributor to the Huffington Post, Amy Zellm...

AiBi 005

07 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

AiBi004

24 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas