Former NBA ref Bob Delaney joined Ron Barr to discuss the hidden enemy of Post Traumatic Stress as it relates to the true American and global Heroes on the frontlines of Healthcare, Police/Fire/EMS and many who service the communities where they live.

This is a really comforting book of self-care for frontline workers, our nurses, doctors, EMTs, etc.

In Heroes Are Human: Lessons in Resilience, Courage and Wisdom from the COVID Front Lines, we hear gripping firsthand accounts by those thrust into the depths of the crisis.

This book is a must-listen for health care workers who have been besieged by the ongoing pandemic, for those who love them, and for any listener wanting to gain a deeper understanding of their immense sacrifices and struggles.

Former NCAA basketball coach and NCAA National Champion of North Carolina led a discussion. on post COVID-19 traumatic stress with Bob Delaney as the Keynote speaker.

Kirkus Reviews writes: “An eye-opening work about health care workers’ sacrifices and burdens.” Heroes are Human is co-authored with award-winning journalist Dave Scheiber, and contains a foreword by renowned Harvard Global Mental Health director Dr. Richard Mollica.

Popular publishing industry mainstay, Shelf Awareness, ran the newly produced book trailer for Heroes Are Human on September 27, 2022.

“With his special gift for storytelling, Bob Delaney brings us into the world of those on the front lines in our battle with coronavirus. This is a story that needs to be told, and Heroes Are Human tells it brilliantly.”

—General (Ret.) Martin E. Dempsey, 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The book is co-authored with award-winning journalist Dave Scheiber, and contains a foreword by renowned Harvard Global Mental Health director Dr. Richard Mollica. Publication date is September 27, 2022 by City Point Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster.

Heroes Are Human is comprised of powerful stories told by frontline health-care workers, their family members, and those they care for in the harrowing fight against COVID-19. In addition, Delaney shares lessons on how caregivers can navigate the resulting stress and potential burnout through an uplifting message of resilience, self-care, and post-traumatic stress education.

Important New Book, Heroes are Human is “An eye-opening work about health care workers’ sacrifices and burdens.”—Kirkus Reviews

A friend, mentor and fellow NBA referee, Hugh Evans was being announced as a 2022 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class member.

Heroes are Humans, too, and here are some ways for them to deal with the stress, writes an author who knows what it's like.

An eye-opening work about health care workers’ sacrifices and burdens. - Kirkus Reviews

Heroes are Human: Lessons in Resilience, Courage, and Wisdom from the COVID Front Lines, by Bob Delaney with Dave Scheiber tells the story of Healthcare Workers struggling through the pandemic with Guidance on how they can heal from the herculean challenges they’re facing.

The signs and banners hanging at the front doors of clinics and hospitals were so ubiquitous at the time that most barely gave them a thought. If they did consider those three words, they saw nothing wrong in a shoutout of praise.

“Heroes work here.”

Bob Delaney went undercover to infiltrated the Genovese, Bruno and DiNorscio Crime families, had no idea after three years if he was Bobby Covert (undercover name) or Bob Delaney, and the PTSD that followed

From 1987 through 2011 Bob was an NBA Referee. His stories are magnificent. His insight into the game of basketball is compelling.

Bob Delaney went undercover for three years to successfully infiltrated the Genovese , Bruno and DiNorscio Crime Families. (A real Donnie Brasco story)

In his upcoming book, Heroes Are Human,” Bob Delaney reframes the discussion of resilience in profound ways. He offers three components, or needs, of learning resilience (Delaney et al, 2022).

Identify and confront the issue.

Search for meaning and an understanding that it’s not just about you.

Be flexible, innovative, and adaptive.