by Michael McNamara | Dec 9, 2019 | A1, A4, Family, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Wellness
Emma is a former Marine Officer who was part of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, she’s also a Post-Traumatic Winner. Emma grew up in a violent house where she watched her parents physically fight, watched alcoholism impact her life, become a “mom” to...
by Michael McNamara | Jan 8, 2019 | A4, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD
My sister lost two her only children during a domestic violence incident in 1996, she joined us to for a frank discussion about alcohol abuse and living with trauma.
by Michael McNamara | Sep 5, 2018 | A4, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Trauma
Nothing that either I or any of my friends have ever seen in Iraq or Afghanistan comes close to what my older sister Peggy experienced twenty-two years ago when her husband shot her two sons in the head after he beat her and then commited suicide in front of her. To...