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Vulnerability and Recovery at 35: Preview

August 15, 2026 • Vincent A. Lanci • Season 26 • Episode 8

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Vincent A. Lanci shares a personal check-in about vulnerability, overwhelm, and the importance of stepping back when life starts feeling too full. He also previews the extended edition of TBI Recovery and explains why this release is meant to support both survivors and the people who care for them.

You can enjoy the full episode on Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM EST.

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All right, mental health champions. I talked a little bit about my vulnerability, right? The struggles I've been facing recently. I don't know if it's just a bigger birthday, so I'm in my own head a little bit more, but I am very excited to have this book come out, TBI Recovery, the Extended Edition. What's in the extended edition, you might be asking, right? And I'm really, really excited to dive into that. But again, before I do, I want to remind you that if you are feeling like I felt, you're still taking your breaks, you're still taking your walks, but you're still overwhelmed, you may have just a little bit too much on your plate. So go out there, take a deep breath, pivot, restructure, or do what's best to make you feel back at your baseline. So the first thing I want to talk about, and I'd be remiss if I didn't shout out a friend I met on LinkedIn, Melanie, who's been a big push into getting this book done. She gave me some great feedback on some things, along with a lot of other people. Big shout out to my aunts, as always, my first readers of my books. It's exciting, this book. I'm proud of it. I really hope it helps so many people and some of the things that you can look forward to seeing, right? It's on Amazon for pre-order, only 99 cents. If you'd like to support the project, please search TBI Recovery Extended Edition, Vincent A. Lancy, or I'll put the link right here in the bio. We've got companion resources, right? This is so important for the people taking care of us survivors, helping us not just with our food and showering, but also getting to appointments. So I've got companion resources in there that did not exist in the first release. Exercises, activities, right? I went back into the original manuscript. The manuscript is the book's running version, and I found some stuff I clipped that I use privately in coaching, so I made sure to feed back in the new manuscript to give you some of that. But the next one is something I'm very proud of, and that's travel tips. This is something that Melanie, I told you about. She let me know about this. I had no idea. So I'm really hoping that this helps a lot of people. And essentially, before you travel at any airport, or I should say many airports, I'm not sure if it's everywhere. I know it started overseas, but there's a program I introduce in the book that allows you to pre-register before your trip to have airport accommodations, whether that's being around big crowds and a line or many other services. This is migraines, traumatic brain injuries, invisible injuries, and hidden injuries is what's this called for to help the most. So please get ready to read about this in the book because I can't wait for it to help you and your loved ones. Again, I'm 13 years out of recovery. More than that.

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