Adventures in Brain Injury

Adventures in Brain Injury episodes:

• 07.23.2020

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

  This is the third and final part of a three part series of podcasts with Dr. Alex Vasquez, DO, ND, DC. Be sure to check out the first and second episode with Dr. V as well. Dr. Vasquez is the...

  
• 06.15.2020

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

  This is the second in a series of podcasts with Dr. Alex Vasquez, DO, ND, DC. Be sure to check out the first episode with Dr. V, and after you finish this one, check out listen to the next one!...

  
• 05.20.2020

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

  No matter where we turn these days, COVID-19 is impacting communities worldwide. The challenges brought by this pandemic have taken a significant toll on lives, our society, and economy. Luckily, we have heroes and frontline “soldiers” fighting to combat this...

  
• 04.15.2020

  Episode 53 – AntiViral Nutrition with Dr. Alex Vasquez

  This is the first in a series of podcasts with Dr. Alex Vasquez, OD, ND, DC. Be sure to check out the next episodes! Since COVID-19 has been shaking up the globe, people have been thrust into a state of...

  
• 03.25.2020

  Episode 52 – More for Your Mitochondria

  In 2010, Dr. Terry Wahls’ published her first book, Minding My Mitochondria. In 2014 she published The Wahls Protocol. And she just released the new revised Wahls Protocol with even more for your mitochondria!  This brilliant souls’ work has truly...

  
• 03.16.2020

  Episode 51 – Your Best Sleep Ever!

  Meet my friend, Misty Williams. Misty has had quite a journey with her health and she has become an amazing advocate and guide for women who are trying to navigate their way to health. Misty spent years struggling to reclaim...

  
• 01.13.2020

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

  Meet my very good friend Diane V Capaldi (aka the Paleo Boss Lady)! V’s story is remarkable. She is one of the most powerful, smart, strong, bad-ass ladies I know!  What Does MS Have to Do With Brain Injury? Because...

  
• 12.17.2019

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

  What’s up, y’all?!?! Last podcast, I interviewed my current optometrist who has been very influential in the trajectory of my recovery, and yet again, I get the opportunity to interview someone who has truly made a massive difference in my...

  
• 12.02.2019

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

  I originally met Dr. Deborah Zelinsky in 2014, when I presented for the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA). After my keynote presentation (watch here), she approached me with a whole lot of inspired encouragement for my mission and a desire to...

  
• 11.12.2019

  Episode 47 – Qualifications from Experience and Outcome

  Sometimes you meet someone who you totally resonate with on an experiential and mission level. Josh Perry is a super cool survivor and thriver who I am honored to have on the podcast!  Josh Perry grew up as an athlete...

  
• 10.01.2019

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

  Nora Gedgaudas is a board-certified nutritional consultant and a board-certified clinical neurofeedback specialist with over 20 years of clinical experience. A recognized authority on ketogenic, ancestrally based nutrition, she is a popular speaker and educator and the author of the...

  
• 06.11.2019

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

  At the beginning of May, I had the privilege of attending the EPIC Functional Medicine Conference where I met a lot of amazing and inspiring practitioners who are really changing the game in healthcare. Dr. Robert G. Silverman was one...

  
• 04.24.2019

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

  It was six years ago when I was listening to Dr. Lauren Noel’s Podcast (here she is on my podcast), where I learned of a conference where many people I looked up to for advice to reclaim my health were...

  
• 02.28.2019

  Episode 43 – Speech, Language, and Neurology

  If you’ve been listening to the Adventures in Brain Injury Podcast for a while, you may have noticed the improvement of my speech over time. Well, on this episode of the podcast, I’m interviewing MY main speech-language pathologists (SLP). Ms....

  
• 01.31.2019

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

  It’s awesome to have my friend, Jade Nelson, on the podcast! Jade is an Epilepsy Advocate, Community Health Educator, and Licensed Massage Therapist. When Jade was only 8 years old, she was diagnosed with Epilepsy. She spent the first 28...

