6. You Gotta Feel It to Heal It - Matty Fiorenza

Matty Fiorenza is square-jawed and ruggedly handsome with tattoo sleeves down both arms - “twisted steel and appeal” as Sylvia says - but he’s also a vulnerable and fallible recovering alcoholic who is willing to share his story to help people like him. He’s been a firefighter paramedic in Anaheim for 21 years. About 10 years into the job, he began dealing with anxiety and stress and was soon after diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). He helped start a successful first responder-only trauma center in Newport Beach and serves actively as a mentor to first responders.