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THE DTD PODCAST, EPISODE 215: Mike ‘Mac’ McNamara “The Lie About ‘Getting Over It’ | A Marine’s Truth on Trauma, Faith, and Redemption”

by Michael F. McNamara | Oct 9, 2025 | Mental Fitness, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD

DJ KELLY is one of the best prepared people who has ever interviewed me about my first book, “From Trauma to Joy.” (more…)

POST-TRAUMATIC WINNER: Wade Cates… former Marine NCO, the “Socrates of the Semi” & father of Juan… who took his life last May

by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 21, 2023 | Mental Fitness, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Suicide

At 10:09 PM on June 6th of 2022, I received a long email from a guy named Wade Cates. At 11:15 PM, I woke up, read the email, and told him to call me if he was still awake. We spoke the next day.

Wade is a former Marine NCO, he drives a semi-truck for a living… hauling a lot of steel between Jackson, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, and Savannah, Georgia. He is rightly proud of his beautiful family and more than loves a good cigar.

The story that you will hear Wade tell is not an easy one to listen to; it’s the story of Juan’s suicide and just some of what his family has dealt with in the aftermath. But in that story, I know you will hear Wade’s depth, his resolve to exit the Valley of the Shadow of Death with his family and ultimately live a great life.

I am proud to call him my friend.