Trauma Recovery Episodes

Rape in an Amish Community. Her 30 year quest for Justice. Her amazing story of recovery and mission to help others.

England, Violence and Trauma, former Police Sergeant. Jim Nixon is our guest. He is a former police sergeant from the Birmingham England area. The Violence and Trauma, Policing in England. After a 20 year career the Sergeant walked away. The effects of all the crime & trauma took it’s toll. Jim talks about the realities of the violent crime that took place during his police career in England. He also discusses the last of many traumatic incidents during his career in policing. When his own depa...

Held Hostage and Tortured for 81 days in Syria. He tells his amazing story and life after.

Give me all the money and no one will get hurt. The armed robbery that changed the course of her life.

Her Husband Sheriff’s Detective, Died From Cancer. He started in law enforcement later in life... when we got the diagnosis we thought we had a lot more time. Line Of Duty Cancer That Took The Life Of Her Husband, Sheriff’s Detective Mitch Speed. Vickie Speed is our guest. She tells her story of watching her husband gradually get worse from the line of duty cancer that eventually took his life. Sheriff's Detective Mitch Speed started his law enforcement career at an age where he was much older t...

In Germany She was Sexually Assaulted as a Teen, Her Amazing Life After. The alarm bells were going off... I didn't feel like I could tell anyone. Every time the effects of the trauma came up, I put them away until I could deal with them better. Sexually Assaulted As A Young Teen, She Not Only Survived, She Prospered. Cat Corchado is our guest. She is retired from the US Air Force, after serving for 20 years. Cat is also a podcaster, she works to help veterans and is a personal trainer in NC. S...

Sheriff Sergeant Husband Murdered, She's a retired Deputy. He stood over my husband Sgt. Steve Owen and assassinated him. The brutal murder of Sgt. Steve Owen told by Tania Owen, his widow and retired Deputy. Tania Owen is our guest. She is a retired L.A. Deputy Sheriff and an immigrant from El Salvador. Tania talks about the brutal assassination style murder of her husband, Sheriff's Sergeant Steve Owen. The criminal first wounded him, then stood over him and fired four more rounds into the his...

Husband Police Officer's Suicide. She tells their story to save lives. When she saw two N.Y.P.D. chaplains approaching the house, that's when it hit her, he was gone. Her husband, veteran of the N.Y.P.D. died by suicide. Maryann tells their story to save lives. MaryAnn Maginnis is our guest. In 2002 her husband, NYPD Sergeant Peter Maginnis died by suicide. MaryAnn tells the story of his death, what she experienced on that tragic day. She also talks about the events that led up to and contribut...

A Violent Attack Led to Many Surgeries, Retirement, Addiction, His Recovery and More.

The Horrors and Trauma of Investigating Child Porn.

Mission and Motivation of Blue Wives Matter. It’s Not Political. After experiencing traumatic line of duty deaths during his Police career, they knew that something had to be done to help the spouses and families left behind. Blue Wives Matter? Their Mission, Motivation... Hint, It’s Not Political. Rob and Kristen Sweaza are our guests. They talk about their combined experiences during his police career. During that police career they experienced the line of duty deaths of officers. They both a...

How The Secret Service Changed My Life And Helped Save It... Agent Innocent.

Black Hawk Down, PTSD, Marriage Into Special Forces. PTSD. Jen Satterly is our guest. Jen is a former advertising and marketing video specialist. She was assigned to cover and produce videos of US Special Forces. Her experience and subsequent marriage to Tom Satterly (retired US Army Delta Force and member of the teams at the battle of Mogadishu), transformed her life. Her mission now is to help other Military Veterans, First Responders and their spouses recover from the effects of trauma. She i...

Baby’s Life He Couldn’t Save, Almost Claimed His. Sheriff Sergeant's PTSD. Mark DiBona, a retired Sheriff's Sergeant is our guest. He talks about his career in law enforcement and an incident where he was not able to save the life of a baby in medical distress. The trauma of that event, combined with the years of exposure to violence and trauma caused him to spiral out of control. Mark talks about the negative impact all of this had on his life and his near death experience. He discusses coming ...

Black Hawk Down, Intense Battle of Mogadishu. Life After Special Forces. Tom Satterly is our guest. Tom is a highly decorated retired US Army Command Sgt. Major. He served in the elite Delta Force for 20 years. He was part of the ground force at the battle of Mogadishu which was portrayed in the movie "Black Hawk Down". In addition to that, his special forces career put him in the middle of numerous violent armed conflicts. Tom talks about the battle of Mogadishu and the effects this and other b...

U.S. Navy Veteran Dr. Tracy Hejmanowski, clinical psychologist, is our guest. She has 2 decades of clinical expertise working with service members, veterans, first responders, and their families. Dr. Hejmanowski founded the First Responder Project, Inc. She talks about her experience treating, and helping Military & First Responders. Dr. Hejmanowski discusses their mission to connect military and civilian first responders through their shared bond of service and their necessary bearing of burden...

Police Officer Shot his Lifelong Injuries And Return To Full Duty. Retired Troy Police Lt. William Tullock is our guest. He talks about the life threatening incident when he was shot by a rifle wielding barricade suspect. William discusses the incident, his struggle to survive and what it took to return to full duty on the Troy Michigan police department. After retiring from his full police career, in spite of his lifelong injuries he worked as a civilian employee at the Las Vegas Metropolitan P...

Violent Rape Lead Her To Help Police All Across The Country. K9s For Cops. Kristi Schiller, former TV and Radio Star and the founder of K9s4Cops is our guest. She talks about how she fought back and recovered from a brutal rape. Plus how the rape and an incident when a police K9 was killed inspired her to get involved. Kristi’s quest to help led her to start K9s4Cops which has now donated K9s to police departments in 41 States and Paris France. Kristi also started K9s4Kids which places highly po...