Dawn Marotta
RN
Dawn was raised in San Antonio, Texas. She has been married for 23 years to her husband Michael. She has two sons ages 22 and 12 years old and a 2 year old rescue poodle named Lyla. She has been a Registered Nurse for 15 years and she is described as a compassionate, selfless, hardworking, loving leader. She believes everyone deserves to feel their their absolute best not just physically, but mentally. She has also recently received her Life Coaching Certification and enjoys mentoring couples.
My Why:
I come from a family of Military and First Responders. My sister retired as a Master Sgt. in the Air Force. My brother a retired Petty Officer in the Navy. I was raised by my father who served in the Marine Corps and my husband who served in the Air Force and as a Police Officer. Both come with unique challenges. It was after 10 years of my husbands service did I have knowledge that he would have a trauma brain from being a Police Officer. There are signs that I missed being raised with the “suck it up” mentality. The day-to-day calls they encountered and horrific things they see throughout their career, unspoken and unprocessed. You slowly see them deteriorate in their family and many times in their job. Being a First Responder or serving in the Military does not create an environment for having a healthy thriving relationships. There are deployments, long spans of time away from the family, shift work, overtime, long hours, unprocessed trauma prior to the job and during, little communication and then having to integrate back into the family. The job takes a toll. As a first responder wife and difficulties in our own marriage, we knew we had to do better. Our own healing led on on a path to help other First Responders struggling in their lives and relationships. We have served over 100 couples over the past few years where we are able to share our not so unique struggles that come from being married to a First Responder. Warriors Healing Warriors. Everyday is an opportunity to be a better version of yourself. We can’t do this alone.
