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VIRAL NEWS SNIPPET: “From Tragedy to Transformation: Life Coach Says San Diego Shooting Survivors Must Rewrite Their Brain’s ‘Fear Script’”

In the wake of the devastating San Diego shooting that left a community reeling, one life coach is going viral for a controversial yet compassion-driven take on trauma. Dr. Mara Chen, a clinical life coach specializing in post-traumatic growth, is urging survivors to see the event not as an ending, but as a “rewiring moment.”

“Your amygdala is now screaming ‘unsafe.’ But you have a choice: stay in the survival loop, or consciously rebuild a new neural pathway of resilience,” Chen said in an emotional Instagram Live that has since racked up 2.3 million views. “Grief is not weakness. It’s the first draft of your new story.”

Critics call the approach tone-deaf, but supporters say it’s the first message of agency they’ve heard amidst the numbness. Chen’s core advice? “Don’t ask ‘why me.’ Ask ‘what now?’—and let your anger be the fire, not the fuel.”