“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller A lot of trauma and human suffering is occurring around the world. Depending on who you lost, depicts the emotional dept of your despair. For example, visualize a circular target of rings. At the center is the bulls eye, then the outer rings, green, yellow, red, blue. If you lose someone at the center, your pain is deep. If the person is in the yellow, not so close, but you’re a

Betrayal Through the years as a therapist, I’ve conducted numerous counseling sessions with couples, some married, some not. I observed that being a geographical bachelor, during deployments or being transferred to duty stations where family members were not allowed, or extending training exercises, or temporary duty assignments, always put a strain on relationships. In the words of Kristin Hannah in “The Nightingale”: “If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it

The Walk of Life Illness humbles us all, but it can also draw families closer in care, compassion, and connection. When my sisters and I...