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Resilience Speaking - A Sneak Peek

Resilience Speaking - A Sneak Peek

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Season 1, Episode 34:


We share a preview of Melissa’s resilience talk, moving from a psychiatric ward bed to a microphone and a new sense of purpose. The story reframes PTSD as a quiet, masked struggle and offers hard-won ways to practice kindness, celebrate small wins, and keep going.

• setting a clear content warning and care invitation
• hospital bed to finding a voice through podcasting
• pride in police service and the cost of identity loss
• ankle injury as the turning point from avoidance to facing PTSD
• the quiet version of PTSD behind everyday routines
• grief for career and self, balanced by music, laughter, and friendship
• starting the podcast to feel human and useful again
• honesty over perfection, no magic cure, steady effort
• power of kindness from others and toward self
• recognition of listeners’ struggles and the value of small wins
• reaching out for support as a sign of strength

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