Curating Resources to Help Veterans
In addition to publishing the best veteran-created prose, poetry, and art three times a year, Veteran’s Voices magazine has curated the best “tools” and practices from veteran psychiatrists, psychologists, and others that veterans can use to build better lives. Veterans Voices Writing Project also offers important veteran speakers sharing their experiences and successes addressing challenges. Here are excerpts from the most valuable recent contributions of the specialists and speakers.
Resilience Building
Resilience is often defined as the ability to bounce back from stress or traumatic events. Building Resilience means you deploy positive emotions to counteract the impact of traumatic events and control one’s emotions rather than being controlled by them. Resilience also means re-tooling your thinking to promote emotional health by becoming aware of automatic negative thoughts. More