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Hike for Heroes 2014: Combating Veteran Suicide One Step at a Time
Support a father and son pair as they hike the Appalachian Trail to raise money and awareness to save veterans from suicide. ___ Twenty-two veterans commit suicide every day. This shocking statistic,...
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Can a Kind of Heartbreak Heal You—and the World?
Raoul Wieland explores what happens when our hearts are broken open instead of apart. ___ In his book Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker Palmer writes that the “politics of our time is the...
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PTSD and the War at Home: A Soldier’s Story of Return and Recovery
Sgt Billy Caviness, who was wounded in Afghanistan, recounts his battle with post-traumatic stress disorder. ___ More than 300,000 veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been diagnosed with...
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3 Things I Wish Someone Said to Me After Trauma
Sarafina Bianco has advanced degrees in DV and PTSD. Here’s her crash course on what people should and shouldn’t say to survivors of trauma. ___ 1. “There has to be a reason this happened.” “This...
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Collateral Damage: The Secondary Victims We Overlook
We all know survivors of trauma need help. But what about the needs of the people who love them? ___ On June 20th, I married a man who has been with me through the last two years of rigorous trauma...
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Barbeque [Video]
Barbeque is the visceral journey of coping with posttraumatic stress disorder by Jenny Jokela. Using fluid, textured animation, the film visualizes feelings and experiences that might be too difficult...
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