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Episode 001 - Black Monday - Liz Langford

On Feb 7, 2009, when the bushfire hotlines were swamped with emergency calls, Liz and her team of 14 had no idea that it would take years to heal their souls from this one evening shift on the frontlines.

Liz explores the healing process and how she and others, but unfortunately not everyone, have found neurological brain paths of healing from the infamous Australian Black Saturday Bushfires where 173 people lost their lives.

Full interview, unedited. 2022

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