You, Me PTSD Podcast

Our guest today is Julie Johnson, who is the founder and president of a mental health counseling service.

In our conversation Julie shares tips and tricks that can not only help us caregivers with our Wounded Warriors, but also with our own struggles that we as caregivers often face.

To find Information about her counseling services please go to, www.heartandsolutions.net 

Other links for her products/services can be found on our Facebook page

Have you ever had to do a reset in your journey, because you got a little too comfortable with the way life was going, and all of a sudden, it throws you that curve ball and you have to figure out how to get back on track?

Today I talk about where I was a year ago when my journey first started, and how I am "Going back to the Basics" to start putting myself first... again.

Have you ever felt like things were going really well, your Wounded Warrior was in a good place, and you felt like you were happy in life, then all of a sudden, something happens and your Wounded Warrior starts spiraling down that dark hole again?

This is currently happening to me. Join me as I talk about my current situation with with Wounded Warrior, and how I am working to get out of this slump and continue working on putting me first!

Our world is a mess right now. There is so much going on in our world. I have found that when my world is chaotic it is important to stay grounded and find ways to handle situations so that I don't loose my cool.

In this episode I share a recent conflict with my Wounded Warrior and how I resolved it, as well as providing some tips I have learned to help you with your own conflicts.

In today's episode, I share my conversation with a fellow Caregiver, Jennifer Reed.

Jennifer is the creator and host of the Podcast Mom to Wife plus Life. In our conversation Jenn shares her perspective of what its like living with her Navy Vet who suffers from PTSD while being a mom and juggling all that life brings.

You can find Jenn at:

https://www.facebook.com/Momtowifepluslife/

https://www.instagram.com/mom2wifepluslife

Today I talk about my experience from this past Mothers Day because it was honestly, the best Mothers Day I have ever had.

But why?

I realized after some time, that it was because I changed my mindset and lowered my expectations of how my day would go.

In this episode I share what I learned about why this year was so much better than past ones. I also share tips I have learned in order to be able to lower your expectations to create a better outcome of any given situation.

This is Part 2 of the conversation between my Wounded Warrior and I. In this episode we discuss what it is like for him to live with PTSD while working, being in a marriage and raising a family.

This is our first interview episode where I bring on my very own WW. I ask him questions that give you a different perspective from someone who suffers from PTSD. In addition, you can hear real conversation between he and I and how he brings a different light to my eyes on how he feels about living with PTSD.

Do you ever feel like there are times, that you are having a bad day or a bad week, and you feel this guilt, or this shame in feeling this way?

I have. I sometimes have felt like its okay for my Wounded Warrior to have bad days, but I'm not allowed to.

But it is okay, to not be okay, and I share how I have overcome this feeling and allowed myself to have a bad day in order to get back to being myself again.

In this episode I talk about the most common feeling that we Caregivers face on a daily basis... Loneliness. I discuss my own struggles with this feeling, as well as my view on why we feel this way.