2011
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
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The process to uncover your purpose after a career in military service takes great introspection.
Like most veterans, I found the transition from military to civilian life a struggle—a tougher struggle than I had anticipated. For me, I found that one of my trickier struggles was with my identity.
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In a path to heal, a clinician guides a veteran through a conversation with an imaginary and benevolent “moral authority” to talk about the act or event that has caused suffering. The patient then describes the regret and sorrow that has followed, and asks for forgiveness or a chance to atone.
Soldiers are always supposed to be thinking. That’s what West Point teaches its cadets, who are officers in training. You’re supposed to question the orders you’re given, to see whether they conform to the Geneva Conventions and the laws of war.
Farmers Davon Goodwin of Laurinburg, N.C. and Charley Jordan of Indian Mound, Tenn., share how farming gives them peace and purpose in their civilian lives.
Life after the military can be difficult for service members. A North County veteran found a new purpose by opening a business with the help of Semper Fi and America's Fund.
Veterans make up 5.9% of the American working age population. But in the National Park Service, veterans make up 26% of the workforce.
Our treatment of troops returning from combat has led to a culture of permanent disability. They deserve better.
Jack was wounded in Vietnam after landing in a hot LZ. He lost some of his Marines that day and after returning home, grieved their loss by turning to drugs and alcohol.
Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Silver Book of the Year Award After serving in a scout-sniper platoon in Mosul, Tom Voss came home carrying invisible wounds of war—the memory of doing or witnessing things that went against his fundamental beliefs.