The Generosity of Scars: How Your Hardest Moments Can Help Others Heal (Pt 1)

About this episode

Scott Mann shares his journey of healing through storytelling after a difficult military transition.

After nearly taking his own life during a difficult transition from the military, retired Green Beret Scott Mann discovered an unexpected path to healing: telling the stories he most wanted to hide. In this conversation, Scott shares lessons from combat, leading Operation Pineapple Express (rescued 1,000 Afghanis from the Taliban), and his new book, The Generosity of Scars , showing us how our hardest moments can help others feel less alone—and why the stories we're most afraid to tell may be the ones the world most needs to hear. Buy The Generosity of Scars here Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/#join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Scott Mann

Topics covered

• mental health
• military transition
• storytelling
• healing
• rescue operations
• personal growth

Keywords

• mental health
• military
• healing
• storytelling
• rescue
• combat
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Operation Pineapple Express, iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: The Generosity of Scars

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