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My HIStory is a new series of podcasts featuring the members of the Head Injury Support group in Newry. Each episode the survivors tell the incredible stories behind their injury, and how it has changed their lives completely. My HIStory is about survival, laughter, and the indominable human spirit.

Abhinav Bindra once shot 100 out of 100 in practice six times in a row and walked out of the range unhappy. He is a perfectionist who once soled his shoes with rubber from Ferrari tyres because he thought it would help. He would wake up at 3:00 a.m. to practise at his range at home if an idea suddenly struck him. It is from such obsession that greatness arrives.

The vivid and emotional story of one soldier's heroic struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.1944: Norm Bussel, an introspective and happy-go-lucky teen from Memphis, finds himself bailing out of a burning B-17 bomber just months after his 19th birthday. Touching-down in a field outside Berlin, Norm was immediately seized by local farmhands, who were in the process of lynching him when a passing German soldier put a stop to the execution.

For twenty years, Jill Bialosky has lived with the grief, guilt, questions, and confusion unleashed her by twenty-one-year-old sister Kim's suicide. Now, in a remarkable work of literary nonfiction, she re-creates with unsparing honesty her sister’s inner life, the events and emotions that led her to take her life on this particular night. In doing so, she opens a window on the nature of suicide itself, our own reactions and responses to it—especially the impact a suicide has on those who remain behind.

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1987, Angela Findlay walked into a prison and instantly but inexplicably felt at home. For years she had wrestled with a sense of 'badness' within her. But working with prisoners was just the beginning of her search for answers that took her to Nazi Germany and the...

An insightful look at how cross-racial friendships work and fail within American society. In a U.S. national survey conducted for this book, 70% of respondents strongly agreed that friendships across racial lines are essential to making progress toward improving race relations. However, further...

In My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum, author Herman Merivale recounts his harrowing time in an English countryside asylum during the 1860s. Dubbed a sane patient, Merivale shares his unsettling journey through a system rife with caricatures of the mentally disturbed, where both prisoners and wardens exhibit alarming behaviors. He encounters a mix of lofty psychology experts—some genuinely concerned, others woefully clueless—while nurses vacillate between withholding and over-dispensing medications. The wardens, employing brutal tactics to enforce compliance, reveal the cruelty of ...

TRUTH. No sugar coating. The stories are sometimes hard to hear. But it's time to tell the truth about what happened. It's time to raise awareness about abuse, mental health issues and suicide. It may be happening to your friends, your neighbors and maybe even in your own family. Are you tuned in? Are the people you care about hiding their story in shame? Lo has the courage to share her story. Do you have the courage to listen? For closed-captioned, full transcript of all episodes, and more please visit www.mysickmindpodcast.com.

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Chancing My Arm – The Pod With Purpose is a raw, uplifting podcast exploring life after amputation, purpose-driven recovery, and building Dawn Patrol Coffee from the ground up. Through honest conversations with inspiring people met along the way, it’s about turning adversity into momentum — one meaningful story at a time.

In each episode of "All In My Head," we dive deep into subjects that have lived rent free in my mind and the internal dialogues that shape our decisions, beliefs, and emotions. Join us as we explore the thoughts, doubts, and debates that often remain unspoken. From navigating personal dilemmas to unpacking complex emotions, this podcast offers a space for introspection and self-discovery. Whether you’re wrestling with a tough decision or simply curious about the inner workings of the mind, tune in for thought-provoking discussions and experiences that resonate with the conversations we all ...

At 50 I learned that my mother is not the person she portrayed herself to be . Realized she is a Narcissist and her past was all a lie an illusion and a fantasy she created in her head. . Thru DNA testing I found a whole new identity . Family I never knew of . I’m determined to find my ancestors and embrace my new ethnicity . And in this process someday forgive my mother .

Recovery: Through My Eyes, a podcast by Healing Transitions, is an in-depth exploration of addiction and recovery - told by those who have experienced it first-hand. Each episode, you will hear a first-person perspective of someone who struggled with drug or alcohol addiction, and the pathway they took to live a new life in recovery. People can and do recover from the disease of addiction. And these are their stories. Healing Transitions is a 501(c)3 nonprofit in Raleigh that serves homeless, underserved, and uninsured individuals struggling with alcoholism and other drug addictions in Wake ...