The Post Traumatic Survival Podcast

Hunter Cayll was born with a congenital absence of hands and bilateral club-foot, although he has shown resilience and determination in leading a conventional lifestyle. Hunter, like other adolescents, derives pleasure from engaging in various pastimes such as fishing, baseball, and snowboarding. However, during the autumn of 2014, he made the decision to immerse himself in a new athletic pursuit...

Since she began competing on "The Challenge" on MTV in 2010, Laurel Stucky has established a reputation for being a fierce adversary, and she gained widespread recognition as a result of her success on the show. Laurel was born and raised in Michigan takes her every thing she does very seriously and has a reputation for making people uncomfortable with her forthright and often brusque approach. Sh...

This is my second interview with Laura. Laura Vendetti comes from a long line of combat veterans dating back as far as the American Revolution. Her father and grandfather served in WWII, and her brother was in most every conflict between 1992 and 2006 as a C 17 pilot. While not a veteran herself, she found herself in a fight for her life in 2018 with breast cancer, a diagnosis she first walked out...

Ms. Irvin Flores graduated from St. Thomas University with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2005. Mrs. Flores was published in Volumes I and II of “Women Moving Forward: A Narrative of Resiliency through Migration and Trauma”. She has worked with domestic violence victims, offenders and the chronically mentally ill both in a community mental health and justice involved setting. She enco...

Miami Dade Police Department Crime scene investigator Monica Vera was born in Colombia. Raised here in Miami and wanted to give back to her own community… She has been with the department for 5 years and Crime Scene for over 3. She graduated from the University of Miami, she is certified in forensic photography, fingerprint analysis, and buried bodies Crime Scene processing. Monica teaches the cit...

After losing her husband in a tragedy that rocked the military, Barb struggled with finding her own will to live. Were it not for her love of her four children, she may not have accepted the help that came her way, and Grief may have claimed another victim. But instead, she began to realize her Will was mightier than she’d believed, and she began to turn the table on Grief. Today she is an award-w...

Within weeks of graduating from high school, Christa met the man that she hoped would be her soulmate at the age of 18. Confident that she was a good judge of character and capable of making wise decisions, she found herself a victim of sex trafficking within a month of moving thousands of miles away from home. As she endured years of sexual assault and abuse from her boyfriend and other men, she...

Growing up, Jason had one dream - to serve as a Phoenix Police Officer. Inspired by his brother and the tragic loss of a local law enforcement hero, Jason worked persistently towards his dream. After serving four years in the Air Force, at the age 26, Jason achieved his goal to work on the streets of Phoenix as a rookie police officer. Then, only 14 months into what was supposed to be a...

Ray “Cash” Care is a Navy SEAL veteran with multiple tours and other numerous overseas security details. Upon leaving SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two (SDV-2), Ray turned his passion and SEAL Team experience to the world of self-improvement and team building. He has become an accomplished fitness expert and speaker on topics ranging from fitness and building high functioning teams to organizational...

Operation WetVet is a Veteran run 501c3 nonprofit out of Miami, FL. We are dedicated to serving Combat Wounded Veterans suffering from P.T.S.D. (post-traumatic stress disorder) and T.B.I. (traumatic brain injury) create new memories in a safe, calming environment centered around camaraderie, fishing and other water activities. We have a program specifically designed for Combat Wounded Veterans who...

After a night out in 2014 with who she thought were her friends, 21 year old Mandy Horvath was involved in an incident where she was struck by a locomotive, severing her legs just above the knee . The doctors initially thought she had tried to kill herself, and by the time she could explain the situation, it was too late to test her for date rape drugs. Mandy shares her story of becoming a double...

Caregiver turned widow of U.S. Navy Explosives Ordnance Disposal technician Ron Condrey (Ret.), Nicole Condrey is using Ron’s love, energy, and inspiration to propel her to new heights following his suicide. She shifted focus from her career as a U.S. Diplomat to focus on Ron’s challenges with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs). The two became professional skydivers with Team Fastrax: “America’s Skyd...

