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Every year I share the 9/11 story of myself and my childhood best friend, Mike.
It’s an amazing story of baseball, beer, and friendship. In 2016 , our story went viral by being told by Mike Rowe on his “The Way I Heard It” podcast. The episode was called “You Don’t Know Mike”. But it goes even deeper than that. In my book, Shake Yourself Free, I write about how crucial my…
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Avoidance is a big part of dealing with Grief, Trauma and Despair.
by Cynthia Mascarenhas RN, LNCC While your immediate grief response is a fear that you will forget, your immediate trauma response is a fear that you will always remember; the reality is daily you work hard to not remember – the person you loved and lost or the person who failed to love you and…