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

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

by | 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...

POST-TRAUMATIC WINNER: Wade Cates… former Marine NCO, the “Socrates of the Semi” & father of Juan… who took his life last May

by | Feb 21, 2023 | A4, Mental Fitness, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Suicide

At 10:09 PM on June 6th of 2022, I received a long email from a guy named Wade Cates.  At 11:15 PM, I woke up, read the email, and told him to call me if he was still awake. We spoke the next day. Wade is a former Marine NCO, he drives a semi-truck for a living…...
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’

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 | 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

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 | 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 | 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...