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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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