As the It's time to PIVOT Podcast take a winter break, Lisa Marie Gallegos shares her wishes for the new year. 2020: It's Your Turn to PIVOT!

Brett Cotter shares how his book "3 Keys to Managing PTSD: The Warrior's Guide to Overcoming Combat Trauma", was inspired by his father, a Marine who fought in the Vietnam War and passed away due to the long-term affects from PTSD. The book provides veterans with practical tools and techniques that are easy to use and are very effective. The workbook includes 1-year of exercises to assist the reader in mastering each key and a monthly PTSD Score Card is included to help veterans make sure they are headed in the right direction. Brett also shares his app PTSD FREE that personalizes exercises to help those who are suffering. An amazing man doing amazing things for our community. His book is offered as a workbook and an eBook available on iTunes and Amazon. He has so generously offered the book (without the workbook) free to download. His vision is to deliver this book to veterans in homeless shelters all around the country. 

Short Video About the Book:

https://youtu.be/V4hE428RH3s

GoFundMe Campaign to Help Homeless Veterans: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tj3sxz-veterans

Free Workbook Download: http://www.stressisgone.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/3-Keys-to-Managing-PTSD-The-Warriors-Guide.pdf

WEBSITES:

www.stressisgone.com

www.stressisgone.org

PTSD FREE MOBILE APP:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ptsd-free/id1485058531

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stressisgone.android.ptsdfree

Your host Lisa Marie Gallegos takes her turn in the hot seat as she shares her never before told story of her father's struggle with alcoholism and her husband's struggle with PTSD after fighting in Iraq. She shares how these experiences has led her to speak on childhood trauma and secondary PTSD publicly.

A couple recounts their and their 8 year old daughter's fight to survive a rare condition that rapidly took over her body. Like the movie, "Brain on Fire" on Netflix, this little girl was diagnosed with Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, an autoimmune disease where antibodies produced by the body's OWN immune system attack NMDA receptors in the brain. In other words, your body is attacking itself. In a story of hope and strength, her parents courageously share how their little girl quickly disappeared before their eyes and how they were able to overcome.