There is an epidemic of veteran suicide in our nation, and around the world. As has been identified by several different studies, the rate of veteran suicide compared to those who have never served in the military is significant. There are a lot of discussions about it, attempts to overcome Read more…
Call it survival, or becoming jaded or cynical. Many combat veterans experienced a point in their service when things that “should” bother them don’t. It’s hard to explain to someone who hasn’t experienced it, of course. In “normal” life, we don’t go up against situations that are horrific, horrible, or Read more…
Hey, defending the safety of our nation is serious business. We also know, of course, that not all of our military service was Rambo and Spec Ops; there were days of mind numbing boredom. Senseless tasks. Police call, hurry-up-and-wait and a thousand minor annoyances that the movies don’t show. If Read more…
March, 1996. I was the lowest ranking guy in my platoon. My unit pushed south from our base in Hungary to Camp Angela, Bosnia. Being the lowest ranking guy in the platoon this didn’t always mean that much, but this time, it meant I got the crap assignment. I was Read more…
Another year gone, another just begun. Before we get into the new posts for the new year, I thought that I would share some of the top Head Space and Timing posts from 2017. These ten posts, in no particular order, were the most read and shared posts that were Read more…
How much do you really know about veteran mental health? Are you aware that it goes beyond just the common misconceptions that a majority of veterans struggle with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury? Over the past year, I’ve had many discussions with veterans, their family members, and those Read more…
I hear you all ready: “Get out of here with that ‘therapy is about the future, not the past’ crap. Talking about my past is what therapy is all about.” Granted, when a veteran sits down to talk to a mental health professional, they are going to talk about the past. Read more…
Meaning and Purpose. Purpose and Meaning. It’s the Holy Grail of post-military life: searching for something that will satisfy the need for meaning and purpose that a service member had while they were in the service. It’s more than just something to do, it’s a desire to find something to be. I’ve written Read more…
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” Gilbert K. Chesterton How often do we spend time considering how grateful we are for things in our lives? There is a benefit to gratitude; we can be silently pleased Read more…
“Change is the end result of all true learning” – Leo Buscaglia If there’s one thing that I know we did in the military, it’s learn. We learned how to do stuff. We learned how not to do stuff. There is stuff that we learned that we wish we didn’t Read more…