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Weekly Podcasts Episode 1
I live in the land of redemption
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.8″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.8″] I LIVE IN THE LAND OF REDEMPTION IN AMERICA AS DIVIDED AS OUR COUNTRY MAY SEEM THERE IS ONE COMMON THREAD THAT UNITES US STILL FAILURE EQUALS GROWTH BECAUSE HERE I CAN REACH FAR BEYOND MY GRASP AND FALL SHORT OR FALL ON MY FACE IN ORDER TO LEARN […]
Finding My Internal Compass
I was seventeen and concluded my life was going nowhere. My grades were terrible and discovered that at the end of my junior year of high school, no matter what I did, I would not have enough credits to graduate with my class. My choices were dwindling, and I desperately wanted to get out from […]
The Origins of My Awakening
My awakening began with a five-minute conversation with a total stranger. I was killing time at a USO in Okinawa Japan, drinking beers with some friends. Some of us were preparing to separate from the military in the days ahead and we were talking about what we were going to do back home. The topics […]
Discovering My Sense of Knowing
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Since early childhood, I had a sense of knowing my life was being somehow guided purposefully along in ways I could not consciously understand. This inner sense was informing the choices on my path from a young […]
Owning My Primal, Indomitable Core
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] In a bleak and washed out living room with no discernible features, I sat playing with my mother; the safety of the moment felt impenetrable. I think I was between three and four years old. Suddenly, our […]
Memorial Day 2020
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] I woke with my daily routine of coffee and toast with avocado butter As I sat down in front of my computer, I mindlessly listened to the news on the TV, checked email, Facebook, and LinkedIn. This has […]
How To Ruin Potato Soup
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” inline_fonts=”Trebuchet”] I once had only eight dollars to buy food for five days. Top Ramen had been my daily staple for months and I could not bring myself to buy one more case of it. And then it came to […]
A Color Blind Mentoring Moment
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.8″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.8″ text_font=”Arial||||||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] I had a very meaningful interaction with a young man who was detailing my car at the gas station. He first got my attention initially because he was taking a good amount of time cleaning my car […]
The Veteran Transition Dilemma
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] A “Catch 22” exists for Veterans who are suffering the most from PTSD and other Combat related mental health issues. It is a major contributing factor to not only Veteran suicide but it explains some of the underlying reason why Veterans and their families are spiraling out […]