Combat Trauma
Continuing Actions Chapter 2
DEADLY MISCONCEPTIONS MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS are easy. If a pistol-shooter consistently hits low on the target, it’s more than likely they’re anticipating the shot. A good pistol coach can break that bad habit and have them drilling the bull’s-eye in short order. The same cannot be said for mental adjustments. Mental adjustments cannot be externally imposed—they have to come from within. In order for us to change how we perceive the world, we need some motivation, some personal understanding of why the adjustment is necessary. Years of inertia must be overcome before most people will even listen to a different viewpoint, [...]
Continuing Actions for Free: Prologue
I'm going to try something new. Over the next 16 posts or so, I'm going to chop up my entire second book, Continuing Actions: A Warrior's Guide to Coming Home, and send it out through blog posts. I'm doing this because, despite ringing endorsements from Dr. Jonathan Shay (Achilles in Vietnam, Odysseus in America) and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and bestselling author Tom Ricks, it hasn't exactly been leaping off Amazon's shelves. Instead, I'm seeing posts on social media from veterans and their families struggling to make sense of their lives post-service and trying to adjust to their new normal. Heartbreakingly, [...]
Dr. Jonathan Shay Has Written The Foreword For Continuing Actions
I intended to have Continuing Actions completed and available for sale by last May--thank god I blew that deadline. If I hadn't, I would have missed out on an opportunity that felt so remote I hardly allowed myself to consider it a real possibility. But I delayed publication, took a chance, and Dr. Jonathan Shay agreed to write the Foreword for my second book. For those who don't know Dr. Shay, here's a short list of his credentials and accomplishments: He's a clinical psychiatrist (MD) with 20 years working with Vietnam veterans at the Boston VA, a classical scholar (PhD), the best-selling [...]
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