I want to thank Dr. Rodney Deaton for the gracious article he wrote about my keynote address at Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute Battlemind Symposium IV. Here is an excerpt and please follow the link for the full article. It will motivate you on this Veterans day. We can…
To be overwhelmed by the complete spirit of life can change your soul. This past weekend I had the blessing to speak in such a place, a true holy place. It was a Gold Star retreat for survivors of those who had died while serving our country. It was a…
So much that could be unpacked from this disturbing story of Daniel Rey Wolfe, a former Marine whose suicide was documented by his posts on Facebook. I’ll write a longer response in the coming weeks, but I needed to get this out now. I found the article this morning and…
Today in Denver I had the opportunity to teach and meet some incredible police officers from around the country. As always, I left with far more than I’m sure I was able to return. One officer shared his struggle with PTSD and told me a very inspiring story. We…
What a tragedy at Fort Hood. More deaths. We don’t know at this point why Ivan Lopez killed 4 people including himself at the Fort Hood shooting yesterday. They mention depression, anxiety, Ambien and other medications, deployment, and possibly PTSD. If and this is a big if, the shooting was…