Tim Brown is a retired, decorated 20-year FDNY firefighter, a survivor of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, a first responder to the 1993 terrorist attack on the WTC and a veteran of the New York Urban Search & Rescue Task Force team that responded to the 1995 terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City. Tim lost 93 of his friends on Sept. 11th...

Laura Vendetti comes from a long line of combat veterans dating back as far as the American Revolution. Her father and grandfather served in WWII, and her brother was in most every conflict between 1992 and 2006 as a C 17 pilot. While not a veteran herself, she found herself in a fight for her life in 2018 with breast cancer, a diagnosis she first walked out on and went to Europe instead. She firm...

Since Robert Rubenstein first opened, Rubenstein Law in 1988 as a plaintiff’s personal injury firm they have grown to over 45 attorneys in 8 cities across Florida. Rubenstein Law has grown from a leading auto and slip and fall accident firm in Miami to being recognized across the state for their personal injury practice handling all types of injury and accident claims. Today, they represent client...

Jody and I were in the same unit in 2004. We served along side each other, So when Jody called me after he heard a few of my episodes and told me he wanted to record, well that's exactly what we did. Connect and follow us on: Instagram  @OzzieMartinezJr Facebook  @OzzieMartinezJr Twitter  @OzzieMartinezJr Instagram  @PostTraumaticSurvival Facebook  @PostTraumaticSurvival T...

On April 13, 2004, 23-year-old Corporal Kolm was killed by hostile fire in Fallujah. He was serving in the First Marine Expeditionary Force, having volunteered for a transfer from the Third Assault Amphibian Battalion's Bravo Company to Alpha Company because he knew Alpha was bound for Iraq. He was the crew chief of an amphibious assault vehicle who volunteered his vehicle for an assault on an ins...

Steven Diaz, a United States Marine who was severely injured by an IED in Iraq 2005. Steven was left with numerous permanent scars to include Post Traumatic Stress, a seizure disorder, and Traumatic Brain Injury. Steven's military service earned him the Purple Heart and the Combat Action Ribbon. After losing more friends to the trauma of post-war life than by enemy action, he knew what his ne...

Corporal Tyler Southern Tyler was on his second deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 when he lost both of his legs above the knees and his right arm above the elbow after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Tyler retired from Active duty on September 21, 2012 in front of a large crowd of family, friends, and fellow Marines at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda,...

Tim, a 28 year Firefighter who is still active. He shares his story with his struggle with PTSD and opioid addiction. Connect and follow us on: Instagram  @OzzieMartinezJr Facebook  @OzzieMartinezJr Twitter  @OzzieMartinezJr Instagram  @PostTraumaticSurvival Facebook  @PostTraumaticSurvival Twitter  @ThePTSPodcast Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-post-...

On September 13, 2007 while acting as Assault Force Commander on an operation to capture an Al Qaeda High Value Individual LT Redman’s Assault Team came under heavy machine gun and small arms fire and he along with two other Teammates were wounded in the ensuing firefight. Despite being shot twice in the arm and once in the face, as well as multiple rounds to his helmet, Night Vision Goggles, body...

DOSE: Dopamine Oxytocin Serotonin Endorphins Andy is an entrepreneur who is passionate about every aspect of fitness, wellness and it’s convergence with technology to complete the user and client experience in the new age. He is leveraging his background in business and fitness to build the new world of technology and training. His mission is to MAKE AMERICAN FIT AGAIN! After losing his...

Ozzie Is joined by Shawn Lopez, a Marine Corps Combat Veteran and Purple Heart recipient who served five years in the United States Marine Corps. Shawn served two combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his tour in Afghanistan Shawn experienced heavy combat with the Taliban including exposure to multiple explosions from IEDs and indirect fire. These blasts had a significant impact o...

After serving in the United States Marine Corps, doing two deployments to Iraq. Ozzie came back a different person. He has struggled with PTSD since then. Eventually hitting rock bottom to the point of wanting to ending it all. Ozzie now runs a non profit called Operation WetVet , where they are dedicated to serving combat wounded/disabled veterans who suffer from PTSD and TBI. He is now full-time...