This week on the Jim Bratton Podcast, we step into one of Galveston's most joyful traditions.

The Grand Kids Festival is celebrating 30 years, and Fallon Duford from The Grand 1894 Opera House joins us to talk about a three-block outdoor festival filled with performances, storytelling, arts, food, and free family fun.

If you want to know what's happening in Galveston on April 25th, this is your insider guide https://www.thegrand.com/the-grand-kids-festival/

Behind the scenes video. https://youtu.be/GbE96ZB5dFI

In this moving episode of the Jim Bratton Podcast, Jim sits down with Rose Sulentic, and Tracy Tang, two non-traditional medical students whose lives and careers have been shaped by deeply personal experiences with grief.

This conversation explores the emotional landscape of anticipatory grief, healing through writing, medicine's human side, and the creation of a remarkable Grief Kit designed to help others process loss.

This is a thoughtful, vulnerable discussion about what grief really looks like—not always visible, but always present.

Grief Kit Links.

https://clammy-preface-32a.notion.site/The-Grief-Kit-A-Resource-for-Medical-Trainees-Navigating-Loss-335b5f33cd24804d8881c35ead870122

Flipbook (best reading experience):

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/696653ed67.html#page/1

Behind the Scenes Video https://youtu.be/yE3oDhQpgSU

About the Guests

Tracy Tang is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Texas Medical Branch and holds an MBA from the University of Oxford. Prior to medical school, she practiced as an occupational therapist. She is the founder of the Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series, an initiative dedicated to integrating the humanities into medical training, and serves as a co-editor and contributor to the Grief Kit.

RoseSulentic, MPH, is a medical student at the University of Texas Medical Branch with a background in public health and epidemiology. She was a co-director for the Humanities in Medicine Lecture series, and is the editor and contributor to The Grief Kit, a zine designed to help individuals navigate grief and loss.

In one of the most emotional and courageous episodes of Focus Your Inner Bitch, Mary Bratton shares the darkest night of her life—and the mindset that carried her through it.

What begins as a conversation about practical safety lessons for women living alone becomes something far deeper: a raw, unforgettable story of surviving a violent assault, refusing shame, and choosing strength over fear.

Mary's reflections are not about victimhood. They are about vigilance, resilience, and the decision not to let trauma define the rest of your life.

This episode is difficult, honest, and ultimately empowering.

If you have ever faced fear, violation, or a moment that could have changed your life forever, this conversation is for you.