Summary: Stephanie is the mother of a veteran who passed away in January of 2016 while waiting for treatment from the VA for PTSD and addiction. She is now an advocate for improved veterans services, particularly in the area of mental health issues, as well as one of the many Read more…
“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by our nation.” This quote, often attributed to George Washington, is used when we hear of Read more…
Summary: Shara is a licensed psychotherapist that provides therapeutic support to enhance the lives of others with specializations in grief and loss, veteran behavioral health, mindfulness, and trauma counseling. As a Navy brat and a former military spouse, she understands the issues that arise from deployments and family separation. In This Read more…
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been banging the gong about veteran mental health. It’s not uncommon for me to bring it up in the first few minutes of a conversation; it doesn’t take long to realize where I stand on the issue. “Veteran Mental Health” is quicker Read more…
Summary: Heather Ehle, founder, and chief executive officer of Project Sanctuary, is a Registered Nurse (RN) with more than 25 years of experience in the health care industry as a nurse, manager, volunteer and entrepreneur. She has extensive experience in the nonprofit health care system. A proud single mother of Read more…
If you had a choice, after all these years, would you go back? Absolutely. In a heartbeat. This is something I hear from veterans I work with all the time: if they called, I would go back in an instant. This may come as a surprise to those who have Read more…
Summary: Carl Castro, PhD, joined the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work faculty in 2013 after serving 33 years in the Army, where he obtained the rank of colonel, as the research director for the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families. Castro began his Read more…
For the first time in a couple of years, I’ve got nothin’ for you today. Well, not nothing. There is certainly a whole bunch going on, but so much has gone on over the past couple of weeks that there’s not much fuel in the tank for a long article Read more…
Summary: A tenured attorney, Kevin Snyder earned his LL.M (Masters of Law) from the California Western School of Law; his JD (Juris Doctorate) from the University of Richmond School of Law, graduating with honors; and his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) from Boston College, also graduating with honors (go Eagles!). Mr. Read more…
“Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.”― Arthur Schopenhauer If there’s anything that I value, it’s the truth. The painful, brutal, unvarnished truth. When faced with a choice between a beautiful lie and ugly truth, many choose the beautiful lie. I prefer Read more…