Below are pictures and videos, on my recovery as well as some of my personal life experiences to help people know me motivationally, on a personal aspect.

Here is a before and after, the therapist moving my legs and Hoyer lift, as well as leaning on cart was shortly after my accident. The other clip, was a mobility clip, showing walking and moving around after my accident recovery. Below, are my two walks doing with former physical therapist. 1 5K and 1 1K, with planning on doing more coming up in the future. There were no two more special people, to me to walk a walk with for what that meant to me. From where I was once at with them, to now. Both of them, worked with through spinal cord injury recovery as well as brain injury recovery. As Doctor Herendez said at inpatient, I got a double dose with both of those injuries. I can walk unassisted some and have often until found I was stable all places with cane and felt level of security with cane not wanting to ditch again.

Inpatient Rehab at University Kansas Health Systems. KU Hospital.

Outpatient, rehab institute, now Ability KC

My New Channel

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Mind Matter, and the Ozone

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Minds Matter/Ozone Gym

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As you can see, up at the top I get a little short tempered in a video. That was, because I was struggling with numerous things all at once and the pain was severe, no excuses and apologized for those times. Literally for certain periods felt like drowning in hell.

Videos of me currently! Almost a live journal of my activity's and daily living with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury.

Current Living Life!

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Current Living life after my T12 incomplete spinal tear, as well as traumatic brain injury on frontal and temporal lobe.

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Business I owned and ran with my mom for awhile after my accident.

Some of my flying pictures as private pilot, I was not multi rated

My Flying Videos!

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Above pictured, is my mentor for flying has and was my mentor for flying since age 14. He was an airline pilot, first officer on DC-9, and MD-80's as well as flight engineer on DC-10's, and captain on Boeing 737-300's.He helped me out getting started with flying, he has answered lots of questions along the way. I appreciate all this mans knowledge he shared with me over the years, flight wisdom and gave me good pointers on getting started in aviation. Sad my accident happened and took that career goal, but so goes life!

FLIGHTS TOOK MY MOM AND DAD ON ALWAYS WILL LEAVE SPECIAL PLACE ON MY HEART EMOTIONALLY AND GOOD TO REFER BACK TO.

i AM OR WAS AN ACTIVE PRIVATE PILOT SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATED, HERES SOME OF MY PICTURES WALKING PAST THE 1%-2% ER'S THE BIG BOY JETS, THAT WAS ORIGINAL GOAL AFTER COMMERCIAL SOMEDAY WAS FLYING CORPORATE. THE K-STATE FOOTBALL STADIUM WAS A NEAT WINTER FLIGHT TOOK MY MOM ON. I LIKED FLYING TO KMHK MANHATTAN REGIONAL FOR CROSS COUNTRY LOG TIME WAS 65 NAUTICAL MILES FAR ENOUGH TO LOG CROSS COUNTRY BUT UNDER BURNING EXCESS MONEY WHEN WATCHING MONEY.

Team roping and rodeo pictures, yes my weight has been all over the place until stopped drinking!

Current pictures, and photo cover of my book cover due out around Christmas!

in no way am i musician, i do own guitar and get it out and mess around with learning it. team roping and flying were and are my things, now writing happens to be my thing.

Some pictures of before and after when heavier and when not that if not noticed in some other photos. As well as as some social things!

Showing some key people to my mental part of recovery

Showing in office/studio area writing and working on motivational content now.

Some pictures of Miami county regional airport (K81) WE-B-Smokin BBQ fly in restaurant with my mom and one behind barn with Pablo, other pictures of here and now.

Kind of proud of switching to Cessna 182 from Cessna 172 from 4-year hiatus day of check ride to go pass, God was looking out for me that day. He blessed my mind and ability that day.

Sobriety party my mom threw for me, also sitting inside a fly in BBQ place

Love my mom, yes I am a mommas boy, I am not even going to try denying that one, also run on coffee.

Special friend group that was ibogaine, led me to ibogaine and one couple went with my mom and me to San Diego, where I went next day across border.

In my newly decorated office/studio area.

Working in my studio/office area.

My dads gravestone, as well as some of my tattoos, left bicep mean fight for what you believe in meant lots to me after my accident. Right arm means remember where came from originally, original countrys my ancestors came from were Denmark, Ireland, England, that were not Native had some Native Americans to, only did that because should of died in my accident, but God saved me I should live the best life possible, and my accident was like born again.

Lunch's with my mom

My land clearing rig, and my daily driver dually truck, besides right now driving spare. Other pictures Christmas concert, as well as some random past flight pictures.

