from an Addiction Therapist
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“I am a federal employee for the VA and would like to have 10 copies for use in American Samoa.” (February 20, 2009)
“I received my CD and love it. I would very much like to request 30 more for use at the VA Clinic and to provide to soldiers and families. This is a wonderful resource. Thank you.” (March 18, 2009)
“May I please have 40 more? I am finding the soldiers really like the CD a lot. It is powerful.” (May 20, 2009)
“Thanks for increasing the order. I appreciate it. ... I know it is changing lives!” (May 21, 2009)
“This is a wonderful resource!”
“Thank you,” T.P., Addiction Therapist (VA Clinic) |
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LT (Lieutenant)
“Thank you so much for your efforts and your generosity. I wish that my wife and I had this the first time that I deployed. We have both struggled with stress. God Bless you!”
 - 1LT P. H., U.S. Army
Father
It empowered one father to reach out to his son. Here’s what he said in his message (emphasis not added):
“Hey Buddy, Look what I found on the internet! More than coincidence? God DOES work in mysterious ways.
I love you, my brave son!” Dad
Iraq Warrior
“This is basic training for the mind!”
- PFC J. Oehring, U.S. Army Infantry (Deployed to Iraq)
Army Chaplain
“The Be Still and Know Exercise works for me. It calms my soul, enhances my thinking, and improves my emotional regulation. I am thankful to be a more resilient chaplain.”
- Chaplain (LTC), U.S. Army (Southern Baptist)
Father Loses Son in Iraq, Joins Marines
“On the third try, all hell broke loose and it was an epiphany... It energizes me, it enlightens me and it gives me strength... I am ready and proud.”
- Mike, U.S. Marine Corps, Deployed to Iraq
Sergeant USMC
“Thank you, It saved my Life! The peace and joy I now enjoy makes life worthwhile! ”
- SGT J. Shiposki, U.S. Marine Corps, (Home bound Quadriplegic)
Air Force Chaplain
“The distribution of these CD’s has been a great success.
My thanks to the Lord and staff. I have been busy at the Mass Military Reservation on-base. Units from all over New England come here.
May I request 50 more CD’s. One veteran has commented ‘thanks for looking out for us!’
Respectfully,” B. C., U.S. Air Force
Doctor
“Hello I am a Professional Counselor in private practice and a volunteer in the ‘Give An Hour’ program. I anticipate needing no less than 6 copies of this product to use in conjunction with current and future active therapy cases. If you can supply this request I will be grateful.
Thank You,” Major W. K.
Wife
“May I have 10 copies. I am a family member of an active duty soldier. I am also a clinical psychologist working with soldiers who have combat stress and PTSD. I think the cd would be a good resource for my patients.
Thank you,” D. L, PsyD RN FNP (Clinical Psychologist)
Navy Vet, Vietnam
“Amazingly, it (the Exercise) keeps showing and reaping benefits. I’ve never been more patient and alive. The secret is in the watchful observance without struggle.”
- L. Brown U.S. Navy, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam
Wife of Deployed Warrior
“I've been listening to your CD for about five days now and it is completely changing me... I have been struggling for so long... I feel so liberated... I’m not resentful for my husband for returning to Iraq.”
- Janine, Wife of Deployed Warrior
Iraq Warrior
“I am no longer in denial of what happened in Iraq. I am freed. The exercise helped me overcome my past; it’s not haunting me any longer. it’s a winner!!”
- PFC J.M., U.S. Army, Anbar Province, Iraq 2004-2005 |
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Social Service Worker / USCG
“I have developed PTSD primarily through my life of being a child protective service worker for 11+ years. I became addicted to adrenalin. My tour in the USCG was not combat, but it was TERRIFYING as I operated a search and rescue craft and had never owned a canoe before.
I went to the V.A. for counseling in 2000 and was referred out to a psychologist who knew nothing about PTSD. I still “doctor” with the V.A. and have a new lease on life due to the ‘Be Still and Know’ principles. I remain ‘on the battlefield’ as a social service worker and I stay in the fight because I believe I have a gift to do so. MANY others say I do as well.”
- Michael, U.S. Coast Guard / Social Service Worker
MG (Major General)
“In my own experience as a commander, I have seen Soldiers make rapid and sustained improvement through use of these CDs….”
- Major General, U.S. Army
Souls Touching Souls!
(Reprint New Insights, Aug 2008)
Dear Colonel Monaco,
First, I want to thank you for calling me yesterday. I followed your advice and went back to the site and did the exercise. I feel so much better. I’ve let go of a lot of the other frustrations I have been carrying with me for a long time. This morning I woke up and started to write; what happened yesterday actually inspired a scene I added to the script. I don’t mind if you forward this, I wrote this in mind to be shared.
I’ll admit it, when I was given the CD and visited the website, I didn’t think it applied to me. I had become so used to existing on emotional stress and physical pain that I dismissed the notion that I needed to learn how to cope. I believed that I was coping with my problems well enough. After really taking a hard look at myself and actually [giving] the exercise a chance, I’ve come to realize that I’ve been holding onto all of the anger, disappointment, and sorrow from events in my past.
For the past seven years, in my mind’s eye I’ve viewed myself in three different ways: who I was, who I wanted to be, and who I am. I have been guilty of assigning my anger and disappointment in myself to everyone around me. I couldn’t take their love, support, and encouragement at face value. In my mind, I told myself that deep down they thought I was a failure and a burden. I overcompensated to the point that I really was just hurting myself instead of making things better.
After five surgeries to remove the joint, two bones, and damaged tissue in my right foot, I was diagnosed with causalgia; a disorder that developed as a result of the nerve damage from what happened to me in the Army. The best description I’ve read on the pain that comes with causalgia is “imagine someone replaced your blood with gasoline, set it on fire, and then kept the fire burning 24/7.” In the past few months the symptoms of [the] disorder has spread to my right hand, and that frustrates me far more than my leg.
All of this brings me back to the CD. At the time I finally listened; I felt so frustrated and overwhelmed. The mental strain I was putting on myself because of my physical pain was causing me to lash out at the people around me. I was angry about what happened in my past, I was frustrated by my physical limitations, so when I became upset over something minor I started cycling those negative thoughts that only served to make me feel worse.
It took someone’s kind reminder of the resource I’ve had all along to snap me out of it. I did the exercise. Instead of focusing on my past, instead of focusing on negative thoughts, I focused on being aware. It worked, and my bad mood lifted. I was aware of the physical pain, but it wasn’t at the forefront of my thoughts; this pain is not and should not be an excuse to make my life more difficult than it truly is.
Thank you and God Bless,
Amber |
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