  
• 01.04.2019

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

  Hello everyone, For those of you who are following my personal Facebook page, you know that I was robbed on the Friday before Christmas… WHILE I WAS HOME! I’m pretty shaken up from the event. See this Facebook post from...

  
• 11.28.2018

  Episode 40 – Healthcare’s Conscious Evolution – The LOVE of The Practice

  Dr. Venu Julapalli is one of our favorite MDs! Like many of the MDs we correspond with, he is humble, curious, powerful, and collaborative toward his patients’ care. He does not place himself on a pedestal like an “MDiety!”

  
• 10.08.2018

  Episode 39 – Broad Spectrum Micronutrients and Brain Health

  In 2015, I had the wondrous opportunity to meet Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, PhD at the International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience in Orlando, FL. Bonnie is passionate about nutrition for optimal brain function and repair… Me too! Needless to say, we...

  
• 09.04.2018

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

  Before keto became a thing, as I would consume a large amount of fat, many people would ask me if I was worried about my cholesterol. And with the prevailing nutritional recommendations and guidelines over the past 30 years and...

  
• 07.10.2018

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

  Dr. Kyle Daigle is professionally trained as a Chiropractor. He joined SNA Technologies (Systemic Neural Adaptation) in December 2014 as the President, Chief Medical Officer, and Managing Director for SNA Global. He is the Co-Inventor of a Patent Pending Digital...

  
• 06.30.2018

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

  Get ready to meet one of my favorite Austinites! These are some of the many reasons why: Ali Miller has dedicated her career to revolutionizing food-as-medicine in treatment and prevention of disease. She has a passion to create public awareness...

  
• 06.22.2018

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

  This one goes out to all the warrior moms and dads! Change your mindset and overcome limiting beliefs with 3 simple exercises that you can do today to take charge of your health, mind, and life. Check out our new...

  
• 05.14.2018

  Podcast 34 – Post Concussion Syndrome: It’s All in Your Head

  It’s time for another adventure! I learned of Dr. Titus Chiu through his interview with Dr. Mark Hyman for the Broken Brain Mini-Series. If you didn’t  get a chance to watch it, I highly recommend that you check it out!...

  
• 04.02.2018

  Podcast 33 – The Difference Between Fixing and Healing

  Remember when we had Jessica on the Feed a Brain Interview Series? It was awesomely deep! Well… We did it again with Michelle on board, and it was really good! You see, Jessica Flanigan is a healer and she comes...

  
• 02.27.2018

  Podcast 32 – The Inflammatory Tailspin of Brain Injury

  Today’s amazing episode is jam-packed with priceless powerful fixes and clinical pearls for both patient and practitioner, coming from a newly found AiBI favorite! We have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Kat Toups, MD, a Distinguished Fellow of the American...

  
• 12.22.2017

  Podcast 31 – The Power of Thought with a Bad-Ass Quadriplegic

  My New Year’s Resolution: to be more bad-ass than I was the year before. Jerod is the most bad-ass Quadriplegic I have ever met! His strength and serenity and his command of his perspective and thoughts is so powerful!

  
• 10.31.2017

  Podcast 30 – Music & The Brain

  Music is very powerful. 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 conditions and disorders through music.

  
• 10.17.2017

  Podcast 29 – Better Than Before: Beyond Concussion Repair

  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 brain injury and into peak performance.

  
• 09.30.2017

  Podcast 28 – Brain Injury, Dysautonomia, and Hangovers

  I like brains. I like helping them work better. So does Dr. Nate Keiser, who Michelle and I get to interview on this episode about injury, dysautonomia, and hangovers.

  
• 08.22.2017

  Podcast 27 – How Nutrition Saved My Life

  Dr Terry Wahls, author of "The Wahls Protocol" talks about how nutrition saved her life from debilitating MS. This is one of those podcasts that has to potential to change many lives, so listen up!

  
• 07.19.2017

  Podcast 26 – Automatic Brain Training with Kelsey Brenner

  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 calm, and train ourselves out of anxiety. That’s pretty cool!

