What happens when “service before self” collides with the limits of a human soul? We sit down with veteran, board-certified psychotherapist, and spiritual transformation coach Malaysia Harrell to unpack moral injury, the stigma around getting help, and why healing takes more than motivation. Malaysia’s path runs from the Air Force and the U.S. Public Health […]
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Introduction – Betrayal Moral Injury There are decades of debate and research on moral injury mostly in relationship to combat and military service and the resultant character and psychological disruptions (Shay, 2014). For the purpose of this exploration, the notion that institutional betrayal is a form of marginalization, oppression, and lack of representation that causes biopsychosocial-spiritual suffering (Smith,
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A Friday shift, a crowded Walmart, a woman advancing with a hatchet—then two shots that changed countless lives. Captain Adam Meyers walks us through that moment with uncommon clarity, and then opens the door to what most people never see: the months and years of fallout, the moral injury that lingers even when policy is
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I’m on my way again. This my second flight out of Salt Lake City today. Therewill be one more plus a few trains until I reach my one of my foreign exchangesister’s in her native Finland. I have only visited her four times the past fiftyyears. Two were during my year of Fulbright graduate study
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How are you doing? January can be a little gray. Even as Christmas brings up complex emotions, the end of most twinkling lights can have its own effect. We may not have met before, but you’ve been on my mind (and in my prayers). Part of my story is that for twenty years God has
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Grief doesn’t wait for business hours, and it rarely shows up when your therapist is free. That’s why we sat down with Guardian [Ai]ngels founder and CEO John Cammer to unpack a bold idea: a guided journal that “talks back,” offering compassionate, structured prompts and immediate responses designed to help you accept the loss, process
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There are wounds that do not bleed. Wounds that cannot be seen on an MRI, wounds that leave no visible scar, yet disrupt the very core of who we are. These are the fractures that happen inside our meaning-making systems, inside the parts of us that determine identity, purpose, and worth. This is the territory
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Truth telling shouldn’t cost you your career, your health, or your future. Yet too many people who report fraud, harassment, or ethical violations face a second wave of harm: quiet retaliation that isolates, undermines, and erodes trust. We sit down with Dr. Jackie Garrick—Army social worker, Pentagon policy leader, and founder of Whistleblowers of America—to
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When your life gets bigger, the inner critic often gets louder. We sit down with Dr. Elizabeth Fulgaro—award-winning author, songwriter, and financial coach—to explore how song-driven prayer and simple journaling can transform self-talk, rebuild resilience, and heal the hidden wounds that surface under pressure. Her journey from lifelong self-hatred to self-acceptance and then self-love is
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The hardest wounds to name are the ones that whisper you’re not good. We sit down with a VA chaplain, Army veteran, and moral health scholar to explore moral injury as a shame-rooted fracture of identity—not just a cluster of symptoms. Together we draw a clear line between fear-based PTSD and the moral injuries that
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