Today we speak with Patty, a child cancer survivor who strived to do it all and prove that she was as normal as everyone else despite having her leg amputated. Her combination of people pleasing and can-do attitude led her down a path of showing the world how great everything was, even when it wasn't. She would, in her own words "suck it up, buttercup" to the detriment of her own mental and physical health. The day came when she just couldn't keep juggling all the balls she had put in the air. She found out later in life that even superwoman needs to take care of herself and learn what her boundaries are.

The story doesn't end there though, in fact it was just the beginning in a way. She began to look for a greater purpose which lead her into Reiki and the results for her well being were tremendous. Through a new career path, humor and finding a soulmate that shared in her new wonderful life, she finally grew into the person she always wanted to be.

We are so grateful that Patty decided to share her story with our community and we know you all will find a piece her story that touches your heart like it did ours.

A few links as provided and talked about in the podcast:

Your Sanctuary For Healing: http://www.yoursanctuaryforhealing.com/

Books:
Telling Yourself the Truth: https://amzn.to/3TF7EQf
Learning to Tell Myself the Truth: https://amzn.to/3TzcnTT

Today we are very lucky to have Sheriff's Deputy Luke on the show who's been a police officer in the Pacific Northwest for over a decade. We dive into how he stays mentally fit on the job as well as off, and a lot of the struggles he faces individually as well the law enforcement profession as a whole. In a shocking discovery, police officers are only human, Alaska is beautiful, but can also kill you, and no, Luke can't clear up all my parking tickets. I know, all of those things were shocking to us too.

Today it's time for me to be in the hot seat. Julie interviews me on what I hope to get out of this podcast, what direction I see it going, and I respond to a lot of the things that she talked about in her podcast intro. We also dive a bit deeper into me and some of the things I struggle with. As usual, we do wander off onto strange topics like why Julie thinks olives are made out of dolphins... I swear, that's exactly what she says. We hope you enjoy this episode of Positively Mental with JR and Julie.