“ And they would say, Jen, I can find food if I’m hungry. There are places I can go for food. I can find a shelter bed if I need it, but I haven’t had a shower in six months or eight months or nine months, and so the idea of having mobile trailers meant that we could go directly to people.”
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#59: Huts For Vets with Erik Villaseñor
“We weren’t having like a group therapy session. We weren’t talking about this one time in Iraq or this one, you know, that’s not what the program is. We were talking about Robert Frost and two roads diverge into what all of a sudden we’re having these discussions and some of them, you know, do reflect on our past in the military and most of them do, that’s kind of the framework.
Right. But it was this like intentional, very deliberate way for us just to get talking and sharing some emotions, being vulnerable.”
#53: Suffer Better with Peter Downing and Bob Africa
“They might be younger, faster, or have a bigger engine…. but you can Suffer Better.”
#39 Mark Matzeldelaflor: Navy SEAL Helping Reintegrate Veterans
“Guardian Grange is my vision to reintegrate and reinspire veterans with the purpose of healing through doing work in nature and building communities.”
It Matters To Me Podcast 