In this episode Nicoleta talks about PTSD and happiness with Garret Biss, retired marine pilot, addiction recovery coach, and TEDx Speaker from North Carolina, USA.
Happiness as the peace in your heart
Joining the Marines in search for connection
Travelling around the world and learning about the human condition
In touch with the pain and suffering of people
Between hedonic happiness and eudaimonic happiness
The profile of a Marines pilot and the need for compartmentalisation
PTSD for military that transition to civil life
Finding safety in belonging and purpose in life
Coping behaviours after military trauma
Why military do not share their inner experience
Overcoming alcohol addiction through filling the internal void
Recovery and positive psychology, coaching and mentoring
How to create a life you don’t want to escape from
The journey of reconnection with the self
Intentionally bringing joyfulness back into your life
Pot-traumatic growth following trauma
Follow joy, seek connection, search for meaning
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