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What if the way back from trauma isn’t a single breakthrough, but a stack of small, stubborn habits that actually hold you up? We sit down with Navy veteran and author Kevin Macomber to trace a path from complex childhood trauma and Beirut-era deployments to breakdown, suicidality, and a hard-won recovery built on practical daily steps.

Macomber opens up about losing trust, withdrawing from the world, and slowly rebuilding with tools that require no perfection —just repetition. Journaling becomes a compass for messy minds, revealing patterns across hours and weeks. Nature does the quiet work that clinics can’t, as a hiking trail reawakens senses dulled by hyperarousal and numbness.

Chapters

10:21

Journaling To Untangle PTSD Symptoms

12:04

Nature As Therapy And Ending Isolation

15:37

Veteran Suicide, Stigma, And Transition Gaps

18:20

25:20

Choosing Therapists And Owning Sessions

27:04

Triggers, Breathing, And Planned Coping

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