Life After PTSD Podcast: Healing From Trauma
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Life After PTSD Podcast: Healing From Trauma
Each week the Life After PTSD Podcast shares stories of about creating a Life After PTSD. FirstOrlandoCounseling.com The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes and NOT a substitute for treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Pl...
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More Than 70 Years Later, A 97 Year Old World War II Vet Was Still Traumatized (ft. Mel Jenner)
In this episode we welcome 97 year old World War II Veteran Mel Jenner, who for 70+ years has carried the trauma of war and coped in the only way he k...

WWII Veteran is Amazed, Listen and Be KariEd Away With Mel Jenner and His Story
Join us to listen to WWII veteran and champion of mental health healing, Mel Jenner, as he shares part of his life story and his journey-from the Mich...

First responder and now also a clinician...develops a modality to help improve functioning
First Responder, veteran and mental health therapist, Ed Maerkl shares about the training and therapy he worked with a psychiatrist to develop and how...

Deep Dive with Dr. Dituri and Dr. Royster
Each week the Life After PTSD Podcast shares stories about creating a Life After PTSD. FirstOrlandoCounseling.com
The show is intended to provi...

Live From Lebanon, Mohammed and Maria (not actually live)
Life After PTSD has a chat with siblings Mohammed and Maria, who they met through missionary work in the Tyre (Lebanon) Counseling Center and were tra...

Good Times Catching up with Chris from Lebanon
Join the Life After PTSD Team as we catch up with Chris who hosted us in Lebanon. Chris is a missionary living in Tyre, Lebanon serving primarily refu...

Veteran and Counselor shares his journey to help heal his comrades
Veteran and Counselor shares his journey to help heal his comrades

Kari, Jeff and Ed get MESE, come experience MESE soon! Hear how this relevant training can help you and those you care about!
Hear from Jeff, Kari and Ed and learn more about Managing Emotional States Effectively (MESE) and how you can feel a new sense of meaning and provide...

Different Strokes for Different Folks
In March of 2021, at the age of 41, co-host Ed experienced an unexpected stroke. Join us as he shares the experience of his stroke for Stroke Awarenes...

Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts With A Life Of Purpose (ft. Jesse Simpson)
In this episode we welcome Jesse Simpson, Marine Corp Veteran and former fire fighter who battled thoughts of ending it all. Jesse details his childh...

WondHerful Heather talking suicide prevention
Each week the Life After PTSD Podcast shares stories of about creating a Life After PTSD. FirstOrlandoCounseling.com The show is intended to provide e...

Special Edition: Darkhorse Benefits Shines a Bright Light on Human Trafficking
Join the Life After PTSD Team as we speak with Tracie and Lindsey about Darkhorse Benefits and their upcoming Golf Tournament Fundraiser, as well as t...


A Special Forces Warrior Got Relief From His PTSD And Made It His Mission To Pay It Forward (ft. Brian Anderson)
In this episode we welcome Brian Anderson, who retired from the United States Army after 14 years of service as both a journalist and a Green Beret. B...

Are we a Dopamine Nation? The Social Dilemma And The Trauma Of Tech (ft. Dr. Anna Lembke)
In this episode we welcome Dr. Anna Lembke, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center. Anna...

A Long Journey for a Quick Protocol
This week, we have a guest hostess Megan, Ed's wife, joining us. We are discussing our successful trip to Lebanon, to train local peers to use the MES...


GET CONTROL OF YOURSELF! PLEASE!?
The PTSD diagnosis was created when our guest served on the board of the APA alongside Dr. Bessel van der Kolk.
Dr. Frank Ochberg's valuable a...

WOUNDED HEROES DOCUMENTARY producer, Michael Gier, shares alternative treatments for treating trauma and PTSD. Important information about cutting edge treatments.
Michael Gier, producer of Wounded Heroes Documentary shares that there is help for PTSD

Anxiety overwhelmed this new mom; hear her story of help and hope. Share this episode with a friend
Each week the Life After PTSD Podcast shares stories about creating a Life After PTSD. FirstOrlandoCounseling.com
The show is intended to provi...

