Summary: Eddie Lazzari is a former US Army Noncommissioned Officer with 10-years active duty service. Eddie was a Sr. Squad Leader in support of OIFII from ’04-’05 in Baghdad Iraq and is now a proud Veteran, Husband, Son, and Father! Eddie is dedicated to helping veterans become just as successful Read more…
Summary: Welcome to Episode 88 of the Head Space and Timing Podcast. Here it is, the last podcast of the year. This is also the last podcast that will be hosted by the Change Your POV Podcast Network. In this episode, I’m going to look back at 2018, talk about Read more…
This may come as no surprise, but how we see the world can be helpful or harmful to mental health and wellness. This isn’t just about positivity or optimism; studies show that our outlook on the world and other people can protect us from the impact of negative life events. Read more…
Summary: Anne Meree served as a civil servant deploying around the world in direct strategic and operational support to the interagency. In 2010, after having her second child, she left the government and founded Maxemi LLC, a consulting business aimed at relationship navigation, strategy development, and research. She has worked Read more…
People forget that I’m a human being, just because I play a sport that everybody loves. We’re human. We’re not invincible. We share the same feelings and emotions that people on the outside feel. I don’t think people really understand that – Terrell Owens There is no such thing as Read more…
Summary: Chris Molaro is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, and served for 5 years as a Field Artillery Army officer. He deployed to combat as a platoon leader, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and walked away with a passionate appreciation for Read more…
Several years ago, in a community meeting, I was advocating for a stronger online presence for veteran resources in general, and mental health and wellness resources in particular. My argument was that those of us who are supporting veterans need to go meet them where they’re at…online…rather than set up Read more…
“Success doesn’t mean happy every day.” – Omar Andrews I don’t wanna, and I ain’t gonna. How often do we avoid unpleasant experiences so we don’t feel uncomfortable…but end up not resolving the issue, and turn pain into suffering? Avoidance is a natural reaction to unpleasant situations; we’ve been doing Read more…
Summary: Shira Maguen, Ph.D. is Mental Health Director of the OEF/OIF Integrated Care Clinic and Staff Psychologist on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (PCT) at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine. She is also the San Read more…
What has been done is enough. It’s hard to think that, for many veterans. Sometimes, those who served struggle with the thought that they could have done more. Whether you served three years or twenty-three, there is a feeling of leaving something on the table, leaving a job undone, somehow Read more…