<p>This week we listen to a few clips from EP7 of the Open Up Podcast with Finn Johnson, a retired armoured vehicle gunner who spent time at war in Afghanistan, whose story highlights the power that being open and vulnerable has , when we're attempting to deal with or process traumatic events.   Open Up:</p>   lachlan@openupgroup.com   Website: https://openuppodcast.com    Free FB community: http://bit.ly/MakingMentalHealthMainstream    Public FB page: http://bit.ly/OpenUpPodcastFB   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/open_up_podcast/   iTunes: http://bit.ly/openuppodcast-iTunes

#37 - Corey Gaidzionis - PTSD from holding a friend as they passed away in your arms

I'm back at it after 5+ years.I've been through the fire. Forged by it 🔥From finding out I wasn't actually my girl's dad 💔 to heart problems, strokes, losing my memory, speech and vision, and nearly losing my life multiple times...I thought success meant achieving more, earning more and providing more.Nearly losing everything changed that.Now, I believe the most important person I'll ever learn to lead is myself.To understand and fully accept myself. Look after my health. Be present with the people I love. And make the most of the time I have with them... because it's time I'll never get back.Lead Yourself First is about the conversations that help us do that.I'll sit down with people who've been through their own fire, understand what shaped them, what changed them, and who they've become because of it.No pretending. No having it all figured out. Just honest conversations about what it means to Lead Yourself First.