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Institutional Betrayal Reactions to Ethical Shifts in Workplace Culture

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 Police Captain Confronts Moral Injury And Stigma

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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Grief, AI, And A Journal That Talks Back

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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Whistleblowing, Moral Injury, And Healing

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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Recognizing Moral Injury in Women Veterans

Moral injury remains one of the most misunderstood challenges facing women veterans today. When actions during military service violate one’s deeply held moral beliefs, the resulting invisible wounds can devastate lives long after uniforms are hung up. Unlike PTSD, moral injury hides beneath the surface—characterized by shame, guilt, and internal conflict rather than outward distress.

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The Story Builders Podcast – The Hidden Cost of Service for Military Women

Dr. Daniel Roberts pulls back the curtain on an overlooked trauma affecting thousands of military women—one that doesn’t yet have a household name. As president of the Moral Injury Support Network for Service Women, he reveals how violating one’s deeply held moral code creates wounds different from PTSD but equally devastating. The conversation begins with

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Breaking the Silence: Period Poverty in America

Emie Clevenger shares a powerful journey from Navy veteran to nonprofit founder, revealing how her personal struggles with period poverty as a young girl fueled her mission to create Period Kits North Carolina. The conversation opens a window into the often-hidden world of menstrual inequality, where one in six women in North Carolina can’t afford

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Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History: Honoring Dr. Mary Edwards Walker During Women’s History Month

During the whole sweep of United States history, only one woman, Mary Edwards Walker, has received the Medal of Honor. Sometimes called the Congressional Medal of Honor, it is the United States Armed Forces’ highest military decoration, awarded to recognize the 3,500 American soldiers of all service branches who have distinguished themselves by their acts

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“No mail, low morale:” the true story of the “Six Triple Eight,” the Black female battalion of WWII

Filmmaker Tyler Perry has brought us the inspiring true story of the “Six Triple Eight.” Kerry Washington stars as commanding officer Charity Adams. Now streaming on Netflix, in this 2024 movie we see how Major Charity Adams and the Black all-women’s regiment, the 688th Central Postal Directory Battalion, raised the spirits of World War II fighting

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Bestseller The Women and the ATHENA Nexus Project: Healing Invisible Wounds

In Kristin Hannah’s New York Times bestseller, The Women, we meet Army nurses who were shamed and made to feel unworthy of recognition or thanks for their service in Vietnam. The story opens in 1966 when the world is in turmoil. A friend tells Frances (Frankie) McGrath that “women can be heroes” as she contemplates her father’s family

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