Feeding, concert, pets, my mom

Current pictures besides one with Dally, that was shortly before her passing. The others, are throughout my writing and release of my book. Also smiling as climbing out of depression and climbed out of depression.

Here's pictures of getting Pablo saddled again after my accident, as well as a really neat really flattering feeling gift the Editor I used sent me, after calling my book her passion project at the time. As well there were some early morning clearing brush with my land clearing I no longer do.

My book out, my office, my cruises with the dogs, my land clearing rig, the dedication page in my book.

My office area and saw I used for land clearing and loader work. As well well dog cruise pictures.

Some of what helps my mental health, my mom happens to be probably the biggest supporter of that, as well as horses and dogs.

Some of the land clearing and loader work business i did for a little while really building stuff for motivation the whole time. Yes, i do have large feet wear a size 14 in shoes a size 12 in boots cattle skull was on a customers property for the business that i no longer have. Didn't make it, wasn't meant to be as my inspiration really happens to be and being an author.

Some in my writing studio as well as my podcast studio

Heres showing life through recovery and smiling on the other side.

RANDOM PICTURES LAST YEAR THROUGHOUT MOTIVATION

PICTURES OF DOING STUFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR TO THIS POINT

PICTURES THIS YEAR AFTER MY BOOK IS NOW OUT AS WELL AS GETTING MY PODCAST GOING ABOUT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.

PICTURES OF CURRENTLY THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS ONE PHOTO OF A PARTY WITH MY PARENTS YEARS BACK.

ANIMALS NEED LOVE, LOVE LOVING ON THE ANIMALS THIS REALLY HELPS MY BRAIN INJURY.

Not looking to be in a band, only learning guitar to be able to strum songs eventually and causally sit around

More of the business had for awhile

Books I have read, since my accident!

Y'all, here are some of the books I read within a heavy reading year. I was in a reading mood, and quite frankly couldn't put a book down that year. You people all know what I am saying when you get in a certain mood for something it sounds so darn appealing. Reading, for certain I found beneficial. The book not shown that I read was American Sniper. I will admit, Sully books, Chelsea Sullenberger books, Tammy Jo Schultz Nerves of Steel along with Kerry McCauley Ferry Pilot were among some of my favorites, along with The Aviators, reading about Charles Lindberg and Eddie Rickenbacker and Jimmy Doolittle was interesting. Fly girls about Ruth Elder and Ruth Nicols and Amelia Earheart along with some other was a real interesting read as well. Rickenbacker was one of my favorites in the Aviators, especially when they were stuck on a raft in the pacific after his plane crash flying airliners that laid him up with a cane. When him and the other pilots were stranded out in the pacific on a raft and they were getting a little sick of his crankiness. Or Lindberg when he flew across the Atlantic and escorted out of the tri motor built by Ford and carried around by a bunch of French people, he didn't speak French, he was glad when two of their navy pilots came and got him. 81 days below zero, about that tail gunner of the bomber who had to eject out the plane in Alaska, and this was way back prior to all advancement in avionics and technology. He survived that many days freezing in Alaskan wilderness, into the abyss was really interesting about survival tactics and survival after plane crashes. The Ferry Pilot book was good, real good, my favorite part was when the owner that guy lit a cigar when the author was flying picking up a Beechcraft out of Europe flying back across the Atlantic or could of been Egypt they picked that Beechcraft up at after he talks about the pyramids and he freaked out because he smelt leaking av gas in backseat in ferry tanks for across long distance. Or when he was staying below storms flying through storms, right above the African jungle was real interesting as well. Fly girls, about Elder, Nicols, Earhart and I'm drawing a blank on some of the others there was a Jackie, but she wasn't in for long due to a crash in old GEEBEE airplanes they used to do airshows in, they were snub nosed and had lots of problems back then with air race crashes. The Forgotten 500 was fascinating that they, the united states armed troops, and allied forces along with guerilla forces were able to build an airstrip without the Nazi's knowing other enemies. They were able to get the downed bomber and behind enemy lines hunkered down in allied forces troops home safely. That was another really good read. Sully was good read, by Chelsea Sullenberger, really interesting reading about his military time, as well as the funny humorous part he tells about when they had wet clothes and someone went and got the crew dry clothes and him and his copilot Jeff were given 34 waist jeans which Sully said fit him alright, but his copilot was complaining about those not fitting for years prior. Sully also talks about good details of the flight, I mean even down to he had two sandwiches packed for his lunch that day, and all he had to drink the night before was one beer at dinner. Nerves of Steel, she talks about her Navy career, as well as her southwest airline career were my favorite parts of that book, that was another really good read and really interesting the Navy doesn't have an instructor on board first time they land on a carrier. Reading was a great outlet between therapy's, as well as listening to music. Now working on motivational stuff, still listen to music but not reading as much. I've been reading the Flipside now by Mace Curran as well as the Bible most often right now, normally in a reading mode I would've been done with the flipside in three to four days, but in a non reading mood, or fighting to read its going longer. The Flipside, by Mace Curran is an extremely good read as well finished this morning, especially when she talks about cognitive reappraisal, I find it vital to surround myself that support this, as well as regret aversion (something I struggle with the smallest of things it is ridiculous). Found her flight time for the thunderbirds really interesting, her divorce really sad what she went through until found her husband now. Her flight time over Afghanistan and her friend Taj sounded really neat as well, my inner critic as she talks about happens to be a former middle school friend who was also around throughout high school of the inner voice always telling me I am not enough. Her friend that set the lake Tahoe race was a freak with what he was able to do. Man, I really have read some good reads some good books. Sometimes reading makes me to remember to enjoy life. Now, the latest book I have read was Through a Farmers Eyes, by Ryan Stainbrook about hardships with farming and family was a real good read. Quite sad at moments, really shows the hardships with that farmers face. Now, the book I am reading is How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us Abut Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan, but I put that book down, I have been reading Corey Taylors book Seven Deadly Sins now. What to read something right now with some personality, and not more research type text. As of now he has covered Adolf Hoffman chemist who founded LSD in a chem lab in the 1940's, and about how there is such a spiritual durative underlying those treatments. He originally called it his problem child, but found while taking the trip (now mind you this was before study's were done to find out a medicinal dose, he just founded this new thing in a LSD lab), how intense and scary things were. But the day after, is the opposite of a hangover. LSD effects the body much differently than alcohol. Every April 19th is Bike Day in memory of Hoffman, this came since he had to get home in a rush after his first LSD trip, to lie down and get medical attention and had to take a bicycle home because autocars were prohibited lots of time during the war for civilians. A couple books on my list of books to read are Tim TeBows, as well as Tim Kennedy's, and to finish Kristi Noems books. There are so many books started then finish one then him ha around which one to read next.

