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Sand Save Podcast Where golf meets grit. Stories of healing, honor, and mental health from the fairway to the front line. Join the movement.

Hosted by Jamie Hicks, founder of Sand Save for Mental Health and Veteran Wellness. Listen, reflect, and swing with purpose.

I know I’ve been quiet these past few months. Some of you may have wondered where I went.The truth is, I’ve been buildin...
07/19/2026

I know I’ve been quiet these past few months. Some of you may have wondered where I went.

The truth is, I’ve been building. Two things, side by side, born out of the hardest stretch of my life.

The first is Lanaii, a social app I created, something I poured myself into. The second is a book. And to explain the book, I have to tell you something I’ve been carrying.

These past two years, I’ve lost people I loved. More than I ever expected to. Grief has a way of stripping everything down to the questions that really matter.

I couldn’t stop asking them. The ones all of us ask when someone we love is gone. Where do they go? What happens to us? Why are we here at all? Is any of this random, or does it mean something?

I refused to accept the easy answers. So I went looking for the real ones.

I didn’t borrow this from anyone. I reasoned it out myself, from the ground up, following the questions wherever they led. Some of what I found may echo ideas others have reached, but I arrived at these conclusions on my own, and I can stand behind every piece of it.

What began as one person trying to make sense of loss became something I never expected: a full theory of the universe. One that connects real science to the oldest questions humanity has ever asked, the ones we’ve whispered in the dark for thousands of years.

It became a book.

The Cosmic Riddle: When the Universe Became Sentient.

It’s written in the voice of the universe itself, answering those questions honestly, without flinching. Where we come from. What we are. What happens when we die. And why none of it is an accident.

I’m not a scientist. I’m a person who couldn’t stop asking why.

And I think that makes this book for exactly the right people.

📖 The paperback and eBook release August 12th and the eBook is available to pre-order right now. Reserve your copy today, and it lands on your device the moment it goes live.

To anyone who has lost someone. To anyone who has ever looked up at the stars and felt there was more to the story than they were told:

You are not broken. You are not alone.

This one’s for you. And for the ones I carry with me. 🕊️

Jamie

This week I lost my Dad, and the world feels different now. There’s a hole in my soul that I can’t put into words. Life ...
06/14/2026

This week I lost my Dad, and the world feels different now. There’s a hole in my soul that I can’t put into words. Life will never be the same without him.

For years we looked after both my Mom and Dad as they fought their battles with Alzheimer’s. We watched them slowly slip away, piece by piece, and I did everything I could to give them dignity, comfort, and love right to the end. Being their son, and their caregiver, changed me forever.

Now they’re both gone, and the quiet is heavy. I miss their voices, their stories, even the hard days. I miss them.

Dad… I hope you know how much you meant to me. I hope you felt how deeply you were loved. I’m grateful for every moment, even the difficult ones, because they were ours.

Mom and Dad, I carry you with me. Always.

Come joun our Community.  Want a safe place for people suffering from Mental health issues.  Learning to cope with golf.
02/27/2026

Come joun our Community. Want a safe place for people suffering from Mental health issues. Learning to cope with golf.

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