Neal Tricarico

That's our biggest focus in the coming weeks is really getting their stories out there.

I love that.

I'm so glad you shared that.

And then, of course, for me, growing up in the 80s and 90s, my favorite class was, I forget the name of what it was, but it was like media.

And so it was like a set like this with like a news anchor desk.

And we were shooting stuff that, of course, is produced on VHS.

But the kids want to be in it doing the acting.

So and so much good.

Thank you for acknowledging that.

Sometimes I think selfishly, like for me personally, all of what we're doing, yes, it's the greater mission and it's also large part self-preservation for me, man.

You know what I mean?

I mean, otherwise I'm sitting in bed thinking of all the things I could have done and what I would have done differently.

And having these conversations that I've been blessed to have and meet the people along this journey has been amazing.

self-preserving yeah yeah i know you've been through a lot it's um i try not to live in the past but when you deal with so much trauma it's tough right yes you know it's almost inevitable you're gonna have those thoughts pop up and what if moments yeah and i and i think you're you're you're doing something and i'm borrowing the confidence from you and i think it's an important concept i'd never learned of this concept called post-traumatic growth are you familiar with it no what is that well so it's it's really um

building off of what you've said so we've had these stories of trauma in our past and what i've also come to realize is even though i was blessed with little to no adversity for 49 and a half years the the world is faced with challenges and traumas every day you think my story is unimaginable parents worst nightmare i promise you there there are stories that i've come to learn of that that'll take you to your knees worse but so we've got trauma right and then so

multiple things can happen.

Two things can happen from trauma.

One is we can move into post-traumatic stress disorder.

So we stay in the trauma.

And if we put ourselves into situation where we're