Hey y'all, here are some more pictures of living through life after a spinal cord injury recovery. As well as a moderate Traumatic Brain Injury recovery! First brain injury came late 2013, coming off horse, last was moderate one late 2015. Do I battle unwanted thoughts and feeling lots after a spinal cord injury but especially a TBI? Yes, my TBI and when I struggled with delusions were pure toxic living breathing hell.

Riding Pablo after my accident, I will be back on him next year.

Cruisin steady back chill like back to airport at 4500 years back, as well as my bracelet I wear on my clock wrist tattoo time of my accident 4pm. I was born again that day, God saved, the two times God saved my life once at birth I did not know about him, other was my accident when I walked away from him. I still believed time of accident but felt he did not have plans for me. For certain felt that way after my accident for a while only natural grieving process.

Some pictures are off one of my land clearing loader work jobs, that was back when had that and was doing that.

Meet LaRee (My mom/recovery helping person)

LaRee Smith Christiansen, originally from Wyandotte, Ks; family on both her parent's sides were from Arkansas. Graduated Basehor High School, as well as Kansas City Kansas Community College, for LPN nursing. She worked for doctors' offices mixing chemotherapy, Ku med, Prairie View High School, owned her own cleaning business she gave up time of my accident, she really helped out hugely take care of me throughout certain phases and times. She has converted over to being Catholic years ago when met my dad after a while. Her and my dad got married 1989. I was born 1991, they tied and were having a hard time having a baby, then when they did there were numerous complications. My mom has loved me with all her heart ever since and before came out of the womb she told me. After finding out she was pregnant, now at 34, yes, I have let my mom down a lot of times, and she has been really disappointed in me at times. But overall, I believe she is proud of me.

I care about making my mom proud, this piece of my website I want dedicated to my mom, as book number one was dedicated to my parents.

Jeremiah 30;1-5 The Restoration, The following message came to Jeremiah from the Lord: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write all the words I have spoken to you in a book. For behold, the days will come, says the Lord, when I will change the lot of my people (of Israel and Judah, says the Lord), and bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers; they shall have it as their possession. These are the words which the Lord spoke to Israel and to Judah: thus says the Lord: A cry of dismay we hear; fear reigns, not peace.