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PTSD Parent\u00a0was recently featured on the Voices for Change 2.0 Podcast to talk about PTSD, parenting, and comedy<\/a>, along with a brief but very satisfying reference to Jason Mamoa.<\/p>\n Don’t know who Jason Mamoa is? Oh, let me help:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RIGHT? See what I’m saying? Wait, what were we talking about?<\/p>\n Oh yeah, the Voices for Change podcast! You can listen here right now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Voices for Change 2.0 podcast is a show by\u00a0Rebecca and Joe Lombardo that mixes in pop culture with mental health stuff. For example, one question might be, “What are your favorite go-to movies or shows when you are going through a bout of crippling depression?”<\/p>\n I first met Rebecca and Joe Lombardo of Voices for Change 2.0 a few months ago, and I have really enjoyed getting to know them over social media. Like me, Rebecca and Joe live daily with mental health challenges.\u00a0At age 19, Rebecca was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and struggles with mental illness daily. In 2013, she survived a suicide attempt.\u00a0With Joe by her side, she recovered from that attempt and started a blog detailing her struggles. Eventually that blog was turned into\u00a0a book called\u00a0It’s Not Your Journey<\/em>,\u00a0<\/a>now available on Amazon.com.<\/p>\n Rebecca and Joe are advocates for mental health, providing encouragement and support for\u00a0those\u00a0with mental illness as well as the\u00a0point of view of the spouse and caregiver.<\/p>\n I am honored to be a guest on the Voices for Change podcast to talk about PTSD Parent, the role of comedy in healing from trauma, and what it’s like to be a parent with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They also asked me what advice I have for parents whose children have disclosed abuse.<\/p>\n Go here to listen to my interview with Voices for Change 2.0 podcast<\/strong><\/a>, and thank you for listening!<\/p>\n A Funny and Poignant Grief Book<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n For twenty years, I thought that I had been marching through the stages of grief in a straight line. I had been following the formula, crossing each processed grief experience off my list.<\/span><\/p>\n Except that I was totally deluded. And I didn\u2019t discover that until Jim, my beloved father-in-law, died. I found myself drying off from my shower the morning after his death, really hoping he couldn\u2019t see me naked. Or, if he could, that he was averting his eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n From that moment, my path through grief resembled a roller coaster, spiraling and twisting and turning, circling back around. Echoes of past trauma, including childhood abuse and cheating death, would no longer be ignored. I somehow needed to get from the beginning to the end of this grief adventure, and I don’t have a good sense of direction. <\/span><\/p>\n But what is always present during a journey through grief, regardless of the path chosen?<\/span><\/p>\n Hope.<\/span><\/p>\n Caskets From Costco<\/a><\/em> is a funny grief book that demonstrates the certainty of hope and healing in an uncertain and painful world.<\/span><\/p>\n PTSD Parent\u00a0was recently featured on the Voices for Change 2.0 Podcast to talk about PTSD, parenting, and comedy, along with a brief but very satisfying reference to Jason Mamoa. Don’t know who Jason Mamoa is? Oh, let me help: RIGHT? See what I’m saying? Wait, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, the Voices for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat’s Voices for Change 2.0?<\/h2>\n
My Interview with Voices for Change<\/h2>\n
Searching for Hope and Inspiration? Check Out Caskets From Costco
\n<\/a><\/h2>\nGo Here to Read a Free Excerpt of Caskets From Costco<\/em>!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"