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Trigger Warning: Why I Wrote My Story and How Sharing Yours Can Set You Free
Writing my story for “Trigger Warning” was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I had already lived it. The trauma, the collapse, the suicidal thinking, the slow climb back. Putting it on paper meant going back into some of the darkest moments of my life and looking at them up close. So why do it? Why drag all that out instead of locking it away and pretending it never happened? Because secrets were killing me. And because I knew other people were carrying their own se

Nathan Bolton
5 days ago4 min read


How Positive Emotions Rewire the Brain: A Practical Guide for Blokes Who Think “This Is All Woo-Woo”
How Positive Emotions Rewire the Brain: A Practical Guide for Blokes Who Think “This Is All Woo-Woo” If you read the words “positive emotions” and roll your eyes, I get it. When you are in a dark place, someone telling you to “just be positive” feels like an insult. It can make you feel more alone, not less. I am not interested in fake positivity. I am interested in what actually works to shift a brain and body that have been stuck in survival mode for too long. Positive emot

Nathan Bolton
Jan 304 min read


Confronting Adversity: A Soldier's Resilience and Self-Discovery
What does it mean to be resilient? Growing up, I was a pretty ambitious kind of kid. By the age of 21, I had finished high school, earned...

Nathan Bolton
Mar 30, 20249 min read


The Resilient Journey of Nathan Bolton: Speaker, Advocate, and Mentor
Meet Nathan Bolton, a remarkable individual who has transcended the boundaries of pain, struggle, and despair to become a beacon of hope...

Nathan Bolton
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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