In part one of this two-part series, podcaster Tracy Crow, an author, writing coach, and Marine Corps veteran, talks with Army veteran, Antoinette Lee Toscano -- a contributing writer for Culturs Magazine -- about how she transformed from post-traumatic-stress related agoraphobia to her "new normal - BIG life" that includes outdoor adventures in Colorado and international travel. While therapy is necessary for some, she insists, the most effective tool she found for recovery from PTSD -- the result of a military sexual assault that left her with a traumatic brain injury -- has been self-reflective writing. Thanks to a workshop experience several years ago in one of Tracy's On Point Women Warriors Writing Workshop in Raleigh, North Carolina, Antoinette says she finally had permission to tell her story, the whole truth and all of it. And so she has, recently completing a book-length memoir she's titled, "4 Hours to Live: Memoir of a Female Soldier." Be sure to return March 14 to hear Antoinette read a compelling excerpt from her memoir!
For more information about Antoinette, visit her website!
EPISODE 14: Saluting the women history makers you've (likely) never heard of
EPISODE 13: Part Two: Injured paratrooper rebuilds a purposeful life with music, modern dance
EPISODE 12: Part One: After injuries from a roadside bomb in Iraq, paratrooper finds healing through modern dance
EPISODE 11: A liberal arts student of life, he's "drunk" on science, storytelling
EPISODE 10: How the study of creative arts sharpens critical thinking skills
EPISODE 9: Part 2 -- How a Vietnam combat helicopter pilot uses poetry to witness the divinity within everything
EPISODE 8: Part 1 -- Vietnam vet discusses influence of literary icon, Wendell Berry
EPISODE 7: Retired military nurse, LAPD reserve officer debunks myths about veteran-artists
EPISODE 6: ALONE survival series star, Carleigh Fairchild, shares how basketry aided success
EPISODE 5: Former Army medic/MP paints a pathway toward self-healing
EPISODE 4: Writer mines life experience for gems of life-changing metaphors
EPISODE 3: Yoga instructor shares creative insights for living yoga "off the mat"
EPISODE 2: Mom of 3 uses photography to "slow down time"
EPISODE 1: The Launch of Accept Your Gifts
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