THE DTD PODCAST, EPISODE 215: Mike ‘Mac’ McNamara “The Lie About ‘Getting Over It’ | A Marine’s Truth on Trauma, Faith, and Redemption”

by Michael McNamara | Oct 10, 2025 | A4, Media Appearance, Mental Fitness, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma

DJ KELLY is one of the best prepared people who has ever interviewed me about my first book, “From Trauma to Joy.” This is not a podcast about combat trauma… It’s a podcast about ANYBODY TRAUMA. DJ retired from the US Army and is currently a...

Wife of a Vietnam Veteran and documentary film maker (x2)… Betty Rodgers talks about her latest effort: ‘I MARRIED THE WAR — a story about living with the trauma of loved ones’

by Michael McNamara | Mar 17, 2021 | A1, A4, Entertainment, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD, Suicide, Trauma, Vietnam

Ken & Betty Rodgers have become great friends of mine… our paths relative to post-traumatic mental health are parallel.  Their first documentary chronicles Ken’s Company in Vietnam — Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines and is entitled...

Khe Sanh veteran, documentary film maker (x2)… Ken Rodgers talks about his latest effort: ‘I MARRIED THE WAR’ — a story about living with the trauma of loved ones

by Michael McNamara | Mar 9, 2021 | A2, A4, Entertainment, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD, Suicide, Trauma, Vietnam

Ken & Betty Rodgers have become great friends of mine… our paths relative to post-traumatic mental health are parallel.  Their first documentary chronicles Ken’s Company in Vietnam — Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines and is entitled...

Notes to myself after watching “I Married the War” + Grant Newsham talks the Biden Administration’s first step in the Western Pacific

by Michael McNamara | Feb 17, 2021 | A4, China, Current Events, Japan, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD

Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Policy and a retired United States Marine Officer. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self Defense force...

NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY: Matt Kiker talks about his road to not killing himself (contains explicit content)

by Michael McNamara | Sep 10, 2020 | A3, A4, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Suicide

On the 10th World Suicide Prevention Day — you will hear a guy who personifies the phrase “Trauma to Joy” — his name is Matt Kiker.  I met Matt at Camp Lejeune NC in January of 2019 as he was leaving the Post-Traumatic Winning presentation he...

AUGUST 11, 2020 – ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE: an email, a phone call, a second email & a second phone call

by Michael McNamara | Aug 12, 2020 | A4, Current Events, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD

Tuesday, August 11th 2020 was one of the best days of my life.  An email from a Marine Officer who employees the wisdom contained in Post-Traumatic Winning; a call from leaders in I MEF to discuss presenting Post-Traumatic Winning to the 15th MEU after their loss in...