Rising Above: A Green Beret's Story of Childhood Trauma and Ultimate Healing

A simple car accident changed the path of six-year-old Sean Rogers's life forever. His single mother checked into the hospital as a vibrant young woman and checked out as a full-blown opioid addict. From that day forward, Sean's life became a silent nightmare of abuse, neglect, chronic hunger, and slow, helpless withdrawal from everything and everyone he loved.

In Rising Above, Green Beret Sean Rogers chronicles the toughest battle of his life: the long, painful fight to confront his darkest fears and reclaim his life. After struggling as a young man to accept the raw trauma of his past, he eventually learned to understand and embrace it, ultimately using it to become an elite Special Forces operator.

Through this profoundly honest and inspiring memoir, Rogers explores what it means to make the pain of your past work for you, showing you how to harness the truth of your own reality and take control of your destiny.

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Rising Above: A Green Beret's Story of Childhood Trauma and Ultimate Healing

A simple car accident changed the path of six-year-old Sean Rogers's life forever. His single mother checked into the hospital as a vibrant young woman and checked out as a full-blown opioid addict. From that day forward, Sean's life became a silent nightmare of abuse, neglect, chronic hunger, and slow, helpless withdrawal from everything and everyone he loved.

In Rising Above, Green Beret Sean Rogers chronicles the toughest battle of his life: the long, painful fight to confront his darkest fears and reclaim his life. After struggling as a young man to accept the raw trauma of his past, he eventually learned to understand and embrace it, ultimately using it to become an elite Special Forces operator.

Through this profoundly honest and inspiring memoir, Rogers explores what it means to make the pain of your past work for you, showing you how to harness the truth of your own reality and take control of your destiny.

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Rising Above: A Green Beret's Story of Childhood Trauma and Ultimate Healing

Rising Above: A Green Beret's Story of Childhood Trauma and Ultimate Healing

by Sean J Rogers
Rising Above: A Green Beret's Story of Childhood Trauma and Ultimate Healing

Rising Above: A Green Beret's Story of Childhood Trauma and Ultimate Healing

by Sean J Rogers

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Overview

A simple car accident changed the path of six-year-old Sean Rogers's life forever. His single mother checked into the hospital as a vibrant young woman and checked out as a full-blown opioid addict. From that day forward, Sean's life became a silent nightmare of abuse, neglect, chronic hunger, and slow, helpless withdrawal from everything and everyone he loved.

In Rising Above, Green Beret Sean Rogers chronicles the toughest battle of his life: the long, painful fight to confront his darkest fears and reclaim his life. After struggling as a young man to accept the raw trauma of his past, he eventually learned to understand and embrace it, ultimately using it to become an elite Special Forces operator.

Through this profoundly honest and inspiring memoir, Rogers explores what it means to make the pain of your past work for you, showing you how to harness the truth of your own reality and take control of your destiny.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781544518435
Publisher: Houndstooth Press
Publication date: 02/23/2021
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Sean "Buck" Rogers was born in Phelan, California, joining the military at the age of twenty-one. After a serious injury during Ranger selection, he went on to become a Green Beret with two combat deployments to Afghanistan. When his military service was complete, he served his community as a member of the Denver Police Department, continuing to challenge himself by earning a master's degree and running ultramarathons. Today, he uses his experience to help the next generation of Special Forces hopefuls through his podcast, The FNG Podcast, and his YouTube channel, FNG Academy.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Introduction 11

Aerial Assault 15

The Accident 19

Dark Days 23

A Brief But Bright Moment 27

The Ranch House 31

Our New "Normal" 37

Sunday Barbecues 45

Becoming the Problem 55

Running Away, for Good 63

New Life, New Expectations 77

No More Backup 83

Finding My Place 87

From Pain Comes Power 97

Growing Pain 101

Gut Check 111

Special Forces Assessment and Selection 123

One Step Closer 129

"Buck" 137

Oda 0226 "GFY" 147

Dealing with Loss 157

From One Fight to Another 163

About the Author 173

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