Brave Love

In today's episode Sarah chat's with Andy and Zoe Cullen of PTSD Resurrected Inc (https://ptsdresurrected.org).

Andy is a veteran of 17 years service in the Australian Army. Retiring as a Major in 2012 having served 6 years as a soldier in the Royal Australian Infantry (RAINF) and later as an Officer in the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) focusing much of his career in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). He was awarded the COMMENDATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE for operations in Afghanistan.

Zoe grew up in the tranquil hills of Byron Bay living in a mud brick home built by her parents. Zoe has a passion for life, family, travel and after university married into the Army, her own career taking a back seat to Andy’s life as a Military Officer. Andy was diagnosed with PTSD following multiple deployments to Afghanistan. Zoe was forced into the position of sole parent of their four young children. Andy’s condition worsened while he battled with a loss of identity and purpose following his retirement from the Army. He eventually ended up in a mental hospital falling into a dark depression that very nearly cost him his life, leaving Zoe to pick up the pieces of the broken family. Together they fought their way through the many challenges that living with PTSD brings.

PTSD RESURRECTED Inc gives a unique insight into the realities and sacrifices of service and its effects on individuals marriage and family. Our Goal is to break down stigmas associated with Mental Illness by providing awareness and support to individuals and families impacted by trauma as a result of their service. We provide tools, resources and community needed to overcome suffering.

If you’re looking for help overcoming any kind of service-related trauma — you can learn more at https://ptsdresurrected.org and find them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PTSDresurrected/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ptsdresurrected/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/PTSDresurrected).

They also happen to be very dear friends of ours, as John and I have a very similar story to them and are both graduates and facilitators of REBOOT Recovery programs. They feel like great friends even though we've only ever interacted online! That goes to show community can happen, even if only virtually.

In this episode we chat about:

- How Andy went from a PTSD diagnosis and being suicidal to living a joy and hope-filled life

- How PTSD affected their whole family and how Zoe and the children coped

- Learning to fight together instead of fighting each other

- What life looks like now that they devote their time to helping others like them

- How sharing their story has spread to the States and Ireland

- Why they help all people who serve in any capacity (nurses, teachers, pastors, etc.)

- How healing from PTSD requires family and/or community

We hope you enjoy the show and please continue the conversation in the comments below!

We hope you enjoy the show and please continue the conversation in the comments on our website, where you can also find links to all the resources mentioned in the show:

https://www.bravelove.tv/how-ptsd-affects-the-whole-family-no-matter-where-youre-from-with-our-australian-friends-andy-and-zoe-cullen-episode-3/

In today's episode we chat with Dr. Jenny and Evan Owens of Reboot Recovery (http://rebootrecovery.com/).

Jenny Owens is the Co-founder and Outcomes Director of REBOOT Recovery. REBOOT Recovery is 501(c)3 non-profit that helps veterans, first responders and their loved ones heal from the moral and spiritual wounds associated with service-related trauma. Jenny is an occupational therapist and has previously worked for the Department of Defense treating active duty soldiers with traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress. Jenny specializes in neurocognitive and psychosocial rehabilitation as well as return to duty evaluation. Jenny has contributed to numerous occupational therapy publications including the mTBI Rehabilitation Toolkit (2015), TBI Interventions to Support Occupational Performance (2014), and Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction, 7th ed. (2013).

Her husband, Evan Owens, is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of REBOOT Recovery. Since 2012, REBOOT has expanded to more than 250 locations nationwide. Evan has authored several books, including the REBOOT trauma healing curriculum, and has been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences in the trauma recovery space. Evan was formerly the CEO for Centresource. Under his leadership, Centresource was named to the INC 5000 and the Inner City 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the US lists.

If you’re looking for help overcoming military or first responder trauma — you can learn more at http://RebootRecovery.com and find them on Facebook (http://facebook.com/rebootrecovery), Instagram (http://instagram.com/rebootrecovery) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/rebootrecovery).

They also happen to be very dear friends of ours, as John and I are not only graduates of their programs, we have been facilitators for years AND John works for Reboot as their Operations Director.

In this episode we chat about:

- How these two civilians started a nonprofit to help military families and first responders

- How they focus on relationships over programs

- Brave Love doesn't look like having it all together before moving forward

- Empowering every day people to help communities overcome trauma

- The difference between people who heal and people who don't

- How love can break through hardened hearts (Sarah's included!)

- Fear doesn't leave it just changes

We hope you enjoy the show and please continue the conversation in the comments below!

We hope you enjoy the show and please continue the conversation in the comments on our website, where you can also find links to all the resources mentioned in the show:

https://www.bravelove.tv/how-love-is-helping-military-first-responder-families-heal-at-reboot-recovery-with-dr-jenny-evan-owens-episode-2-new/

In today's episode we meet Lisa Lewis of Career Clarity.

If there’s a job out there, Lisa Lewis has probably done it. Lisa is a career change coach and the founder and CEO of Career Clarity, a company helping multi-passionate and ambitious individuals create the careers they’ve been wishing for.

Her path evolved into coaching after working in digital marketing for nearly a decade at companies like 2U, Edelman, the American Cancer Society, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and CBS College Sports.

Lisa received her coaching certification as one of only 7 coaches in the world trained in the Pivot Method. Clients praise her ability to see through their excuses, champion their possibilities, and give resume reviews that are like “purifying hellfire.”

Lisa is from Denver, Colorado and received her bachelor’s degree in economics from Barnard College in New York City.

If you’re looking for someone who will believe in your potential career happiness as strongly as you do — and help equip you with the ideas and resources to make it happen — you can learn more about Lisa’s work at http://GetCareerClarity.com and her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheCareerClarityShow/) and her Instagram (http://instagram.com/careerclarity)

She also happens to be my very best friend :-)

In this episode we chat about:

- Brave Love with baby steps

- Why Lisa became a career change coach

- Overcoming fear with facts

- How Lisa's client built a thriving business with 7 employees AND still has time for her boys' baseball games

- Turning a fear habit into a courage habit

- SO many illustrations using ranch dressing

We hope you enjoy the show and please continue the conversation in the comments on our website, where you can also find links to all the resources mentioned in the show:

https://www.bravelove.tv/how-to-turn-your-big-brave-love-goals-into-tiny-less-scary-baby-steps-with-career-change-coach-lisa-lewis-episode-1-new/