  
• 06.22.2017

  Podcast 25 – Neuroplasticity and Finding Gifts of Adversity

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

  
• 06.07.2017

  Podcast 24 – An Award Winning Novel Treatment for Brain Injury

  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 for treating brain injury and disease!

  
• 05.30.2017

  Podcast 23 – Shine On With Dr. Lauren Noel

  Someone very important to me graced our show this week and Michelle and I are so blessed to have the chance to share her radiance with you all! Meet Dr. Lauren Noel, a hard working, brilliant, accomplished and successful naturopathic...

  
• 05.10.2017

  Podcast 22 – Revive: Restoration of Life or Consciousness

  Wanna meet my current functional neurologist? In this episode, Michelle and I interview Dr. Joshua Flowers, owner of Revive Treatment Centers of America.

  
• 04.18.2017

  Podcast 21 – The Importance of Open Minds in Both Patient and Doctor

  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.

  
• 03.30.2017

  Podcast 20 – Pieces to the Sensory Puzzle of the Brain

  Cavin and Michelle interview Dr. Charles Shidlofsky. A brilliant optometrist, he received his OD all the way back in 1988 and has been very active in neuro-optometry for most of his 29 years in practice.

  
• 03.15.2017

  Podcast 19 – In Focus After Trauma

  Michelle and Cavin interview Dr. Alessandra Wall, a licensed clinical psychologist, coach, speaker and entrepreneur. In this interview, we explore her methodology to create a better everyday and to feel inspired by life again.

  
• 02.28.2017

  Podcast 18 – Empathy in Practice: From Patient to Doctor

  Dr. Jerome D. Lubbe, a migraine sufferer and functional neurologist who practices in Georgia, takes the time to chat with Michelle and I about his journey from patient to doctor.

  
• 01.03.2017

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

  Michelle and I interview Dr. Jeremy Schmoe, a functional neurologist certified through the American Chiropractic Neurology Board who works with patients locally and internationally.

  
• 11.26.2016

  Podcast 16 – Music and Relaying TBI Experiences with Tim Page

  I announce that Michelle Malmberg (my guest on the last podcast) is our new co-host on the Adventures in Brain Injury Podcast! And, for our first episode together, we take the opportunity to interview Tim Page, a professor in both the...

  
• 09.22.2016

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

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

  
• 05.23.2016

  Podcast 14 – Celebrating Five Years Since my Brain Injury

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

  
• 05.06.2016

  Podcast 13 – Healing and Success Through Visualization

  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, and rehabilitation.

  
• 04.27.2016

  Podcast 12 – Gabrielle Guetta & TBI Model Systems Centers

  Cavin and Alek discuss TBI Model Systems Centers with Clinical Research Coordinator for the Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai, Gabrielle Guetta.

  
• 04.04.2016

  Podcast 11- Kimberly Archie: A Survivor’s Fight for Sports Safety

  Cavin and Alek interview TBI survivor Kimberly Archie about her life and work on the front line of protecting child athletes.

  
• 02.29.2016

  Podcast 10 – Cristabelle Braden & Finding Hope After Head Injury

  Cavin and Alek interview musician and TBI survivor Cristabelle Braden about her organization and the power of music through rehabilitation.

  
• 02.04.2016

  Podcast 9 – A Look Inside the Brain After Head Trauma

  What's going on inside the brain after injury? We sat down with Dr. Peggy Mason to better understand how can we use that information to prevent and treat head trauma.

  
• 01.19.2016

  Podcast 8 – Confronting the Concussion Crisis

  In this hugely important episode, Cavin and Alek Interview Dr. Unini Odama to define the word "concussion" and discuss strategies for better awareness and prevention in sports.

  
• 01.13.2016

  Podcast 7 – Game Changer: A Review of the Film “Concussion”

  Brain injury survivor Cavin Balaster and co-host Alek Hess review "Concussion" and discuss the highly anticipated film's impact on public understanding and professional sports.