A Veteran and Civilian Experience Healing In A Connected Story (Jose, Vida and Scott J. Brook)
In this episode, we hear from veteran Jose Belen, Mayor Scott Brook (Mental Wellness Networking Alliance) and Vida, who was in Iran as a young child w...

A Hole In One for Veteran Healing
Fairways for Warriors founder, Tom Underdown is a new guest with a well established method of helping combat veterans to heal from the impact of their...

High School Students Who Experienced Tragedy Want To Make Our Schools Safe (ft. Alexa, Luke & Stephanie)
High School Students Who Experienced Tragedy Want To Make Our Schools Safe (ft. Alexa, Luke & Stephanie)
In this episode we welcome three high s...

IS IT POSSIBLE to Make Our Schools Safe Physically and Mentally?! (ft. Lori Alhadeff)
In this episode we welcome Lori Alhadeff who’s life was forever changed on February 14, 2018 when her daughter Alyssa was one of 17 killed in the shoo...

Everyone Needs a High 5! Trauma and Managing Emotional States Effectively with Sam Kirkowitz, Kari Russo, and Ed Maerkl
Life After PTSD Podcast shares stories to inspire and encourage what is possible!
PTSD is not a disorder or an illness, it is an injury that ca...

Can therapy really change anything?
Ed and Kari have a candid conversation about mental wellness and the importance of caring for yourself emotionally.


Allen and Coralee (Athlete A – Repeat: The ongoing improprieties in women’s high performance sports)
This episode...
Coralee’s is one story in the ongoing saga of sports authorities who sexually predate on the athletes who trust them. This is a...

What is really happening with our veterans?
Hear Brian Fay, Engagement Director at Concerned Veterans for America Florida, discuss his passion for helping veterans. Gain insight about current ve...

Boys State, American Legion, Veteran's Day, Ruck Walk, Suicide Awareness!
Kurt Geis (American Legion Post Commander of Winter Garden)
Ian Garcia (High School Senior discussing Boy's State)
Kurt and Ian discuss Am...

Veteran and Retired Police Officer shares his story of finding hope and helping others do the same
This episode is brought back by popular demand; originally aired in 2019; new updates included. Send us an email at info@lifeafterptsd.org; we want to...

1.5 million will attempt suicide in the next 12 months; the problem is real! What can you do?
10 million people will consider suicide in the next 12 months; what is the difference between those who attempt and those who make the choice to live?...

An Honest Conversation on Suicide and where to find help (Alan Mednick, Kari Russo, and Ed Maerkl)
In this episode, Alan Mednick's life has been impacted by suicide. He shares how education and advocacy can save lives and that is just what Alan is...

Children, Nutrition and Mental Health (ft. Dr. Montse Casado and Kari Russo)
In this episode we welcome Dr. Montse Casado, a marriage and family therapist, and a certified play therapist of over 20 years. Dr. Casado shares the...

Dr. Diego Hernandez
Friend of the show, Doc Diego, joins us in giving more expert knowledge in trauma treatment. As always, this show is not a substitute for mental healt...

New Parents With No Support During A Pandemic (ft. Andrea and Kari Russo)
In this episode we welcome Andrea, a new mom who wasn’t able to receive her family support structure as they were stuck both out of state and out of c...

Alluring Attachments, Cunning Connections And/Or Tricky Traps: How We Connect (ft. CJ Varghese and Kari Russo)
In this episode Kari and CJ Varghese, LMFT, discuss a variety of issues surrounding connection and attachment including the online connection trap.

How Shame Can Be A Form Of Trauma (ft. Beverly Engel)
In this episode we welcome back Beverly Engel, a licensed marriage and family therapist of 35 years. Beverly Engel is an internationally recognized ps...

The Trauma First Generation College Students Can Face (ft. Gabrielle)
In this episode we welcome Gabrielle, a Howard University student who was the first in her family to go to college. Whereas college isn't an option i...

The Shooting At Columbine High School Cost Him His Sister, Friends And Nearly His Own Life (ft. Craig Scott)
In this episode we welcome Craig Scott, the brother of Rachel Joy Scott, one of 12 students and 1 teacher murdered at Columbine High School in Littlet...