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…...