How did that transpired and what you have captured in your book?

Well, I have a saying that I usually close out with, but it has always kept me going.

And that saying is rest is needed.

Always one more try.

One more day.

Always one more try.

So sometimes, my friend, I'll get to the end of the day.

If you want to, I would love to hear it.

So what, what were you serving up that, that, that, that got you, uh, noticed?

Well, I was playing by the rules according to myself, and, uh, I did make a woman cry because as far as I was concerned [laughs] she was holding back on us.

And, uh, by the time I came back that following Monday, they said my anger was above their pay grade.

Um, now this was a system That was running on old science, and I had just gotten out of a dual-diagnosis high-end inpatient rehab, and I wasn't thrilled with that.

I wasn't thrilled with how patriarchal the system was that, uh, they were running there, and I questioned it.

So it wasn't just that I played the bullshit game with too much fervor.

It was that I'd indicated I had done several of the activities already, and they were very difficult to get through the first time.

... those, those, those conversations.

So when did you realize that surviving and living are in the same thing?

About four months ago, I have a congenital blood disease that keeps me in and out of the hospital with near-death experiences, specifically pulmonary embolisms, which are blood clots in your lung, which are very dangerous and life-threatening.

And I'm a bit of a workaholic.

It's always been a coping mechanism for me.

It was easy for me.

I was good at it.

I was successful at it.

So talking about reconnecting with ourselves, are there, you know, like practical steps or should I say daily habits? want to begin to do to help us reconnect with ourselves better?

So what led you to move from your career life of overseas figures into writing and trauma education?

Well, I've been making that segue for about six years since the pandemic hit, but I have a congenital blood disorder that keeps me in and out of the hospital with frequent near-death experiences.

And normally...

In the past, when they have happened, say I get discharged from the hospital on a Thursday, I am back to work on a Monday.

I'm a workaholic.

It has been one of my coping mechanisms for the majority of my life.

But this last time at the beginning of this year, it hit me harder because I turned 50, the big 5-0, right after I was discharged.

Like where you were addicted to and how you came on?